The Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI Program) is dedicated to serving the training needs of colleges and universities, healthcare institutions, technology and research organizations, and governmental agencies, as they foster integrity and professional advancement of their learners.
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Understand CUI and the obligations it creates for universities and researchers.
A systematic approach to exploring the barriers, steps, methods, and solutions for including service dog handlers in science.
Examines ethical and policy issues about xenotransplantation.
This series is ideal for organizations looking to establish and incorporate telehealth in healthcare and education settings.
Learn about fraud, waste, and abuse (FWA) and ways to prevent and report FWA.
These courses explore key topics related to research security and international engagement.
Foundational overview of clinical research meant to prepare medical residents and fellows to conduct their own research and work on research teams.
The webinar details the functions of clinical data managers in the production of clinical trial results.
Learn how to create participant-centered informed consent forms through this interactive training.
Sponsor-patient engagement yields more ethical and clinically relevant research.
Explores the role institutions can play in supporting ethical authorship practices and resolving authorship disputes.
Examines mentorship in biomedical and behavioral research, which is critical to advancing science.
Learn strategies for promoting equity, diversity, and inclusivity in clinical research participation.
Explores the challenges and opportunities emerging technologies present to homeland security, covering topics such as cyber threats, ransomware, drone misuse, IoT vulnerabilities, AI threats, disinformation, and deepfakes.
Examines mentorship in biomedical and behavioral research, which is critical to advancing science.
Explores the importance of ethics for AI companies and its impact on public trust and profitability.
Learn how grant stewardship obligations are a part of responsible conduct of research.
Explores ethical and regulatory considerations for human subjects research in outer space.
Empower yourself to effectively intervene and support others in critical situations with our comprehensive Bystander Training course.
Explores considerations for a human research protection program (HRPP) emergency preparedness plan.
A systematic approach to preparing for and adjusting to risks associated with wilderness field research.
A review of infection prevention, lessons learned, and preparing for future pathogens.
An in depth look at the federal Title IX law and required compliance of faculty, staff, and administrators.
Explores what is known about IRB utilization of outsize expertise.
Details ways to produce productive partnerships between clinical research associates and clinical research coordinators.
Covers the purpose, best practices, and emerging models for peer review.
Discusses the environmental impact of research in the U.S., how to mitigate the environmental impact of research operations, and ways to involve key stakeholders in mitigating the environmental impact of research operations.
Covers the essentials of statistical analysis to help learners gain greater statistical literacy.
Strategies for implementing compliance with GDP, as well as standards and procedures for accurately completing Records required for current cGMP.
Describes FDA’s regulatory controls for common marketing approval pathways for the classes of medical devices, and explains the Code of Federal Regulations that pertain to medical device approval in the U.S.
N2 is a not-for-profit alliance of Canadian research networks and organizations working to enhance national clinical research capability and capacity.
BIC Study Foundation is a resource for those who want to take CITI Program courses in Korean. They are a certified training provider by the Korean FDA/MAFRA for HRPP and ACU Programs.
A complete research compliance suite that supports IRB, IACUC Conflict of interest, Bio Safety Export Control, and more.
HRP Consulting provides customized services for your research program, including temporary staffing, IRB/IACUC assistance, accreditation support, program evaluations, training/education and more.
CTrials helps grow sponsored research programs by taking on the many administrative challenges inherent in managing clinical trials.
Informed Consent Builder is a cloud-based platform that streamlines the process of managing and generating informed consent forms.
Protocol Builder is an online protocol writing and collaboration platform that also speed up your pre-review turnaround times.
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Meet A Few Of Our Expert Authors and Presenters
Our courses are built by over 350 highly qualified experts and rigorously peer reviewed to incorporate various perspectives and ensure accuracy, completeness, and overall quality.
Emily Dacquisto is a Faculty Assistant and Program Manager in the University of Maryland’s College of Information Studies. Her current research projects include big data and data ethics, privacy policy, content moderation, and values-centered AI. She holds an MSW from the University of Minnesota and a BA from the University of Iowa.
Dessi Kirilova is the senior curation specialist at the Qualitative Data Repository (QDR). In addition to assisting researchers planning to publish their social science data, she teaches and publishes on topics around research transparency, data curation and the ethics of data sharing, including the role of IRBs.
Kira Dunn has 13 years of cybersecurity experience in the higher education and healthcare industries, encompassing technical writing, project management, risk assessment, and compliance gap analysis. She is currently a Senior Risk and Compliance Analyst, focusing on Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) compliance for the University of California’s oceanic research.
Linda has been involved with IRB Administration in various capacities over a 30-year period, currently serving as the Sr. Director for BRANY IRB. Linda also formed IRB Consulting, LLC in 2012, providing IRB administrative services, training and education, audit services, and general consulting to numerous IRB programs across the country.
In Our Learners' Words
Tony P.
English Language Arts Teacher
I liked how user-friendly the course modules were.
Armando T.
Adjunct Faculty
The methodology, presentation of the topics, and language used were very pleasant. You do not get bored or annoyed, because the development is very dynamic and understandable.
Tiina M.
PhD Student
The course was short and well divided into sub-themes that were easy to understand and retain.
Johanna S.
Manager, Research Operations
The knowledge checks while reviewing information assisted with retention and provided clarifications with examples of real-world application.
Courses Approved by Top Continuing Education Accreditors
CITI Program courses are approved for CME credits through the Albert Einstein Montefiore Continuing Professional Development Center (CPDC). Albert Einstein College of Medicine-Montefiore Medical Center (Einstein) is accredited by the Joint Accreditation for Interprofessional Continuing Education to provide continuing education activities for healthcare professionals. Einstein is accredited to offer continuing education credit for the following professions: medicine, nursing, psychology, pharmacy, dentistry, optometry, social work, nutritional science, and athletic training.
CITI Program is also accredited by the International Accreditors for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) and offers IACET CEUs for its learning events that comply with the ANSI/IACET Continuing Education and Training Standard. IACET is recognized internationally as a standard development organization and accrediting body that promotes quality of continuing education and training.
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