Joseph Smith

Advisory Board Member

Joe is the Director of the Human Research Protection Program (HRPP) and oversees the functioning of the Human Research Protections Office which includes the IRB Office and Quality Assurance Program. Joe is a lifelong resident of Maryland and a graduate of the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) having earned his BA in Psychology, a minor in Philosophy and his MA in Applied Professional Ethics. Prior to arriving at the University of Maryland College Park campus in 2009, he served as a Human Research Protections Analyst at the University of Maryland, Baltimore School of Medicine (2003-2009).                                                                                                                                                          
Joe is a Certified IRB Manager (CIM) and Certified IRB Professional (CIP). He received the 2013 Outstanding Staff Award from the UMD Division of Research and received an Honorable Mention for the 2014 Board of Regents Staff Award for Outstanding Public Service to the University or Greater Community.                                                                                                                                                   
In 2018, Joe and his team led the Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs (AAHRPP) accreditation process as well as the 2021 (and beyond) re-accreditation processes for the UMD HRPP.                                                                               
Joe attends and presents at national and local training sessions and conferences focused on human research protections. He also leads professional development talks and working groups at UMD for faculty, students and staff on topics related to the HRPP. In addition, he is member of and serves on the UMD IRB, the Intellectual Property Committee, Diving Control Board and formerly on the Institutional Biosafe Committee (2011 - 2016). From 2011 - 2021, Joe served as the Conflict of Interest and Institutional Conflict of Interest Administrator for UMD.

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