Judith A. Nowack is Associate Vice President for Research at the University of Michigan. She has 30 years of experience in academic administration, over 20 of which have been devoted to research policy and compliance. She is the University's deputy institutional official for the Human Research Protection Program. In addition, she has general oversight responsibility for numerous compliance realms associated with the conduct of research, including use of animals, conflict of interest, biosafety, and embryonic stem cell research oversight.

Judy has served on the Board of Directors of COGR and has chaired the Research and Compliance Administration Committee. Ms. Nowack has a bachelor's degree in Physics. She holds an M.A. in Anthropology from the University of Michigan and has conducted doctoral research on the prehistory and archaeology of Mesoamerica.