UTHSCH policy (HOOP 23.11 Research Training) requires that all investigators participating in research involving human research subjects, human derived materials, or human derived data complete approved training on the protection of human research subjects regardless of the funding source for the research. For the purposes of this policy, investigators include: principal investigators; laboratory personnel working with human-derived data or samples and/or contributing to study design; study coordinators; study nurses; subcontractors/consortium arrangement recipients; and consultants.

Certificates must be submitted for all personnel involved in the research protocol and covered by the policy. The educational requirement may be met by completing one of the courses identified below, and certificates of completion must be on record PRIOR to protocol submission for review by the Committee for Protection of Human Subjects (CPHS). Certificates should be sent to the CPHS office either by fax (fax # 713-500-7951) or within IRIS to ensure that the human subjects training database remains accurate and current.

Required Education

Approved courses to satisfy the UTHSCH requirement for education on the protection of human subjects include the following options:

• Completing an online course offered by:
  - CITI - (Course in The Protection of Human Research Subjects)
  (https://www.citiprogram.org/default.asp)
• Attending an IRB 101 or IRB 201 course offered by PRIM&R

The CITI on-line course is provided to you free of charge. To log-in to CITI, you must create a user name, password, and profile. When creating your CITI profile, a request for your employee number is requested. If your employee number is not known or if you are an individual not employed by the UT System, you may use any sequence of numbers to satisfy the request for an employee number. Social Security numbers should NOT be used in this field.

Re-certification is required every three years.

Once the certificate is submitted, you will receive a reminder via e-mail approximately six months, 3 months, and one month prior to its expiration date. For questions regarding the educational requirement, please call the CPHS office at 713-500-7943.