Department Signatures
List of people designated as "Department Chairperson Signature" and "Scientific/Scholarly Merit Reviewer Signature" for each department/division.
BRAAN2 allows for 2 signatures per department or division. The first signature is the person who performs the Scientific or Scholarly Merit Review. The Second signature is the Department Chairperson or someone designated by the Department Chairperson to sign off for the department.
If your department has a ONLY a Chairperson listed in the table below, click here for instructions on "How to complete Section 14 of the IRB Protocol when the Department Chairperson is the Scientific Reviewer."
If your department has a Chairperson AND a Scientific Scholarly Merit Reviewer listed in the table below, click here for instructions on "How to complete Section 14 of the IRB Protocol when the Department Chairperson is NOT Scientific Reviewer."
Please check the list below for your department.
| Department/Division Name | Department Chairperson or Designee Signature | Scientific / Scholarly Merit Reviewer Signature | Section 14: Answer |
| A&S Air Force ROTC | Smekrud, Mark Perry | Yes | |
| A&S Anthropology | Markowitz, Lisa | Tillquist, Christopher | No |
| A&S Biology | Fell, Ronald D. | Yes | |
| A&S Chemistry | Wittebort, Richard J | Yes | |
| A&S Communication | Futrell, Allan W. | Yes | |
| A&S Dean's Office | Hudson, James Blaine | Yes | |
| A&S English | Griffin, Susan Mary | Yes | |
| A&S Fine Arts | Chan, Ying Kit | Yes | |
| A&S Geography/Geosciences | Hanchett, Carol L. | Yes | |
| A&S History | K'Meyer, Tracy | Yes | |
| A&S Humanties | Wise, Elaine O. | Yes | |
| A&S Justice Administration | Keeling, Deborah G. | Yes | |
| A&S Mathematics | Riedel, Thomas | Yes | |
| A&S Modern Languages | Leidner, Alan C. | Yes | |
| A&S Pan African Studies | Rajack-Talley, Theresa | Yes | |
| A&S Philosophy | Kimball, Robert H. | Yes | |
| A&S Physics | Chalmers, Joseph S. | Brown, David Norvil | No |
| A&S Political Science | Payne, Rodger | Yes | |
| A&S Psychological and Brain Sciences | Meeks, Suzanne | Mast, Benjamin | No |
| A&S Sociology | Negrey, Cynthia L. | Yes | |
| A&S Theatre Arts | Vandenbroucke, Russell James | Yes | |
| A&S Urban and Public Affairs | Simpson, David | Yes | |
| A&S Women's & Gender Studies | Theriot, Nancy M. | Yes | |
| Campus Health Services | Bessoud, Phillip | Yes | |
| Career Development Center | Erickson, Leslye | Yes | |
| CB - Accountancy | Stout, William | Christie-David,Rohan A. | No |
| CB - Computer Information Systems | Barker, Robert M | Christie-David,Rohan A. | No |
| CB - Economics | Vahaly, John | Christie-David,Rohan A. | No |
| CB - Equine Business | Wilcke, Richard | Christie-David,Rohan A. | No |
| CB - Finance | Siegel, Frederick | Christie-David,Rohan A. | No |
| CB - Management and Entrepreneurship | Sussman, Lyle | Christie-David,Rohan A. | No |
| CB - Marketing | Germain,Richard N | Christie-David,Rohan A. | No |
| Dent - Admin | Hutchinson, Rowland A. | Kinane, Denis F | No |
| Dent - Diag Sci, Pros & Rest | Crim, Gary | Yes | |
| Dent - Mol. Cell & Cranio Biol | Greene, Robert M. | Yes | |
| Dent - Ortho, Ped, & Geriatric | Silveira, Anibal | Yes | |
| Dent - Perio, Endo & Dent Hyg | Morton, Dean | Yes | |
| Dent - Surgical & Hospital | Alpert, Brian | Yes | |
| ED - Dean Administration | Ronau, Robert N | Yes | |
| ED - Educational and Counseling Psychology | Owen, Jesse | Yes | |
| ED - Health and Sports Sciences | Swank, Anita | Yes | |
| ED - Leadership, Found. & HR Ed | Pregliasco, Bridgette | Choi, Namok | No |
| ED - Teaching and Learning | Do Not Use | ||
| ED - Early Childhood and Elementary Education | Larson, Ann | Kyle, Diane | No |
| ED - Middle and Secondary Education | Larson, Ann | Bay-Williams, Jennifer | No |
| ED - Special Education | Larson, Ann | Landrum, Timothy | No |
| EVPR - EVPR Office | Feldhoff, Pamela | Yes | |
| EVPR - Environment & Sustainable Development Institute | Barnett, Russ | Yes | |
| Graduate School Admin | DeMarco, Paul | Yes | |
| Inst for Cellular Theraputics | Ildstad, Suzanne T | Yes | |
| Jewish Hospital & St. Mary's - Nursing | Cleaver, Mary | Romp, Celeste | No |
| Jewish Hospital & St. Mary's - Pharmacy | Not in use | ||
| Kent School - Joint PhD in Social Work | Van Zyl, Michiel A | Yes | |
| Kent School - Admin | Van Zyl, Michiel A | Yes | |
| Kosair Children's Hospital - Nursing | Rhonda Hoffman | Yes | |
| Kosair Children's Hospital - Other | Rhonda Hoffman |
Yes |
|
| Kosair Children's Hospital - Pharmacy | Yarberry, Brian | Yes | |
| LIB - Admin | Fox, Robert E. | Yes | |
| Music Administration | Amchin, Robert A |
Walworth,Darcy D
|
No |
| Norton Healthcare - Nursing | Rhonda Hoffman | Yes | |
| Norton Healthcare - Other | Rhonda Hoffman | Yes | |
| Norton Healthcare - Pharmacy | Rhonda Hoffman | Kenney, Leslie K. | No |
| Norton Healthcare - Physicians | Rhonda Hoffman | Yes | |
| Norton Healthcare - Poison Control Center | Bosse, George | Yes | |
| Nursing Administration | Hern, Marcia | Hall, Lynne A | No |
| Public Health & Information Sciences - Bioinformatics & Biostatistics | Esterhay, Robert | Yes | |
| Public Health & Information Sciences - Env & Occupational Hlth Sci | Tollerud, David | Yes | |
| Public Health & Information Sciences - Epidemiology and Population Health | Baumgartner, Richard N | Yes | |
| Public Health & Information Sciences - Hlth Mgmt & Systems Sci | Esterhay, Robert | Yes | |
| Public Health & Information Sciences - Hlth Promo and Behavioral Sci | Wilson, Richard | Yes | |
| Public Health & Information Sciences - Sch of Publ Hlth & Info Sci | Clover, Richard | McKinney, William | No |
| Provost Office | TaylorArcher, Mordean | Yes | |
| School of Medicine - Dept Admin | Roman, Jesse | Yes | |
| School of Medicine - Med-Anatomical School of Medicine - Science/Neurobiolgy | Roisen, Fred J. | Yes | |
| School of Medicine - Med-Anesthesiology | Boswell, Mark V | Yes | |
| School of Medicine - Med-Biochemistry | Gregg, Ronald G | Yes | |
| School of Medicine - Med-Cancer Center | Roman, Jesse | Miller, Donald | No |
| School of Medicine - Med-Diagnostic Radiology | Postel, Gregory Carl | Yes | |
| School of Medicine - Med-Division of Blood & Bone School of Medicine - Marrow Transplantation | Roman, Jesse | Herzig, Roger H | No |
| School of Medicine - Med-Division of Cardiology | Roman, Jesse | Bolli, Roberto | No |
| School of Medicine - Med-Division of Dermatology | Roman, Jesse | Callen, Jeffrey P | No |
| School of Medicine - Med-Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism | Roman, Jesse | Winters, Stephen | No |
| School of Medicine - Med-Division of Gastroenterology/Hepatology | Roman, Jesse | McClain, Craig J | No |
| School of Medicine - Med-Division of General Internal Medicine, Geriatrics and Health Policy Research | Roman, Jesse | Casper, Barbara | No |
| School of Medicine - Med-Division of Hematology/Oncology | Roman, Jesse | Miller, Donald M | No |
| School of Medicine - Med-Division of Infectious Diseases | Roman, Jesse | Ramirez, Julio A | No |
| School of Medicine - Med-Division of Nephrology (Renal) | Lederer, Eleanor | Brier, Michael | No |
| School of Medicine - Med-Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, & Sleep Disorders | Roman, Jesse | Folz, Rodney J | No |
| School of Medicine - Med-Division of Rheumatology | Roman, Jesse | Edwards, Michael H | No |
| School of Medicine - Med-Emergency Medicine | Danzl, Daniel | Yes | |
| School of Medicine - Med-Family and Geriatric Medicine | O'Brien, James G. | Yes | |
| School of Medicine - Medicine - Dean's Office | Wiegman, David L | Shaw, Monica Ann | No |
| School of Medicine - Med-Microbiology | Suttles, Jill | Alard, Pascale | No |
| School of Medicine - Med-Neurological Surgery | Hodes, Jonathan | Yes | |
| School of Medicine - Med-Neurology | Vaishnav, Anand | Yes | |
| School of Medicine - Med-Obstetrics and Gynecology | Makhija, Sharmila | Taylor, Douglas | No |
| School of Medicine - Med-Ophthalmology/Visual Sciences | Kaplan, Henry J. | Shao, Hui | No |
| School of Medicine - Med-Orthopedic Surgery | Roberts, Craig | Seligson, David | No |
| School of Medicine - Med-Pathology and Laboratory Medicine | Elin, Ronald John | Yes | |
| School of Medicine - Med-Peds-Adol. Med. | Schikler, Ken | Berkenbosch, John | No |
| School of Medicine - Med-Peds-Allergy | Sublett, James | Sullivan, Janice | No |
| School of Medicine - Med-Peds-Cardiology | Johnsrude, Christopher | Keller, Brad | No |
| School of Medicine - Med-Peds-CEC | Hersh, Jospeh | Yes | |
| School of Medicine - Med-Peds-Child Development Unit | Davis, Debbie | Sullivan, Janice | No |
| School of Medicine - Med-Peds-Critical Care | Montgomery, Vicki | Sullivan, Janice | No |
| School of Medicine - Med-Peds-ED - Emergency Medicine | Paul, Ronald | Stevenson, Michelle | No |
| School of Medicine - Med-Peds-Endocrinology | Foster, Michael | Sullivan, Janice | No |
| School of Medicine - Med-Peds-Forensic Medicine | Currie, Melissa | Yes | |
| School of Medicine - Med-Peds-Gastroenterology | Stephen, Thomas | Sullivan, Janice | No |
| School of Medicine - Med-Peds-General Pediatrics | Liu, Gil | Kurbasic, Mirzada | No |
| School of Medicine - Med-Peds-Hem/Onc (*COG) | Bertolone, Sal | Yes* | |
| School of Medicine - Med-Peds-Hem/Onc (*NOT COG) | Bertolone, Sal | Sullivan, Janice | No* |
| School of Medicine - Med-Peds-Hospitalist/Gen Inpt Peds | Grill, Jeffrey | Condurache, C. Tania | No |
| School of Medicine - Med-Peds-ID - Infectious Disease | Marshall, Gary | Yes | |
| School of Medicine - Med-Peds-International Peds | Rodgers, George | Condurache, C. Tania | No |
| School of Medicine - Med-Peds-KCPCRU | Sullivan, Janice | Berkenbosch, John | No |
| School of Medicine - Med-Peds-Neonatal | Adamkin, David | Stewart, Dan | No |
| School of Medicine - Med-Peds-Nephrology | Kenagy, David | Sullivan, Janice | No |
| School of Medicine - Med-Peds-Pathology | Debski, Robert | Yes | |
| School of Medicine - Med-Peds-Pulmonary | Eid, Nemr | Sullivan, Janice | No |
| School of Medicine - Med-Peds-Research | Cai, Lu | Epstein, Paul N. | No |
| School of Medicine - Med-Peds-Rheumatology | Schikler, Ken | Berkenbosch, John | No |
| School of Medicine - Med-Peds-Sleep Medicine | Egambaram, Senthilvel | Sullivan, Janice | No |
| School of Medicine - Med-Peds-Child Psychiatry | Josephson, Allan | Sullivan, Janice | No |
| School of Medicine - Med-Pharmacology | Hein, David W. | Arteel, Gavin | No |
| School of Medicine - Med-Physiology | Joshua, Irving Gilbert | Yes | |
| School of Medicine - Med-Psychiatry | Casanova, Manuel F. | Yes | |
| School of Medicine - Med-Radiation Oncology | Dragun, Anthony | Yes | |
| Speed School - Spd-Bio-Engineering | Koenig, Steven C. | Yes | |
| Speed School - Spd-Chemical Engineering | Watters, James Charles | Yes | |
| Speed School - Spd-Civil and Environmental Engineering | Mohsen, Jafar P. | Yes | |
| Speed School - Spd-Computer Engineering and Computer Science | Elmaghraby, Adel S. | Yes | |
| Speed School - Spd-Electrical and Computer Engineering | Alphenaar,Bruce William | Yes | |
| Speed School - Spd-Engineering Fundamentals | Ralston, Particia | Yes | |
| Speed School - Spd-Industrial Engineering | Alexander,Suraj Mammen | Yes | |
| Speed School - Spd-Mechanical Engineering | Prater, Glen | Yes | |
| Speed School - Spd-Speed School of Engr Admin | Wilhelm, Mickey R. | Yes | |
| Surgery-Division of Communicative Disorders | Cunningham, David | Yes | |
| Surgery-Division of General Surgery | McMasters, Kelly Marc | Richardson, J. D. | No |
| Surgery-Division of Otolaryngology | McMasters, Kelly Marc | Bumpous, Jeffrey M | No |
| Surgery-Division of Pediatric Surgery | McMasters, Kelly Marc | Fallat, Mary Elizabeth | No |
| Surgery-Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery | McMasters, Kelly Marc | Wilhelmi, Bradon | No |
| Surgery-Division of Surgical Oncology | McMasters, Kelly Marc | Martin, Robert C. | No |
| Surgery-Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | McMasters, Kelly Marc | Slaughter, Mark | No |
| Surgery-Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery | McMasters, Kelly Marc | Dwivedi, Amit | No |
| Undergraduate Affairs - Delphi Center | Rhodes, Gale | Yes | |
| Undergraduate Affairs - Ideas to Action | Payette, Patty | Rhodes, Gale | No |
| Undergraduate Affairs - Undergraduate Affairs | Grillo, Michael | Yes | |
| University of Louisville Hospital - Nursing | Logsdon, M | Yes | |
| University of Louisville Hospital - Other | Do Not Use | ||
| University of Louisville Hospital - Pharmacy | Whalen, Cathy | Yes | |
| University of Louisville Hospital - Nutrition Services | Anderson, Mary | Yes | |
| UofL Administrative Offices | None listed |
If you believe that your department signatures are incorrect or if your department is missing, please send an email to mhfrie01@louisville.edu with the correct information. Thank you.
