DOE Human Subjects Resources

DOE Written Assurances

Written documentation is required by DOE that ensures institutional compliance with and implementation of DOE and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) regulations for the protection of human research subjects. Such documentation from the prospective performing institution shall be satisfactory to the Secretary of Energy. 

The only documentation currently meeting this requirement is the Federalwide Assurance. See www.hhs.gov/ohrp/assurances/assurances_index.html.

Not all DOE sites perform research on human subjects, and several of these sites make use of Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) at other institutions. A listing of DOE sites with human subjects activities, their assurances to perform such work, their IRB chairpersons or non-DOE institution, and their IRB administrator or contact is provided in the following table.

Laboratory Assurance # IRB Chair or
non-DOE Institution
IRB Administrator or
POCs
Ames 00004361 Iowa State University Jim Withers
phone: 515-294-4743
fax: 515-294-2155
withers@ameslab.gov
Argonne 00005565 University of Chicago Gail Van Gorp
phone: 630-252-3689
fax: 630-252-7608
gvangorp@anl.gov
Central Beryllium IRB 00005031 David Wehrly
phone: 865-482-3666
fax: 865-576-9557
dave21guy@comcast.net
Becky Hawkins
phone: 865-576-1725
fax: 865-576-9557
Becky.Hawkins@orise.orau.gov
Brookhaven 00000149 SUNY-Stony Brook Darcy Mallon
phone: 631-344-3362
fax: 631-344-3220
mallon@bnl.gov
Fermilab Currently Inactive   TBD
Idaho 00009528 Harold Blackman
phone: 208-526-0245
fax: 208-526-8076
Harold.Blackman@inl.gov
Dena Tomchak
phone: 208-526-1590
fax: 208-526-0828
Dena.Tomchak@inl.gov
Los Alamos 00000362 Laurie Wiggs
phone: 505-667-8234
fax: 505-665-7879
ldwiggs@lanl.gov
Donna Leshne
phone: 505-665-0198
fax: 505-665-7879
dleshne@lanl.gov
Lawrence Berkeley 00006253 Peter Lichty
phone: 510-486-6267
fax: 510-486-7192
pdlichty@llbl.gov
Chris Byrne
phone: 510-486-5507
fax: 510-486-5499
cebyrne@lbl.gov
Lawrence Livermore 00004274 John P. Knezovich
phone: 925-422-0925
fax: 925-423-7884
knezovich1@llnl.gov
Ann-Marie B. Dake
phone: 925-422-0260
fax: 925-423-4306
dakel@llnl.gov
Oak Ridge Associated Universities 00005031 Betsy Ellis
phone: 865-576-3528
fax: 865-576-9557
Betsy.Ellis@orise.orau.gov
Becky Hawkins
phone: 865-576-1725
fax: 865-576-9557
Becky.Hawkins@orise.orau.gov
Oak Ridge National Laboratory 00012860 Betsy Ellis
phone: 865-576-3528
fax: 865-576-9557
Betsy.Ellis@orise.orau.gov
Leigh Greeley
phone: 865-576-1367
fax: 865-576-4153
gyg@ornl.gov
Pacific Northwest 00004696 James E. Morris, PhD.
phone: 509-376-4815
fax: 509-376-9023
james.morris@pnl.gov
Kathy Ertell
phone: 509-375-3610
fax: 509-375-2592
katherine.ertell@pnl.gov
Sandia 00003764 Linda Duffy
phone: 505-845-8037
fax: 505-284-3563
ldduffy@sandia.gov
Terry Reser
phone: 505-845-9171
fax: 505-844-0224
treser@sandia.gov
Savannah River / Washington Savannah River Company 00012002 John B. Tomarchio
phone: 803-557-4367
fax: 803-557-4372
john.tomarchio@srs.gov
Karen T. Brown
phone: 803-557-4266
fax: 803-557-4822
karent.brown@srs.gov

 

 

Content reviewed: February 10, 2009