Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee

Contact Information

Email: evargas@emory.edu

Phone: 404-727-8083

Biography

Esmeralda Meyer is an experienced biological safety professional with a demonstrated history of working in the higher education industry at the bench and within environmental health and safety. She is skilled in epidemiology, public speaking, molecular biology, emergency response, use of laboratory animals in research including non-human primates, emerging biotechnologies, biosafety, and research Safety.

In 2018, Esmeralda earned her Juris Master focused on Compliance from Emory University School of Law. Dr. Meyer's professional background includes a medical degree from Universidad del Rosario – Colombia and a post-doctoral fellowship in the Malaria Program at the Emory Vaccine Center. She is a member of the American Biological Safety Association (ABSA) since 2015 and holds the following certifications: Registered Biosafety Professional, Certified Biological Safety Professional, and Biorisk Management.

Contact Information

Email: jadam12@emory.edu

Biography

Jon Adams is a Research Protocol Analyst who will be assisting with Site Inspections and PAMs. Jon has been with Emory for 26 years and before coming to the IACUC office was a lab manger in a research lab. He holds a BS in Chemistry and MS in Biochemistry from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Contact Information

Email: jbgoldm@emory.edu

Phone: 404-727-3196

Biography

Jessica Goldman has been in ORA since 2006, serving in several roles over the years. Currently, she is a
Senior Research Protocol Analyst in the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)
Department. She is responsible for protocol reviews, providing administrative and operational support
to the principal investigators, the IACUC Committee and her colleagues. Jessica went to undergrad at
Emory University and holds a BA in Psychology.

Contact Information

Email: cbnash@emory.edu

Phone: 404-727-9735

Biography

Carmen Nash is a Research Protocol Analyst in the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)
Department. She is responsible for overseeing the department’s regulatory compliance matters. Before
joining IACUC, Carmen worked at Yerkes National Primate Research Center. She has worked at Emory
for over 15 years and holds a BS in Biology.

Contact Information

Email:ashifer@emory.edu

Phone: 470-586-1253

Biography

Ayalnesh Shiferaw is the newest member of the IACUC office. She provides administrative and operational support to the principal investigators and the IACUC Committee. Prior to joining the ORA, she was a Lead Research Specialist for several years at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center. Experience gained in those prior roles has been instrumental in assisting investigators to navigate their study protocols. 

Contact Information

Email: dweiss2@emory.edu

Biography

Daiana Weiss is a Research Integrity Manager in the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC). In her role as a manager, she provides direct oversight of the Research Integrity unit of the IACUC office including supervision of all employees within the group. She has primary responsibility for completion of activities that fall under the general category of regulatory compliance, including but is not limited to semiannual site inspections and program reviews, investigation of noncompliance allegations and conduct of a post approval monitoring program (PAM).

Daiana has a M.D degree and has worked at Emory since 1998. Before joining the IACUC office, she worked as a scientist in the Department of Medicine.

Contact Information

Email: wwiles@emory.edu

Phone: 404-712-2033

Biography

Walter "Guy" Wiles IV is the Operations Manager for the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee Office (IACUC). He is responsible for the oversight of the operations and protocol review team as well as working with Huron and ORA-IT to manage and test the eIACUC software solution. He joined Emory in 2006 after completing his master's in biochemistry and joined the Office of Research Administration in 2018.