Advocate Health Care Institutional Review Board

Advocate Health Care Review Board (AHC IRB)
205 West Touhy Ave., Suite 203
Park Ridge, IL 60068

Joal Hill, JD, MPH, PhD
Chair, Advocate Institutional Review Board
Director of Research Ethics
joal.hill@advocatehealth.com
Phone: 847.384.3529
Pager: 708.727.1737

Bryan W. Coyle, MA
Research Analyst
IRB guidelines and requirements; research methodology;
statistical analysis; consent form and HIPAA consultations;
database design and maintenance
bryan.coyle@advocatehealth.com
Phone: 847.384.3541
Pager: 847.569.4416

Judi Bauer
Human Research Administrator
Coordination of IRB meetings; preparation of meeting
agendas and minutes; processing of adverse events and
protocol deviations; humanitarian and emergency use requests
judi.bauer@advocatehealth.com
Phone: 847.384.3534

Joan Carmichael
Office Coordiator
Coordination of the IRB office operation; management of
protocol submission materials and credentials; processing of
continuing reviews
joan.carmichael@advocatehealth.com
Phone: 847.384.3527

General Office E-mail Correspondence
Consents, patient literature and HIPAA waiver requests
are to be sent as email attachments per protocol submission
checklist. When the IRB receives the protocol submission,
the principal investigator, or the person listed on the
application as a study contact, will be notified via email
regarding the IRB protocol number and any missing materials.
All future correspondence should be submitted to the IRB office
under the assigned protocol number.
IRBMail@advocatehealth.com
General IRB office fax: 847.384.3537