Institutional Review Board

Institutional Review Board (IRB)

An Institutional Review Board (IRB) has been functioning within the ICF ‘Alliance for Public Health’ since November 2019 – an independent body with the main function to overview the compliance with ethical and moral and legal principles of research participants.


The IRB members are:

Zahedul Islam, MBA – Head of the Board
Anna Meteliuk, MS, MPA – permanent Board member
Ievgenia Geliukh, MD – permanent Board member
Olga Denisiuk, MD – permanent Board member
Anton Basenko, MA – permanent Board member
Gloria Moiseeva, MA – Secretary of the Board


Institutional Review Board within the ICF ‘Alliance for Public Health’ is registered with the Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and Federalwide Assurance (FWA) for the Protection of Human Subjects.


Currently, we are accepting external applications for APH IRB review. Should you have additional questions and/or interest in applying to the Institutional Review Board within the ICF ‘Alliance for Public Health’ please contact us at e-mail