Contacting the IRB

UCI Office of Research HRP staff are working 100% remotely. Our business hours are Monday -Friday 8AM-5PM. All staff are responding to emails and calls as usual.

The main phone number — (949) 824-8170 — will send you straight to voicemail. Please be assured that although we are not answering this phone line, all messages are being listened to in real time and forwarded to the appropriate colleague for follow up.

You may also email us at IRB@research.uci.edu

HRP Staff

Muzhgan Afzal

IRB Reliance Analyst
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Speaks: Conversational Farsi
muzhgana@uci.edu
Phone: (949) 824-5276

Beverley W. Alberola

Director
Pronouns: she/her/hers
beverley.alberola@uci.edu
Phone: (949) 824-5746
Rachna Basu

Rachna Basu

IRB Administrator & Compliance Manager
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Speaks: Hindi
rachna.basu@uci.edu
Phone: (949) 824-2576

Melissa Camarena

Lead Minimal Risk Administrator
Pronouns: she/her/hers
mccamare@uci.edu
Phone: (949) 824-4779

Boram Choung

IRB "A" Analyst
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Speaks: Fluent Korean
choungb@uci.edu
Phone: (949) 824-6068

Victoria Do

Minimal Risk Senior Analyst
victoria.do@uci.edu
Phone: (949) 824-5047

Elide Flores

IRB "B" Analyst
Pronouns: she/her/hers
elidef@uci.edu
Phone: (949) 824-2125

Yolitzma Gonzalez

Minimal Risk Senior Analyst
yolitzmg@uci.edu
Phone: (949) 824-8945
William Kettler

William Kettler

Minimal Risk Administrator
Pronouns: he/him/his
wkettler@uci.edu
Phone: (949) 824-7114

Muriel Marroquín

IRB Reliance Sr. Analyst
murielam@uci.edu
Phone: (949) 824-2267
Anu Mathur

Anu Mathur

EQUIP Administrator
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Speaks: Conversational Hindi
anuradhm@uci.edu
Phone: (949) 824-9819
Mihaela Nistor

Mihaela Nistor

IRB "A" Administrator
Speaks: Fluent Romanian
mnistor@uci.edu
Phone: (949) 824-3711
Angelina Oh

Angelina Oh

IRB Reliance Sr. Analyst
angelo1@uci.edu
Phone: (949) 824-6269
Valerie Sanchez

Valerie Sanchez

IRB Reliance Administrator
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Speaks: (Basic) Conversational Spanish
valerie.ms@uci.edu
Phone: (949) 824-7735

Jessica Sheldon

Assistant Director, Human Research Protections
Pronouns: she/her/hers
jessica.sheldon@uci.edu
Phone: (949) 824-3831

Cindy Shindledecker

IRB Administrator
cshindle@uci.edu

Ariana Vazquez

Minimal Risk Senior Analyst
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Speaks: Conversational Spanish
ariana.v@uci.edu
Phone: (949) 824-8936

Chienli Yang

Minimal Risk Analyst
Pronouns: they/them/theirs
Speaks: Mandarin Chinese
chienliy@uci.edu
Phone: (949) 824-0665