Amber Hood

Amber N. Hood, DFS, MS, CPIA, CIP, is Director of Regulatory Compliance and Research Facilities at the Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences and a research compliance executive with more than 15 years of experience in academic health care and research environments. Her work focuses on regulatory compliance, human research protections, research integrity, biosafety, animal research oversight, and research administration. She provides leadership for institutional research compliance programs and research infrastructure, including oversight of IRB, IACUC, IBC, laboratory safety, research security, conflict of interest, and related regulatory domains.

Dr. Hood has led the implementation of enterprise research administration systems, the development of institutional compliance frameworks, and the launch of programs that support research growth and operational excellence. She also serves as a consultant and advisor for human research protection programs within regional health systems and maintains active involvement in national research compliance and human subjects protection initiatives.

Research and professional interests include human research protections, research ethics, IRB administration, research integrity, biosafety, research security, regulatory policy, electronic research administration systems, responsible conduct of research, AI governance in research, and organizational strategies that strengthen compliant and high-quality research programs