Assistant Director, Office of Regulatory Affairs
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Kristi DeHaai currently serves as Assistant Director in the Office of Regulatory Affairs at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC), where she leads strategic initiatives for the Human Research Protection Program (HRPP) while overseeing day to day operations of the Office of Regulatory Affairs. She is a seasoned research compliance professional with over 20 years of experience in human subject protections, clinical research, and regulatory affairs.
She is a certified IRB Professional and active contributor to national IRB consortia including the Big Ten IRB Consortium, the Great Plains Consortium, and the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) IRB Director’s Forum. Kristi has been faculty at PRIM&R and AAHRPP national conferences and has authored multiple abstracts, book chapters, peer-reviewed publications on compliance monitoring and ethical research practices.