The Trusted Standard in Research, Ethics, Compliance, and Safety Training
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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These courses explore key topics related to research security and international engagement.
This series provides a comprehensive overview of cybersecurity in healthcare, exploring organizational strategies, technical defenses, and risk management practices to safeguard data, operations, and trust.
Equips research personnel with the skills and insights necessary for effective mentorship.
This course prepares researchers and educational technology developers to navigate COPPA’s legal requirements, conduct compliant research, and engage with digital environments used by children under 13.
Describes the regulatory framework and quality programs for HCT/Ps
This interactive course helps university students understand their Title IX rights and responsibilities, including how to recognize, prevent, and report sexual misconduct and discrimination.
This course offers advanced training for experienced researchers and leaders in responsible research conduct, emphasizing integrity, ethical leadership, and fostering healthy research environments.
This course equips community partners with the knowledge and skills to ethically and effectively engage in research.
This course provides essential practices for those working with high-risk biological materials, clarifying biosafety vs. biosecurity and enabling practical biosecurity planning to prevent theft, misuse, or intentional release.
This course equips faculty, staff, and administrators with the fundamentals and tools to measure outcomes, improve learning, and effectiveness.
The IRB Review of Exempt Research course provides an overview of the exempt categories of research per 45 CFR 46.104 and discusses considerations for making an exempt determination per regulatory criteria.
Examines the application of IRB exemptions, focusing on overlooked flexibilities in categories 1 through 3 through discussion and real-world examples.
Introduces you to key information about, and tools to use, the 3Rs of animal research.
The RCR Casebook course is a collection of real-world ethical dilemmas designed to promote discussion, critical thinking, and skill-building in RCR.
Covers the principles, governance approaches, practices, and tools for responsible artificial intelligence (AI) development and use.
Explores how behavioral science can enhance compliance programs.
Explores the transformative impact of AI on biomedical research, addressing its unique characteristics, potential to exacerbate health disparities, and the urgent need to redesign research processes and incentives to ensure ethical and equitable knowledge discovery.
Explores how generative AI (GenAI) can support science communication.
The webinar explores effective collaboration between IACUC and IBC, detailing their roles, regulatory responsibilities, and best practices to ensure safe and ethical life sciences research while enhancing oversight and protecting workers and animals.
Explores issues that lead to research misconduct and ways to develop trust with faculty and leadership.
This webinar for IRB, IACUC, and sponsored program administrators covers seven key compliance elements with strategies and case studies to strengthen research, reduce risk, and promote integrity.
Reviews two of the foundational elements of the Common Rule—when something is or is not research and when an individual is or is not a human subject.
Provides an in-depth review of the elements of informed consent.
A detailed review of the IRB meeting and membership requirements.
This course provides graduate students with practical guidance, strategies, and resources to confidently navigate each stage of the dissertation process from proposal to defense.
Provide your organization's learners with access to currently available and future webinar recordings.
An introductory video-based series to the NSF’s SBIR-STTR funding program and a discussion of key elements of the proposal and proposal process.
Presents a scalable model for creating a research coordinator float pool to provide flexible staffing, structured training, and broad support for clinical research across institutions.
Describes how to calculate the appropriate sample size for different study designs and outcomes.
Explores the benefits and the considerations of working with consultants on research misconduct investigations.
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.
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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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.
Robert Bruce Thompson (PhD - Psychology), is a developmental psychologist, director of the Maine Regulatory Training and Ethics Center (MeRTEC), and Chair of the USM IRB. His primary research is focused on the development of metacognitive reasoning and its role in critical thinking and ethical reasoning.
Nick den Hollander, PhD is the Senior Policy Advisor on research integrity, research assessment, and PhD policy. He worked for Leiden University, the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study (NIAS), Universities of the Netherlands (UNL) and the Dutch Research Council (NWO). He also has a MSc in Biology at the University of Amsterdam and a PhD at Wageningen University.
Mr. Koopman provides business development and strategic advisory services to universities, investors, and life science startups. He has served as an officer and board member in several early-stage companies, as well as Director of New Ventures at NYU. He also spent more than decade in the investment banking and pharmaceutical industries.
Jacob Kolman is a senior scientific writer at Houston Methodist and Texas A&M University, with an MA in Philosophy and BA in English and Philosophy. His background includes research ethics and epistemology, literature reviews, and qualitative analyses. Mr. Kolman helps interdisciplinary faculty and trainees prepare publications, grants, and IRB protocols.
In Our Learners' Words
Jeremiah J.
Graduate Student
Concise, informative, and interactive. Great job to the team that put this together!
Tonya W.
Middle School Related Arts Teacher
I liked the video case studies the best. They made the provided information more personable and helped course sections make more sense.
Stephanie E.
Doctoral Research, Graduate Student
I like that the course is self-paced; you can pause and pick up where you left off.
Timothy F.
PhD Candidate
The course was very informative and detailed. I also appreciated the case studies to assist in understanding how these concepts are applicable.
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