Committee Members and Staff | Committee on the Use of Humans as Experimental Subjects

The members and chairman of COUHES are appointed by the president of MIT. Members are selected for their experience and expertise, as well as their diverse backgrounds, and includes individuals not affiliated with MIT

COUHES Chairman, VP for Research

Leigh Firn

Committee Members

Committee Members
Name	Title	Department
John Albin	Research Affiliate, MD, Ph.D.	Department of Chemistry
Eman Alnabati	Postdoctoral Fellow	Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems
Adam Berinsky	Professor	Department of Political Science
Michael Cima	Professor	Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Jon P. Daries	Senior Research Analyst	Office of the Provost
Dr. Daniel Debowy	Psychiatrist	MIT Health
Kate Doria	Senior Data Analyst	Office of the Provost
Patrick Egan	Physician, Internal Medicine	MIT Health
Evelina Fedorenko	Associate Professor	Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Na Hu	Director, IRB	COUHES, VP for Research
Chris Kaiser	Amgen Professor	Department of Biology
Michael Kane	Community Representative, Physician, Internal Medicine
Akshay Kapur	Undergraduate Student	Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Michael Keohane	IRB, Manager	COUHES, VP for Research
Paul Liang	Assistant Professor	Program in Media Arts and Sciences
Drazen Prelec	Professor of Management	Sloan School of Management
Robert Randolph	Ex-Chaplain to the Institute, Community Representative
Yazhini Ravi	Graduate Student	Sloan School of Management
Catherine Ricciardi	Director of Clinical and Research Operations	Center for Clinical and Translational Research
Andrea Saltzman	Director of Research Compliance, Data Stewardship, and Research Subject Protection	Broad Institute
Jack Schultz	Review Specialist	Broad Institute
Peter C. Scott	Community Representative
Edward Wack	Asst. Division Head, Homeland Protection and Air Traffic Control	MIT Lincoln Laboratory

COUHES Staff

COUHES Staff
Name	Title	Contact	Email
Leigh Firn	COUHES Chairman	617-253-6787	lfirn@mit.edu
Na Hu	Director, IRB	617-253-6787 Fax: 617-253-8420	nahu@mit.edu
Michael Keohane	Manager, IRB	617-253-6787 Fax: 617-253-8420	keoh@mit.edu
Felicia Lombardozzi	Supervisor, IRB	617-253-6787 Fax: 617-253-8420	lombardo@mit.edu
Adrienne Showman	IRB Compliance Administrator	617-253-6787 Fax: 617-253-8420	ashowman@mit.edu
Danielle Stark	IRB Compliance Administrator	617-253-6787 Fax: 617-253-8420	dstark@mit.edu
Courtney Barry	IRB Assistant	617-253-6787 Fax: 617-253-8420	cbarry31@mit.edu

^{Updated September 22, 2025}