Institutional Review Boards
Indian Health Service Institutional Review Boards (IRB)
National IRB (NIRB) at IHS Headquarters, Rockville, Maryland: IRB00000646
Rachael Tracy, Chair, IHS NIRB
Indian Health Service
5600 Fishers Lane, MS 09E10D
Rockville, MD 20857
Phone: 301-443-2029
Submit projects electronically to irb@ihs.gov
Alaska Area: IRB00000636
Dr. Shanda Lohse, Chair, Alaska Area IRB
Yvonne Tanape-Druce, Administrator, Alaska Area IRB
4315 Diplomacy Drive - IRB
Anchorage, AK 99508
Phone: 907-729-3924 or 907-729-3917
Email: akaalaskaareaIRB@anthc.org
Submit project electronically to IRBNet.org, Alaska Area IRB
Bemidji Area
Antonio Guimaraes, MD Chair, Bemidji Area Publication Review Committee
(Human participants research clearance is referred to the NIRB)
522 Minnesota Avenue, NW
Bemidji, MN 56601
Phone: 218-335-3200
Fax: 218-444-0498
Billings Area IHS/Rocky Mountain Tribal: IRB00000638
Byron Larsen, Chair, RMT-IRB
Cheyenne Tallbull, IRB Coordinator, RMT-IRB
10110 South 7650 East
Crow Agency, MT 59022
Phone: 406-638-3331
Great Plains Area: IRB00000635
Dewey Ertz, EdD, Chair, Great Plains Area IRB
Marsha Stevens, Great Plains Area IRB Coordinator
Indian Health Service
Federal Building, Room 309
115 – 4th Ave. SE
Aberdeen, SD 57401
Phone: (605) 226-7493
Fax: (605) 226-7214
Toll Free: (866) 331-5794
Nashville Area: IRB00000640
John Shutze, MPH, Chair, Nashville Area IHS IRB
711 Stewarts Ferry Pike
Nashville, TN 37214
Phone: 615-467-1669
Fax: 615-467-1585
Max Boykin, MSN, RN, Co-Chair, Nashville Area IHS IRB
711 Stewarts Ferry Pike
Nashville, TN 37214
Phone: 615-467-1628
Navajo Area: IRB00000641
Dr. Rebecca Izzo-Manymules, Ph.D., Chair, Navajo Nation Human Research Review Board (and Navajo Area IHS IRB)
Michael Winney, Administrative Assistant
Office of Planning, Research, Evaluation Program
Navajo Department of Health
P.O. Box 1390
Window Rock, Arizona 86515
Phone: 928-871-6929/871-6352
Fax: 928-871-6255
Oklahoma City Area: IRB00000642
Ryan Schupbach, PharmD, BCPS, CACP
CAPT, U.S. Public Health Service
Co-Chairman, Institutional Review Board
Indian Health Service, Oklahoma City Area
701 Market Drive, Oklahoma City, OK 73114
Phone: (405) 951-3928
Greggory Woitte, MD, FACOG
CAPT, U.S. Public Health Service
Co-Chairman, Institutional Review Board
Indian Health Service, Oklahoma City Area
701 Market Drive, Oklahoma City, OK 73114
Phone: (405) 951-3776
Phoenix Area: IRB00000643
Derek Patton, M.S., MBA, LADC/LISAC
Acting Director Office of Health Programs
Phoenix Area IRB Chair
Phoenix Area Indian Health Service
Phone: 602-364-5169 or 480-228-8981
Scott Peake, MSN,APRN,PMHNP-BC
Commander, United States Public Health Service
Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
Area Mental Health Consultant
Phoenix Area IRB Co-Chair
Office of Health Programs
Phoenix Area Indian Health Service
Phone: 602-284-6637
Portland Area: IRB00000645
CDR Ryan Pett, PharmD, MPH, Co-Chair
Portland Area IHS
401 Buster Rd, Toppenish WA 98948
Phone: 509-865-1728
Clarice Charging, IRB Coordinator
520 SW Harrison St., Suite 335
Portland, OR 97201
Phone: 503-416-3256
Submit project electronically to IRBNet.org, Portland Area Indian Health Service IRB
Questions? Email: pairb@ihs.gov
Tucson Area
Robert Price, Public Health Advisor
Office of Tribal Self-Determination/Tribal Programs
(Human participants research clearance is referred to the NIRB)
7900 South J. Stock Road
Tucson, AZ 85746
Phone: 520-295-2403
Fax: 520-295-2540
Independent Tribal IRBs
An increasing number of Tribes are forming their own IRBs (below) under 45 CFR 46. Research projects at IHS direct care facilities serving a Tribal Nation that has its own IRB must have the approval of both the Tribal IRB and the IHS IRB. Projects at facilities managed by Tribal Nations with their own IRB and FWA require approval of only the Tribal IRB. Protocols approved by Tribal Research Review Committees that do not meet the formal requirements of 45 CFR 46 for an IRB should also be forward to the IHS IRB for approval. A formal letter of approval from the Tribal Research Committee or IRB is required for consideration by an IHS IRB. This generally takes the place of the Council Resolution or approval letter from an authorized Tribal Health Official that would ordinarily be required. Tribal IRBs that serve a dual role as both a Tribal IRB and an IHS Area Office IRB (Such as the Navajo Nation's IRB) are listed under "IHS IRBs."
American Indian Healing Center, Inc.: IRB00008253 IORG0006887
John Andrews, MPH, Executive Director
12456 E. Washington Blvd.
Whittier, CA 90602
Phone: 562-693-4325
Fax: 562-693-1115
Blackfeet Nation: IRB00005802 IORG0004865
Lola Wippert, Chairwoman
Blackfeet Community College
P.O. Box 819
Browning, MT 59417
Phone: 406-338-5421, ext 2252
California Rural Indian Health Board (CRIHB): IRB00004400 IORG0003711
Jeffrey P. Braff, DrPH, CIP, MPS, Chair
CA Rural Indian Health Board
1020 Sundown Way
Roseville, CA 95661
Phone: 416-518-8420
Fax: 916-771-9470
Cherokee Nation: IRB00001237 IORG0000872
Sohail Kahn, MBBS, MPH, CIP, Co-Chair, Cherokee Nation IRB
Roger Montgomery, MD, Chair, Cherokee Nation IRB
P.O. Box 948
Highway 62
Tahlequah, OK 74465
Phone: 918-453-5602
Fax: 918-431-4148
Chickasaw Nation: IRB00004394 IORG0003705
Sheryl Goodson, Chair, Chickasaw Nation Research Review Committee (RRC)
Carl Albert Indian Health Facility
1001 N. Country Club Road
Ada, OK 74820
Phone: 580-421-4548
Fax: 580-421-6208
Bobby Saunkeah, RN, BSN, CDE, RRC Secretary
Phone: 580-421-4532, Ext. 800
Fax: 580-521-4572
Choctaw Nation: IRB00004293 IORG0003613
David F. Wharton, MPH, RN, Facilitator, Choctaw Nation IRB
Choctaw Nation Health Services
Choctaw Nation Health Clinic - Idabel
902 E Lincoln Road
Idabel, OK 74745
Phone: 580-286-4724
Fax: 580-286-4718
College of Menominee Nation: IRB00007956 IORG0006633
Donna Powless, PhD, Vice-President of Academic Affairs
P.O. Box 1179
N172 State Hwy 47/55
Keshena, WI 54135
Phone: 715-799-5600, Ext. 306
Fax: 715-799-5951
Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, IRB00012101 IORG0010187
Tonya Kjerland, Research Specialist
Human Services Division
927 Trettel Lane
Cloquet, MN 55720
Phone: (218) 655-3623
Haskell Indian Nations University: IRB00003557 IORG0002948
Freda Gipp, Administrative Assistant
155 Indian Avenue
Lawrence, KS 66046
Phone: 785-749-8407
Fax: 785-749-8411
Ho-Chunk Nation IRB
Brenda Owen, IRB Chair
Joan Greendeer-Lee, Secretary
N6520 Lumberjack Guy Road
Black River Falls, WI 54615
Phone: 715-284-9851 ext. 5052
Southwest Tribal IRB (Albuquerque Area)
Marvin Sarracino, Chair
Rachell Tenorio, Coordinator
5015 Prospect Ave NE
Albuquerque, NM 87110
Phone: 505-764-0036
Fax: 505-764-0446
Email: SWTribalIRB@aaihb.org
Website: Southwest Tribal NARCH
Oglala Sioux Tribal Research Review Board (OSTRRB) (Great Plains)
Katie Blindman, OSTRRB Data Research Assistant
P.O. Box 5011
Pine Ridge, SD 57770
Phone: 605-867-1704
Email: ost.rrb16@gmail.com
Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Local Research Review Board (SWOLRRB) (Great Plains)
Heather Larsen, Research Specialist
Local Research Review Board
Education Department
Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation
P.O. Box 509 Agency Village, C.P.O.
Sisseton, SD 57262
Phone: 605-698-8411
OR Dr. Sherry Johnson, Education Director
Phone: (605) 698-8298
Website: SISSETON WAHPETON OYATE OF THE LAKE TRAVERSE RESERVATION RESEARCH OFFICE
Tribal Nations Research Group (TNRG) (Great Plains)
Anita Frederick
Tribal Nations Research Group
P.O. Box 1906
Belcourt, ND 58316
Phone: (701) 477-5526
Website: Tribal Nations Research Group
We hope that this list will always be growing. If your Tribal IRB is not listed here, please email the information about it to irb@ihs.gov.
