Office of Human Research & Community Engagement

Mission

The mission of the NIEHS Office of Human Research and Community Engagement (OHRCE) is:

  1. To provide leadership and management of a comprehensive Human Research Protection Program (HRPP) by:

    1. Ensuring the appropriate protections of research participants while providing protocol navigation, study monitoring, study initiation strategies, guidance, and support for researchers and study staff.
    2. Providing national and international leadership in the development of human research protection resources and tools for disaster research and vulnerable communities experiencing disasters, through the NIH/NIEHS Disaster Research Response Program.
  2. To provide outreach and engagement with communities that enhances health resiliency and disease prevention — by:
    1. Developing and implementing community-engaged research and outreach strategies for enhancing and promoting environmental public health and environmental health literacy.
    2. Developing evidence-based community health interventions for improved research strategies as well as clinical recruitment and policy development.

OHRCE is involved in the following program:

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Women's Health Awareness

The Women’s Health Awareness (WHA) Community Engagement Program is an innovative environmental health research, public health practice and advocacy initiative.

OHRCE Staff


Joan P. Packenham
Joan P. Packenham, Ph.D. Director, NIEHS Office of Human Research and Community Engagement (OHRCE); DIR CRB Tel 984-287-4413 packenhm@niehs.nih.gov

Christine B. Philput
Christine B. Philput, Ph.D. Contractor - Quality Assurance Specialist Tel 978-407-1348 christine.philput@nih.gov

Craig T. Wladyka
Craig T. Wladyka, M.P.A., CIP Clinical Protocol Coordinator Tel 984-287-4425 cwladyka@niehs.nih.gov

Questions and Concerns About an Ongoing Study at NIEHS

If you have any problems or questions about a study, or about your rights as a research participant, or about any research-related injury, you may contact the Principal Investigator for your study or you may also call one of the following:

  • NIH Office of Human Subjects Research ProtectionsTel 301-402-3713
    irb@od.nih.gov6700B Rockledge Drive Suite 4300
    Bethesda, MD 20897

Please note, if you send information to the email addresses above, please do not include sensitive information or personal health information.

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