Rachel Lally, MPH, CIP

Rachel is the Executive Director of the Penn State HRPP. She is responsible for a team of 27 IRB professionals who manage the oversight of all human subjects research across Penn State’s many campuses, including protocols from taste testing to clinical trials. Like many IRB professionals, Rachel fell into IRB work early in her research career. Rachel worked with a number of IRBs in New York City before landing in PA and has participated in many local and national meetings related to improving the way IRBs do their work, with a focus on protecting human subjects while moving science forward.