CIRB Education Days (Staff & CIRB Members)

Josh Lorenzo, MPH 
Co-Head, CIRB Strategy and Operations

Josh Lorenzo, MPH, joined the Clinical Trials Operations and Informatics Branch in August 2023. He brings to CTEP considerable experience in IRB administration, having spent most of his career in positions supporting both the NCI and the NIAID intramural IRB Offices.

He began his NIH career as a contractor in 2000, supporting CTEP's Protocol and Information Office. Additional experience includes helping to establish an audit and monitoring program at the NCIs Cancer Imaging Program and most recently as a program analyst at NICHDs office of Obstetric and Pediatric Pharmacology and Therapeutics Branch (OPPTB).

Mr. Lorenzo received his master's degree in public health and a graduate certificate in infection control from the University of South Florida.

Linda Parreco, RN, MS
Nurse Consultant, CIRB Division Liaison

Linda Parreco, RN, MS, is a nurse consultant in the Division of Cancer Prevention. She serves as the Division's Liaison to the National Cancer Institute's Central Institutional Review Board (CIRB), specifically providing oversight and coordination for the Cancer Prevention and Control CIRB. She has over 30 years' experience as an oncology nurse, having served as a research nurse in the Wichita Community Clinical Oncology Program, a breast cancer nurse case manager and coordinator of the Nurse Case Management program at the Lombardi Cancer Center at Georgetown University, head of DCP's Protocol Information Office, and a public health advisor in the NCI Office of Communication and Education.

She is a member of the Oncology Nursing Society, American Society of Clinical Oncology, Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research, and the Georgetown University Alumni Association. Her awards and recognition include the Presidential Award, Leukemia Society of America, Kansas Chapter and Leukemia Society Professional of the Year; Excellence in Quality Outcomes, Excellence in Service Delivery, and Special Recognition awards from Georgetown University. She has also received individual and group NIH Merit Awards for work in program management, project development, and clinical trials stewardship. She received her Master's Degree in Oncology Nursing from Georgetown University.