Cecilia Brooke Cholka, PhD, CIP

Brooke is a Certified IRB Professional with 10 years of experience in research administration (human and animal research). She is co-founder and co-facilitator of the SBER Network, a professional community for social, behavioral, and educational research IRB professionals. She presents regularly at national conferences and is a contributing author to the third edition of IRB Management and Function. In addition to her work in IRB, she has a PhD in Health Communication and nearly two decades of research experience. Her research interests include human sexuality, health disparities, and health risk behaviors, particularly in Latinx communities.