U.S. Air Force Academy's
Institutional Review Board (IRB)

Related Links

• Introduction to the IRB Process (MS PowerPoint)
• The Informed Consent Process (MS PowerPoint)
• An Overview (MS PowerPoint)

• Applying Human Subjects Rules to Research Protocols

• IRB Policies and Procedures
• The Code of Nuremberg (1949)
• Title 5, U.S. Code, Section 552a (The Privacy Act)
• The Belmont Report (1979)
• Title 32, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 219 (DoD, Protection of Human Subjects)
• Title 10, U.S. Code, Section 980 (informed consent requirement)
• DOD Directive 3216.2 (Protection of Human Subjects in DoD-Supported Research) (Acrobat document)
• AF Instruction 40-402 (Using Human Subjects in Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation) (Acrobat document)
• USAFA Multiple Project Assurance , the basis for USAFA IRB policy (Word document)
• USAFA Supplement 1 to AF Instruction 40-402 (Acrobat document)
• USAFA Supplement 1 to AF Instruction 36-2601 , USAFA Survey Program (Acrobat document)
• Reference Materials are also available at the Cadet Library behind the circulation desk.

  Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research (PRIM&R) Conference Materials for years: 1993, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005.  IRB 101 Conference Materials from 2004, USAF I40-402, USAFA Supplement 1 to USAF I40-402, Belmont Report, 32 CFR 219, 45 CFR 46 Multiple Project Assurance – USAFA, IRB Templates, 6 Training Videos, HIPAA Brochures.

• FDA Homepage
• National Bioethics Advisory Commission (NBAC)
• Office for Human Research Protection (OHRP)
  • IRB Guidebook (1993)
  • Human Subject Protections Page