Contact us if you have questions, concerns, or complaints regarding a human research study at The University of New Mexico Health Sciences. You can also make an anonymous call to the HSC Compliance Hotline at 1-888-899-6092.

Human Research Protections Program
Hadya Khawaja, MS, CIP
UNM Health Sciences HRPP director
Email: hkhawaja@salud.unm.edu
Phone: 505-272-9145
IRB submissions
Brad M. Dolin, BA, JD
UNM Health Sciences IRB manager
Email: bdolin@salud.unm.edu
Phone: 505-272-0772Rochelle Garcia, BA
IRB coordinator (pre-review)
Email: rorgarcia@salud.unm.edu
Phone: 505-272-5624Jessie L. Nichols
IRB coordinator (pre-review)
Email: jelnichols@salud.unm.edu
Phone: 505-272-1129Christina Gallegos
IRB coordinator (post-review)
Email: cmgallegos@salud.unm.edu
Phone: 505-272-5203Tanya Silva
IRB coordinator (sIRB/reliances)
Email: tlsilva@salud.unm.edu
Phone: 505-925-7414
IRB submission help
Sarah Targownik, LMSW, CIP
Education and outreach manager
Email: stargownik@salud.unm.edu
Phone: 505-272-0949
IRB review
Thomas Byrd, MD
UNM Health Sciences IRB executive chairWalter Dehority, MD
UNM Health Sciences IRB chairSusan Kunkel, PharmD
UNM Health Sciences IRB chair
Quality assurance and improvement
Ernestine Frank, BS
QA/QI manager
Email: erfrank@salud.unm.edu
Phone: 505-272-6765Andrea McDonald
IRB coordinator (QA/QI)
Email: aemcdonald@salud.unm.edu
Phone: 505-272-1129
Support
Vanessa Tan, MA
IRB/COI system administrator
Email: hsc-clicksupport@salud.unm.edu
Phone: 505-272-8121Felicia Chavez, BA
HRPO administrative assistant III
Email: felchavez@salud.unm.edu
Phone: 505-272-1129
Human Research Protections Office
Physical location:
Fitz Hall, B71
Mailing address:
MSC 08 4560
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM, 87131-0001
Call: 505-272-1129
Email: hsc-hrpo@salud.unm.edu