Over twenty years supporting Sponsors, CROs, Sites, and IRBs.

Serving as Commercial Central IRB Chair of Univo IRB, an AAHRPP-accredited commercial central IRB, and as a Fellow of the Harvard Medical School Center for Bioethics. Glenwood Ethical Research Advisory was founded to make senior-level IRB and regulatory counsel available to sponsors, CROs, sites, and investigators who need more than a compliance checklist.  In 2024, Cyrus transitioned into executive IRB leadership as Commercial Central IRB Chair at Univo IRB, an AAHRPP-accredited commercial central IRB. He leads board operations, reviewer governance, regulatory review, and service delivery across drug, biologic, and medical device programs, while supporting policy development, reviewer infrastructure, resource planning, and cross-functional coordination. He also represents the organization during FDA inspections, AAHRPP site visits, sponsor audits, and other high-stakes regulatory and quality engagements.

His advisory perspective is grounded in more than 20 years of clinical research experience, nearly a decade in IRB review and leadership, and a fellowship in bioethics through the Harvard Medical School Center for Bioethics. This combination of sponsor, CRO, monitoring, vendor-governance, and commercial IRB experience supports a practical and defensible approach to research oversight, regulatory strategy, and clinical operations.  He has spent more than 20 years across sponsor, CRO, site, monitoring, and IRB executive functions, including six years as a non-affiliated scientific board member at Advarra IRB. His credentials include an MS in Clinical Research, an MBA, and ACRP certifications as a Certified Project Manager, Certified Medical Device Professional, and Certified Clinical Research Associate. He is also a registered nurse with a background in neonatal critical care and emergency medicine, grounding human subject protection review in direct clinical experience.