MF
Melinda Fouts, PhD
Foundation leadership · Lead investigator
Regulatory and FDA/IRB lead in the proposed study team.
Our foundation
People first.
Purpose, always.
Proudly nonprofit, IBOCare Foundation brings people together to advance careful addiction research and sustained recovery support.
“Recovery deserves more
than one way forward.”
THE PURPOSE BEHIND IBOCARE
Proud to be a nonprofit foundation
Grounded in compassion.
Guided by evidence.
IBOCare Foundation is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization with a people-first purpose: to help advance evidence and lasting recovery support. Our immediate priority is to help fund the planned IBO-CARE clinical study.
That means putting specialist care, rigorous study design and continuing support into one programme. It also means being clear about what is known, what remains uncertain, and what research may tell us.
Donors can request the foundation’s official determination and registration documentation directly from the team.
Our people
A shared mission.
Many kinds of expertise.
The proposed team brings together clinical care, behavioral health, research nursing and digital recovery support.
CM
Clive Michelsen, MSc
Lead investigator
SENTINEL platform and digital data systems.
GK
Glenn Kotz, MD
Proposed physician principal investigator
Owner of Midvalley Family Practice.
LR
Lisa Robbiano, MS, FNP-BC
Clinical sub-investigator
Addiction and psychiatric care.
JR
Jarid Rollins, LCSW
Director of Behavioral Health
Behavioral health leadership for the proposed study.
JC
Joey Carlson, LAC, MAC
Lead session monitor
Clinical support and lived experience of recovery.
CB
Chelsie Brehm, LSW
Session monitor and therapist
Therapeutic and session support.
LD
Lia Drummond, BS-RN
Lead research nurse
Research nursing and participant care.
JS
Jeff Stephens
Peer specialist
Participant retention and outreach.
Roles reflect the foundation’s donor briefing and are subject to final confirmation.
Independent expertise matters. The proposed programme also includes cardiology/electrophysiology, clinical pharmacology, biostatistics, an independent medical monitor and a Data Safety Monitoring Board.
Governance & transparency
Trust is built
in the details.
We welcome questions about the foundation, its plans and how gifts will be used.
Foundation documentation
Request the foundation’s official charitable registration and determination documents.
Board-approved bylaws
In the October 2026 briefing, bylaws were awaiting board approval. Approved documents will be shared once available.
Awaiting approved documentationGifts with a clear purpose
Gifts may be designated to the trial. Allocation of the wider campaign is to be set by the foundation board and reported to donors.
Discuss a designated giftHope, with a way forward
A better answer begins
with all of us.
Help move careful research and lasting recovery support forward.