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David A. Borasky, MPH, CIP

Vice President, IRB Compliance, WCG

Biography

David A. Borasky serves as vice president of IRB Compliance for WCG Clinical. In this role he is responsible for leading the quality and compliance activities for WCG IRB and its IBC, EAC, and DMC operations.

David has more than 25 years of experience in IRB and compliance leadership in settings that include global public health organizations, large academic medical centers, and independent IRBs. He has facilitated training activities on basic research ethics and IRB operations and management for IRB staff and members for institutions and IRBs throughout the U.S. and abroad. He has served as a consultant for the Office for Human Research Protections, the U.S. Department of Energy, the World Health Organization, and numerous other institutions. From 2009 to 2025 he served as co-chair of the advisory subcommittee of the DHHS Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Human Research Protections.

David is a Certified IRB Professional and former member of the board of directors of Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research (PRIM&R). In 2018 he was named a Distinguished Leader of PRIM&R. He received his undergraduate education at Le Moyne College and his master’s degree in public health leadership from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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