Contact & Membership Information

Anne L. Hiskes
Chair, ESCRO Committee
Telephone: (860) 486-2215
anne.hiskes@uconn.edu

Dana Howard
Administrative Assistant
Telephone: (860) 486-1725
Office hours: Mon and Tues. 8:30-5:00, Wed. 8:00-5:00
dana.howard@uconn.edu

For protocol submissions or general questions: escro@uconn.edu

ESCRO Members

Appointed by the President of the University to the University of Connecticut Embryonic Stem Cell Research Oversight (ESCRO) Committee

Barbara B. Blechner, J.D., M.Ed.
Associate Professor
Division of Medical Humanities, Health Law, and Ethics
Department of Community Medicine and Health Care
University of Connecticut Health Center

Audrey R. Chapman, M.Div., S.T.M., Ph.D.
Joseph M. Healey Endowed Chair
Division of Medical Humanities, Law, and Ethics
Department of Community Medicine and Health Care
University of Connecticut Health Center

Alan Fein, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Cell Biology
University of Connecticut Health Center
(Appointed May 2007)

Steven J. Geary, Ph.D.
Professor of Microbiology
Department of Pathobiology & Veterinary Science
University of Connecticut, Storrs

Anne L. Hiskes, Ph.D., Chair
Director, Research Ethics and Education for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research
Director for the Program on Science and Human Rights, Human Rights Institute
Associate Professor
Department of Philosophy
University of Connecticut, Storrs

Mary Casey Jacob, Ph.D., Alternate ethicist
Professor of Psychiatry and Obstetrics and Gynecology
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
University of Connecticut Health Center

Barbara B. Jacobs, R.N., M.P.H., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Nursing
University of Connecticut, Storrs

Affiliate Faculty
Center for Clinical Bioethics
Georgetown University

June S. Krisch, L.P.C.,
School Counselor (retired)
Community Member

Zita Lazzarini, J.D., M.P.H.
Division Director and Associate Professor
Division of Medical Humanities, Health Law, and Ethics
Department of Community Medicine and Health Care
University of Connecticut Health Center

Leta Weiss Marks, Ph.D.
Community Member
(Appointed June 2007)

James P. Mulrooney, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Biomolecular Sciences
Central Connecticut State University

John C. Nulsen, M.D.
Medical Director, The Center for Advanced Reproductive Services
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Connecticut Health Center

Richard F. Tombaugh, M.A., D.Th., Community Member
Executive Secretary of the General Board of Examining Chaplains
The Episcopal Church of America

Richard Zeff, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Immunology
University of Connecticut Health Center
(Appointed May 2007)

Adam Zweifach, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
University of Connecticut, Storrs

Ex-Officio Members:

Nancy Day Adams, MD, FACP
Director of Compliance Education & Faculty Liaison
Professor of Medicine/Nephrology
University of Connecticut Health Center
School of Medicine
(Appointed December 2007)

Cheryl Chiaputti, C.P.A.
Assistant Director
Internal Auditing, Storrs Campus
(Alternate for Rachel Rubin)

Ilze Krisst, Ph.D.
Director
Office of Research Compliance
University of Connecticut, Storrs

Rachel Rubin, J.D.
Director of Compliance for Storrs and Regional Campuses
University of Connecticut
(Appointed June 2007)

Nancy Wallach, C.I.P.
Associate Director
Research Compliance, IRB
University of Connecticut, Storrs
(Alternate for Ilze Krisst)