Restart Committee
The Restart Committee is charged, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, with recommending and advising IU from a medical and public health perspective on when & under what conditions Indiana University can restart, that is resume, in whole or part, normal or partial face-to-face operations.
Committee Members and Focus Areas
Stakeholders and Risk Tolerance
Jay Hess, PhD, MHSA Chair, IU Restart Committee University Clinical Affairs, School of Medicine, Indiana University
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Modeling and Data Monitoring
Cole B. Beeler, MD Infection Control, IU Health | Paul K. Halverson, DrPH Fairbanks School of Public Health, IUPUI |
Brian E. Dixon, MPA, PhD Fairbanks School of Public Health, IUPUI; Regenstrief Institute, Inc; VA HSR&D Center for Health Information and Communication | Douglas H. Webb, MD Infection Control, IU Health |
Testing, Contact Tracing, Quarantine and Isolation
Aaron E. Carroll, MD, MS School of Medicine, Indiana University; Regenstrief Institute, Inc. | Nir Menachemi, PhD, MPH Fairbanks School of Public Health, IUPUI; Regenstrief Institute, Inc. |
Adrian Gardner, MD, MPH School of Medicine, Indiana University | MicheleS.Saysana, MD School of Medicine, IndianaUniversity; IU Health; Indianapolis Coalition for Patient Safety |
Risk Mitigation
GrahamL. McKeen, MPA Environmental Health & Safety; O’Neill School of Public & Environmental Affairs; Indiana University |
Therapeutics: Antivirals and Vaccines
David B. Allison, PhD School of Public Health-Bloomington, Indiana University | KevinC. Maki, PhD School of Public Health-Bloomington, Indiana University Midwest BiomedicalResearch |
Lana Dbeibo, MD Infection Control, IU Health | |
Legal and Ethical Issues
JacquelineSimmons, JD General Counsel, Indiana University | JamesC.Wimbush, PhD Diversity, Equity, and Multicultural Affairs, Indiana University |
Executive Policy Group
Part of Indiana University’s emergency management procedures, the EPG is charged with making policy decisions that guide IU’s response to COVID-19 across all of its campuses. The Emergency Operations Center (EOC) reports to the EPG.
Committee Members
Chair Michael A. McRobbie, President | |
Lauren Robel, Provost & Executive Vice President | David Allison, Dean, School of Public Health-Bloomington |
Nasser Paydar, Executive Vice President & IUPUI Chancellor | Bill Stephan, Vice President for Government Relations and Economic Engagement |
John S. Applegate, Executive Vice President for University Academic Affairs | John Whelan, Vice President for Human Resources |
Jay L. Hess, Executive Vice President for University Clinical Affairs | Hannah Buxbaum, Vice President for International Affairs |
John Sejdinaj, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | Fred Cate, Vice President for Research |
Paul Halverson, Dean, IU Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health | Brad Wheeler, Vice President for IT and Chief Information Officer and Vice President for Communications and Marketing |
Benjamin Hunter, Associate Vice President for Public Safety and Institutional Assurance and Superintendent for Public Safety | Jacqueline Simmons, Vice President and General Counsel |
Karen Adams, Chief of Staff, Office of the President | Thomas A. Morrison, Vice President, Capital Planning and Facilities |
Academic Leadership Council Executive Group
The Academic Leadership Council Executive Group includes the President and the Executive Vice Presidents as the academic leadership of the university. This group is not part of the emergency operations structure, and serves as the voice of academic concerns within the current emergency.
Committee Members
Chair Michael A. McRobbie, President, Indiana University | |
John S. Applegate, Executive Vice President for University Academic Affairs | Lauren Robel, Executive Vice President and Provost of IU Bloomington |
Nasser Paydar, Executive Vice President and Chancellor of IUPUI | Jay Hess, Executive Vice President for University Clinical Affairs; Dean, School of Medicine |
Laboratory Research Committee
In the context of research involving laboratories, human subjects, animals and similar research areas that have been suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Committee is charged with determining how to implement the recommendations and advice of the Restart Committee to allow for a safe and timely resumption of full research activity in these areas on IU campuses including the return of graduate students associated with this research.
Committee Members
Co-Chair Fred Cate, Vice President for Research | Co-Chair James Wimbush, Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Multicultural Affairs and Dean of the University Graduate School |
John Baumann, Associate Vice President, Office of Research Compliance | Carmel Egan, Associate Dean of Research Affairs and Chief Operating Officer, Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute IU School of Medicine |
Janice Blum, Associate Vice President, Interim Vice Chancellor for Research, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research IU School of Medicine | Steve Martin, AVP, Office of Research Administration |
Dakota Coates, IU Bloomington Graduate and Professional Student Government | Mary Waldron, Associate Professor of Counseling & Educational Psychology in the School of Education; dual appointments in Counseling Psychology and Human Development; Chair, Graduate Faculty Council |
David Daleke, Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Health Sciences and Associate Dean of the University Graduate School | Jeff Zaleski, Provost Professor, Department of Chemistry; Interim Vice Provost for Research |