Vice President, Human Research Affairs
Mass General Brigham Incorporated
Martha F. Jones, MA, CIP, is the Vice President, Human Research Affairs at Mass General Brigham Incorporated, an integrated healthcare system in Boston, Massachusetts. Her responsibilities include oversight of the IRBs, ESCRO, Human Research Compliance and Education, the Human Research Protection Program and diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in research. Ms. Jones serves as Chair of the Council on Accreditation of the Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs (AAAHRP) and is an active Site Visitor and Team Leader. In 2017 she received the AAHRPP Distinguished Team Leader Award. Ms. Jones is a member of the Board of Directors for Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research (PRIM&R) where she serves as a member of the Executive Committee and as Board Treasurer. She co-leads the National Comprehensive Cancer Centers (NCCN) IRB Directors group and is a member of the national SMART IRB Harmonization Steering Committee. Ms. Jones has a strong interest in bringing research into the community setting and serves as a member of the Massachusetts General Hospital Chelsea Community Research Advisory Board. Ms. Jones previously worked at Washington University in St. Louis and The University of Iowa in research and administration roles. She has a background and experience in clinical research ethics, epidemiology, biostatistics, speech pathology, audiology, public health, and the coordination of multicenter research studies. Ms. Jones is interested in technology solutions to support the efficient review and management of research and co-developed a research application and data management system now used at two large academic research institutions.