--- title: About Us date: 2024-11-17T16:34:00-05:00 author: Karen Wehner canonical_url: "https://oirc.umd.edu/about-us" section: Pages --- # About Us *Fearlessly Forward with Integrity* **About Us** # About OIRC The Office of Integrity and Responsible Conduct ("OIRC") has two functional areas: 1. addressing concerns related to research, creative activities, scholarly, and faculty professional misconduct; and 2. fostering integrity and responsible conduct through the Integrity and Responsible Conduct Program ("IRC@UMD"). We are dedicated to ensuring that our UMD community can move **Fearlessly Forward** with integrity. We welcome your engagement as we endeavor to support UMD in carrying forth its mission of achieving excellence in teaching, research, and public service within a respectful environment. Meet the people who support the work of OIRC — and, by extension, the mission of UMD — below. # Contact OIRC **Promo** — **Email OIRC:** <oirc@umd.edu> **Email the UMD RIO:** <rio@umd.edu> **Email the IRC@UMD Program:** <ircp@umd.edu> **Call OIRC:** 301-314-1814 # OIRC Staff - **Melissa Thompson, J.D.** — Executive Director - **Aliza Sacknovitz, Ph.D.** — Director of Research Misconduct Investigations (Research Integrity Officer) - **Audrey Birgin** — Deputy Research Integrity Officer - **Karen Wehner, Ph.D.** — Director of Programming and Policy Initiatives - **Mike Spolidoro** — Assistant Director of Professional Misconduct Investigations (Senior Investigator)