IRB Members & Staff

Below is a description of ICJIA’s IRB members and staff.

IRB Member List

Name	Special Role	Affiliation
Dr. Megan Alderden	No data	Associate Professor and Director, DePaul University Criminology Program
Dr. Dan Cooper	No data	Director of Research, Metropolitan Planning Council
Dr. Douglas Smith	IRB Chair	Director, Center for Prevention Research and Development at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Dr. Evan Harrington	No data	Associate Professor, Chicago School of Forensic Psychology
Dr. Amie Schuck	No data	Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago
Phil Whittington	Prisoner Representative	Senior Research Analyst, Office of the Chief Judge of Cook County Circuit Court

IRB Staff

ICJIA’s IRB also consists of two IRB staff. The IRB manager’s duties include scheduling meetings, maintaining IRB and staff compliance, and keeping track of project status. The IRB secretary’s duties include posting meeting agendas, managing IRB meetings, and completing meeting minutes. The IRB secretary is also a part of the Office of the General Counsel and is tasked with reviewing applications and corresponding with IRB members where applicable.

Name	Title	Affiliation	Contact
Kyle Hucke	IRB Manager	Research and Analysis Unit	Kyle.Hucke@illinois.gov
Scott Risolute	IRB Secretary	Office of General Counsel	Scott.Risolute@Illinois.Gov