Megan Kasimatis Singleton, JD, MBE, CIP

Assistant Dean, Human Research Protection; Director, HRPP
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Megan Kasimatis Singleton, JD, MBE, CIP is Assistant Dean for Human Research Protection and Director of the Human Research Protection Program at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. In this role she is responsible for oversight and direction of JHM’s 7 IRBs. Ms. Singleton is a licensed attorney in Pennsylvania. She earned her law degree from Temple University and her Masters in Bioethics from the University of Pennsylvania.In addition to her role in leading the Johns Hopkins Medicine HRPP, she serves as the director of central IRB (CIRB) activities for the Johns Hopkins/Tufts Trial Innovation Center (TIC), leading the charge for innovations in operationalizing single IRB (sIRB) review. In addition to her role as TIC CIRB lead, she is heavily engaged in national efforts to streamline the implementation of sIRB review processes including as a member of the Federal Demonstration Partnership taskforce on sIRB review and as a member of the SMART IRB Harmonization Steering Committee. Ms. Singleton is the co-chair of the AER Conference Workshop/Didactic Subcommittee, is an AAHRPP, Inc. site visitor, and is a member of the Steering Committee for AEREO, a consortium designed to advance effective research ethics oversight through empirical research.

Presentation(s):

• Reimagining Your HRPP in the Single IRB Era

  Sunday, November 17
  8:30 AM – 4:30 PM

• C06 - Not Less Work, but Different—Re-Engineering for Single IRB (sIRB) Review

  Tuesday, November 19
  10:15 AM – 11:30 AM

• PRIM&R’s Guide to Speaking at the AER Conference

  Tuesday, November 19
  11:45 AM – 12:45 PM

• D09 - Ensuring IRB Compliance in a Hybrid World—Strategies for Operating in a World Where Multiple Regulatory Frameworks Apply

  Tuesday, November 19
  3:45 PM – 5:00 PM

• E20 - Who's Minding the Store? Local Oversight of Research Without an IRB

  Wednesday, November 20
  11:30 AM – 12:45 PM