Welcome to Office of Human Subjects Protection

Mission
With offices and personnel at Memphis, and the Graduate School of Medicine in Chattanooga and Knoxville, the Office of Human Subjects Protection provides oversight to all activities that pertain to the inclusion of humans as research participants. Its mission is to create an environment that fosters the ethical conduct of human subjects’ research through quality assurance and education.

Goals
The Office of Human Subjects Protection strives to foster the ethical conduct of human subjects research through activities that provide:

> Continuous education of key study personnel
> On-going review of human subject research
> A resource for research staff and study participants
> Development, implementation and review of relevant institutional issues.

Services
>Education and certification programs for all key personnel
>Guidance for researchers pertaining to specific human subject research issues
>Provision of information and resource materials related to human subject research

A 24-hour ‘hotline’ is available for the confidential reporting of research compliance issues: 1-800-216-1704 or (901) 448-1771

Compliance Officers
Memphis: Patrica S. Kerby, MPA
910 Madison Ave, Suite 650
901-448-1869
pkerby@utmem.edu

Chattanooga: Sylvia Friedl, B.A.
960 East Third Street, Suite 104
Chattanooga, TN 37403.
423-778-3899
sylvia.friedl@erlanger.org

Knoxville: Will Wallace, J. D.
1924 Alcoa Highway, Box U94
Knoxville, TN 37920
865-305-6192
wwallace@utmck.edu