RMTIRB Members
Below is a list of current members of the Rocky Mountain Tribal Institutional Review Board.
RMT-IRB Chair
Vernon Grant, PhD (Blackfeet)
Assistant Research Professor
Center for American Indian and Rural Health Equity
Montana State University
RMT-IRB Co-Chair
TBD
RMT-IRB Coordinator
Karen Manzo, PhD, MPH
711 Central Ave, Suite 220
Billings, Montana 59102
Phone: (406) 252-2550; 304-368-8337 (c)
Email: IRB.Coordinator@rmtlc.org
Medical Doctors
TBD
Alternate
William L. Freeman, MD, MPH, CIP
Northwest Indian College, Bellingham, WA
Jonathan Gilbert, MD, Billings Area IHS
Billings, MT
Behavioral Health Scientist
TBD
Alternate
Angela Russell, JD, MSW (Crow)
Scientist
Judy Antell, PhD (Minnesota Chippewa)
Former Director, High Plains American Indian Research Institute (HPAIRI), University of Wyoming
Alternates
Pharah Morgan, MS, MPH (Navajo, San Ildefonso Pueblo, & Santo Domingo Pueblo )
Project Director, Rocky Mountain Tribal Leaders Council
Community Members
Jodi Bulltail (Crow)
Finance, Rocky Mountain Tribal Leaders Council
Leslie Racine (Ft. Belknap, Gros-Ventre)
Program Analyst, Billings Area IHS
Alternates
Sonya Big Leggins (Ft Peck Assiniboine & Sioux)
Program Cordinator, Rocky Mountain Tribal Leaders Council
Francine C. Gachupin, PhD, MPH (Jemez Pueblo)
Professor, University of Arizona-Tucson
Ramey Growing Thunder (Dakota, Navajo)
Director, Tribal Historical Preservation Office and Cultural Resource Department
Byron Larson (Northern Cheyenne)
Xanovea, Inc
Shannon Plainfeather-Bradley (Crow)
Assistant Executive Director, Crow Health and Human Services
Dawn Oleyte, RN (Assiniboine)
Billings Area IHS Nurse Consultant
Kelly Webb (Eastern Shoshone)
Eastern Shoshone Recovery Program
