Brown University Education Program in the Protection of Human Research Participants

The new Brown University web-based human research protections education program component is up and operational! CITI, the Collaborative IRB Training Initiative, is available. Please find the CITI web page at www.citiprogram.org. Once at this page please register as a new user.

The CITI program is being rolled out incrementally to the Brown community.

Beginning September 2004, all research personnel (see definition below) involved in NIH-supported human research projects must complete the Brown University human research protections program prior to beginning work on a human research project.

Beginning January 2005, all human research project PI's and Co-PI's (and faculty advisors on student projects) must complete the Brown University human research protections program prior to beginning work on a human research project.

Beginning April 2005, all research personnel involved in human research projects, all IRB Members, and all IRB staff will be required to complete this educational program.

Research personnel include principal investigators, co-investigators, faculty advisors for student investigators, research assistants, and any research team members who have contact with research participants and/or their research data and identifiers.

PLEASE NOTE: IRB approval will be contingent upon the PI having successfully completed the program. IRB Form #1 (the protocol coversheet) and the Progress Report form will be modified to include a principal investigator certification that all appropriate research staff have been, or will be, properly educated prior to their beginning work on the project.

Certification in the Brown University Program in the Protection of Human Research Participants is valid for three years, at which time the CITI continuing education module must be completed in order to maintain certification. If your current date of certification is greater than three years ago, please visit the CITI web site and complete the program in order to maintain certification. We will be sending emails targeted to individuals whose certification has lapsed or will lapse shortly.