Institutional review board member handbook each new member receives a copy of institutional review board member handbook by robert amdur and elizabeth a bankert this book provides members with important information needed in order to help them in the collaborative effort to protect the rights and welfare of research subjects topic specific chapters list the criteria irb members should . Designed to give institutional review board irb members the information they need to protect the rights and welfare of research subjects in a way that is both effective and efficient the chapters of the institutional review board member handbook are short and to the point. From new technology to the management of big data and globalization of research navigating the processes for preparing and conducting research studies involving human subjects is challenging and complicated designed to give institutional review board irb members the information they need to . Designed to give institutional review board irb members the information they need to protect the rights and welfare of research subjects in a way that is both effective and efficient the chapters of the institutional review board member handbook are short and to the point topic specific chapters list the criteria irb members should use to determine how to vote on specific kinds of studies . Designed to give institutional review board irb members the information they need to protect the rights and welfare of research subjects in a way that is both effective and efficient the chapters of the institutional review board member handbook are short and to the point topic specific chapters list the criteria irb members should use to determine how to vote on specific kinds of studies