UMCIRB Rosters and Member Resources

The following rosters contain the UMCIRB’s current and past members and staff, including voting, alternate and ex-officio members.

IRB Member Resources

The following resources are available for IRB members.

General Information

• How to Review a New IRB Protocol (PDF)
• Criteria for IRB Approval of Human Research (PDF)
• Consent Elements (PDF)
• Documentation for Children as Research Participant (Word)
• Placebo Documentation (Word)
• Medical Device Documentation (Word)
• Genetic Testing Reviewer Checklist (Word)
• Expedited and Exempt Categories of Human Research (PDF)

Office of Research Integrity: The Research Clinic

The Office of Research Integrity (ORI) and the OHRP present The Research Clinic. The interactive training video educates clinical and social researchers on the importance of appropriately protecting research subjects and avoiding research misconduct. The Research Clinic allows the viewer to assume the role of one of four characters and determines the outcome of the storyline by selecting decision-making choices for each playable character.

Research Ethics, History and International Protections

• Nuremburg Code (PDF)
• The Belmont Report: Ethical Principles and Guidelines for the Protection of Human Participants of Research
• The Declaration of Helsinki (PDF)
• OHRP International Compilation of Human Research Standards
• Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues–IRB Primer: Incidental and Secondary Findings (PDF)

Government Agencies and Commissions

• Office for Human Research Protections
  • OHRP Policy and Guidance: Institutional Issues
  • OHRP Mini-Tutorials: Human Subjects Regulations and Policy 
  • OHRP Video: Research Use of Human Biological Specimens and Other Private Information
• Food and Drug Administration Website
  • FDA Clinical Trials Guidance Documents
  • Institutional Review Boards Frequently Asked Questions: FDA Information Sheet

Other Resources

• Centerwatch Clinical Trials Network
• Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research (PRIM&R)
• National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• NIH FAQs: HIPAA Privacy Rule for Researchers
• Belmont Report – English Version
• Biomedical Committee Education (PDF)