Rachel Lally, MPH, CIP
Assistant Vice President for Research
Penn State University
Rachel Lally, MPH, CIP is an Assistant Vice President for Research at the Penn State University Human Research Protection Program. She is responsible for overseeing compliance programs related to IRB, IACUC and safety within Penn State’s Office for Research Protections. Rachel completed her undergraduate degree in Behavioral Neuroscience and Education at Colgate University, earned a Masters degree from Columbia’s Mailman School of Public Health, and has over 20 years of experience working in clinical research and research administration, with an expertise in human subjects research. Rachel worked with a number of IRBs in New York City before landing at Penn State and has participated in many local and national meetings related to improving the way IRBs do their work, with a focus on protecting human subjects while moving science forward.