IRB Members and Staff

Primary Members

Name	Affiliation
Natalie Archer, PhD	DSHS Environmental Epidemiology & Disease Surveillance Affiliated Scientist
Tara Das, PhD, MPH, MLIS	DSHS Vital Statistics Section Vital Event Expertise / Affiliated Non-Scientist
Morgan Constantino	DSHS Office of General Counsel Affiliated Non-Scientist / OGC Rep
Esmeralda Galvan, PhD, MPAff.	Seton Healthcare Unaffiliated Non-Scientist
Trudy Krause, DrPH	UT School of Public Health Unaffiliated Scientist
Hye-Chung Kum, PhD	TAMU School of Public Health Unaffiliated Scientist
Cristina Garcia, PhD Chairperson	DSHS Operations Affiliated Scientist
Saroj Rai, PhD, MPH Vice-Chairperson	DSHS Operations Affiliated Scientist
Rachel P. Allred, PhD, MPH	DSHS Birth Defects Epidemiology & Surveillance Affiliated Scientist
Alan Shafer, PhD	Health and Human Services Commission Affiliated Scientist
Christopher Webb, PhD, MPH	DSHS Texas Health Care Information Collection Affiliated Scientist

Alternate Members

Name	Affiliation
Dayana Betancourt, MPH, MBA	DSHS Birth Defects Epidemiology & Surveillance Affiliated Scientist
Shannon Brown	DSHS Office of General Counsel Affiliated Non-Scientist
Jeremy Schraw, PhD	Baylor College of Medicine Unaffiliated Scientist
Paige Miller, PhD, MPH, RD	DSHS Environmental Epidemiology & Disease Surveillance Affiliated Scientist
Marco L. Robinson, M.A.Ed.	Prairie View A&M University Unaffiliated Non-Scientist
Eva Shipp, PhD	TAMU School of Public Health Unaffiliated Scientist
Kim Vernon, JD	Seton Healthcare Non-scientist/Non-affiliate/Prisoner Rep

Non-voting Members

Name	Affiliation
Manda Hall, MD	DSHS Community Health Improvement

IRB Staff

Name	Affiliation	Contact
Vacant	DSHS Operations IRB Administrator	institutionalreviewboard@dshs.texas.gov
Manda Hall, MD	Department of State Health Services Agency Institutional Official	institutionalreviewboard@dshs.texas.gov