Maintain practices consistent with moral, ethical and legal standards, and assure appropriate review of approval of human research activities.

Serve as advisor to the Commander for human subjects protection. Responsible for providing administrative support to the WRAIR Institutional Review Board (IRB), development of human subjects research policies/procedures and managing the approval process for all research involving human subjects for the WRAIR and its CONUS and OCONUS units.

Conduct human subjects protection site visits, as needed.

Provide information and access to human subjects protection education programs for investigators, IRB members, IRB staff involved in conducting or supporting human subjects research.

Recommend policy to the United States Army Medical Research and Material Command (USAMRMC).