Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, GA
Laura Youngblood, MPH, CIP, is a Human Subjects Advisor for CDC’s National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID). In this role, Ms. Youngblood is responsible for determining the applicability of human subjects research regulations for scientific projects conducted in NCEZID. Ms. Youngblood previously served as an IRB Administrator in CDC’s Human Research Protection Office, and she was an active IRB member at CDC for 13 years, serving in Vice-Chair, Chair, and Executive Chair roles.
Ms. Youngblood has extensive knowledge and experience in the application of human subjects regulations and ethical standards in the context of epidemiologic research, public health surveillance, and emergency response, and she has served as a regulatory advisor for several large emergency responses, including Zika and Ebola.
Ms. Youngblood conducts human subjects-related trainings for CDC staff and collaborators, both domestically and overseas, presenting at national meetings and workshops addressing complicated human subjects issues, such as development of medical countermeasures, the boundary of research and public health practice, the use of human participants in vector biology research, and the regulatory exclusion for public health surveillance.
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