Executive Director, Office of Research Compliance & Quality Improvement
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Keren Dunn, CIP, is the Exectuive Director of Research Compliance and Quality Improvement at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, responsible for the oversight of IRB and IACUC operations and education, post-approval monitoring and compliance, and quality improvement. Prior to her current role, Keren served 18 years as Associate Director of Research Compliance & Quality Improvement at Cedars-Sinai. In this role, Keren was responsible for Cedars-Sinai’s IRB post-approval monitoring program, the HRPP quality improvement program, and coverage analysis for clinical research studies. Keren played a significant role in Cedars-Sinai’s initial AAHRPP accreditation in 2003-2004 and re-accreditation four times since.
Keren has presented on various topics in research compliance and human subject protection, including: adverse event reporting, unanticipated problems, IRB audits, quality improvement for IRBs, research-related injury, and electronic IRB system implementation and evaluation.