Hiromi Sanders

Hiromi Sanders is responsible for matters related to research compliance involving animal care and use, human subjects protection, financial conflicts of interest, laboratory safety, responsible conduct of research, and export controls. She serves as deputy to the university’s associate vice president for research integrity.

Sanders brings a unique perspective to this position, having served as both a researcher and an administrator. Prior to joining the George Washington University, she served as assistant director of the Office of Research Integrity at East Carolina University. Sanders earned a bachelor's of science in biology and a PhD in physiology from East Carolina University where she studied the aggregation of amyloid-beta peptide species. After completing a postdoctoral fellowship at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, she received her JD from the Earle Mack School of Law at Drexel University.