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Susan Kornetsky, MPH

Director of Clinical Research Compliance, Boston Children's Hospital

Susan Kornetsky is the director of Clinical Research Compliance at Children’s Hospital in Boston. Her education includes a BA in Biology from Brandeis University and a Masters of Public Health from Boston University. In May of 2010 she completed a Medical Ethics Fellowship at Harvard Medical School.

Kornetsky is a past appointed member of the Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Human Research Protections (SACHRP) and was co-chair of the SACHRP Sub-committee on Children. She currently serves on the Subpart A subcommittee of SACHRP. She is a past member, appointed by the Secretary of HHS, of the National Human Research Protection Advisory Committee. She is a past Board member of the Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Programs (AAHRP) and is currently a site visitor. She was a member of the Institute of Medicine’s Committee on Clinical Research Involving Children.

Kornetsky is a past president and board member of Public Responsibility in Research and Medicine. She was a member on the Council for Certification of IRB Professionals (CCIP) and served as a Council co-chair.  She lectures at many national meetings in addition to conferences and educational programs and has served as a consultant on an Office of Protection from Research Risks (OPRR) site visit team.