CITI Program

Science Based Non-Academic Careers (SNAC): "Regulatory Affairs"
2025-11-05 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Online
The SNAC workshop helps NCI Fellows, Staff Scientists, and Staff Clinicians explore diverse science-based career opportunities beyond independent academic research.
Topics to be covered:

What’s regulatory affairs?
Health authority reviewer vs pharma/ biotech industry reg affairs
Classic Pharma vs Biotech / Big Pharma vs Start-up?
What skills are valuable for success in this role? (Why are more and more PhDs being selected for this role?)
Salary expectations
Applying/ Career progression

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CITI Program to Exhibit at the 2025 PRIM&R Annual Conference
2025-11-06 - 2025-11-08 | Baltimore Convention Center, 1 W Pratt St, Baltimore, MD, 21201, United States
Visit CITI Program at our Exhibit Booth
CITI Program will join PRIM&R in Baltimore for their annual conference from November 6-8, 2025. PRIM&R’s Annual Conference brings together experts in human subjects research, animal care, and institutional leadership to discuss important and timely issues in research ethics and oversight. The conference targets professionals from industries such as:

HRPP/IRB, IACUC/ACU, and IBC directors, administrators, chairs, and members
Compliance personnel
Clinical research professionals
QA/QI personnel
Institutional research leadership
Federal and state agency employees
Public relations professionals
Researchers and research staff
Research subject and patient advocates
Ethicists
Professionals working within the research enterprise

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Cardiopulmonary Complications of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HCT) and Gene Therapy Workshop
2025-11-06 08:00 - 2025-11-07 15:00 | Online
Join leading experts for a hybrid workshop focused on advancing hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) and gene therapy for sickle cell disease, with a special emphasis on addressing pulmonary complications. This multidisciplinary event will foster collaboration and highlight cutting-edge research aimed at improving outcomes and shaping the future of patient care.
With pulmonary complications posing a major barrier to successful treatment—particularly in children undergoing HCT and adults experiencing respiratory conditions such as ARDS and pulmonary hypertension—the workshop will address urgent needs in both research and clinical practice. Participants will engage in meaningful dialogue to develop innovative strategies and improve long-term quality of life for patients across all age groups.
Objectives:

Showcase the latest research breakthroughs funded under NOT-HL-20-761, focusing on pulmonary complications of HCT in childhood.
Foster collaboration to expand the scientific scope to include adults, devices, advanced analytics, and experimental human studies under NOT-HL-23-116.
Identify knowledge gaps to guide future research on pulmonary complications linked to HCT and gene therapy in sickle cell disease.

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7th Annual Helen Oakes Literacy Institute
2025-11-08 09:30 - 12:00 | Online
Philadelphia literacy teachers are invited to a dynamic virtual workshop on Saturday, November 8, 2025, designed to inspire and empower classroom instruction. Join leading literacy experts for an engaging day of professional learning filled with practical strategies and ready-to-use resources.
Participants will earn three Act 48 Credits, gain access to free tools, and be entered into a raffle prize drawing.
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Immune Aging and Cancer Therapy Workshop
2025-11-12 12:00 - 2025-11-13 16:00 | Online
As the U.S. population continues to age, understanding how age-related changes in the immune system affect cancer treatment has become increasingly urgent. This NIH virtual workshop aims to address this critical issue by bringing together leading researchers in the fields of immune aging and cancer therapy.
This event will explore the current state of research on immune aging and its influence on treatment outcomes, with the goal of identifying key challenges and future opportunities in the field.
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NIDCD Director's Seminar Series
2025-11-18 13:00 - 15:00 | Online
Dr. Guillermo Sapiro, Augustine Family Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Princeton University, will present a talk titled “Wearables and Machine Learning Changing Health Access and Science” as part of the NIDCD Director’s Seminar Series. In this virtual seminar, Dr. Sapiro will highlight groundbreaking work using everyday technology, such as smartphones and wearables, to improve health screening and research, including tools for autism detection and studies on biological rhythms.
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NCI Rising Scholars: Cancer Research Seminar Series
2025-11-20 14:00 - 15:00 | Online
The NCI Rising Scholars: Cancer Research Seminar Series is an opportunity to highlight the research and the important contributions made by NCI-supported postdoctoral fellows and early career investigators at NCI laboratories and NCI-funded institutions nationwide.
This session will cover eligibility criteria and representative cancer clinical trials.
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Uncovering mechanisms of neurodegeneration by CRISPR-based functional genomics
2025-12-01 12:00 - 13:00 | Main NIH Campus; Porter Neuroscience Bldg., 35a; G620-640, 35a Convent Drive, Bethesda, MD, 20893, United States
Join the NIH on December 1 for a Neuroscience Seminar Series session titled “Uncovering Mechanisms of Neurodegeneration by CRISPR-Based Functional Genomics.”
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2025 Webinar | Talking Federal Regulations without Losing Your Coworkers (Or Your Sanity)
2025-12-02 14:00 - 15:00 | Online
Join The Society of Research Administrators International (SRAI) on December 2 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. for their webinar on having conversations surrounding federal regulations.
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2025 65th CGS Annual Meeting
2025-12-03 - 2025-12-06 | Marriott Marquis, 901 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC, 20001, United States
Join CGS for its 65th annual meeting in Washington, DC, to convene leaders in graduate education. This event provides networking, learning, and collaboration opportunities for professionals in higher education.
Audience:

Graduate Dean
Associate or Assistant Dean
Faculty
Staff Member
Policy Leader
Graduate Student

Program Highlights:

CGS Opening Reception
Plenary sessions
Concurrent sessions
Annual Awards Ceremony Luncheon
Exhibit hall

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Predicting Genetic Variants that Alter 3D Genome Folding in Cancer and Developmental Disorders
2025-12-04 13:00 - 14:00 | Online
Join the NIH and Dr. Katie Pollard for a compelling talk on the evolving role of computational science in biomedical research. Traditionally applied after experiments for data analysis and hypothesis testing, computational methods are now shifting upstream, guiding discovery through predictive modeling. Dr. Pollard will showcase how her team uses deep learning models of 3D chromatin interactions, driven solely by DNA sequence, to interpret disease-associated genetic variants.
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Building our brains: From development to evolution.
2025-12-08 12:00 - 13:00 | Main NIH Campus; Porter Neuroscience Bldg., 35a; G620-640, 35a Convent Drive, Bethesda, MD, 20893, United States
Join the NIH on December 8 for a Neuroscience Seminar Series session titled “Building our brains: From development to evolution.”
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Quality and Regulatory Predictability: Shaping USP Standards
2025-12-11 09:00 - 10:30 | Online
This session will explore how USP public standards enhance drug quality, simplify product development, facilitate regulatory compliance, and promote greater predictability in regulatory outcomes. Participants will also gain an understanding of how USP standards are created and discover opportunities to contribute, either as sponsors or through public comments, to the development of upcoming standards.
Topics Covered

FDA’s responsibility in USP standards development
Value/role of USP monographs for FDA
Understanding how the use of standards – and demonstrated compliance – factor into FDA’s regulatory activities
Industry’s position in USP standards development
Manufacturers’ part in the establishment of USP standards
Overview of USP standards in regulatory framework
Discussion of the USP revision process
How to get involved in monograph development

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Free Live Webinar - Ethical Research Relationships: IRBs and Focus Groups
2025-12-11 14:00 - 15:00 | Online
Ethical Research Relationships: IRBs and Focus Groups
Thursday, December 11, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. ET
Focus groups primarily facilitate open-ended dives within qualitative research, often asking participants to share personal stories, experiences, or perspectives in a group setting. We’ll explore human subjects protections and other considerations at the core of ethical research relationships related to focus groups, including when, why, and how to engage with Institutional and Tribal Research Review Boards (IRBs and Tribal IRBs), and best practices for informed consent and confidentiality with special attention to working with Indigenous communities.
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Compliance Risk Assessment and Management Workshop
2025-12-15 - 2025-12-16 | Online
The Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) is offering an engaging virtual workshop focused on the fundamentals and advanced practices of risk assessment, a cornerstone of every effective compliance and ethics program. Designed for organizations at any stage of development, this session will introduce practical methods and insights to help participants strengthen their approach to identifying inherent risks and uncovering potential gaps within their organization’s processes and procedures.
Subject Highlights:

Risk assessment: introduction, definitions, and objectives
Identification of compliance risks
The roles of risk appetite and tolerance
Assessing the severity of compliance risks
Reviewing the effectiveness of internal controls over compliance
Design and implementation of risk response/mitigation plans
Completing the compliance risk management cycle
Final considerations, integration with organizational risk management, etc.

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2025 Webinar | What Exactly is Research Development? Exploring Research Development Activities, Management, and Infrastructure
2025-12-16 14:00 - 15:00 | Online
Join The Society of Research Administrators International (SRAI) on December 16 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. for their webinar on research development.
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Cheminformatics Resources of U.S. Governmental Organizations 2026 Workshop
2026-01-05 09:00 - 2026-01-07 16:30 | White Oak Campus: The Great Room FDA Headquarters, 10903 New Hampshire Avenue, Bldg. 31, Great Room Conference Center, Silver Spring, MD, 20993, United States
The FDA’s Chemical Informatics and Modeling Interest Group will host the “Cheminformatics Resources of U.S. Governmental Organizations 2026 Workshop” from January 5–7, 2026. This workshop brings together government-funded organizations involved in developing and maintaining chemical databases, data standards, datasets, and computational tools.
Designed to strengthen communication and collaboration across federal agencies, the event will focus on advancing shared scientific approaches related to chemical structures and the properties of molecules and materials.
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SciOSciComm SIG: Insights and Practical Considerations for Communicating Basic Science: Reflections on 5 Years of SciPEP
2026-01-08 13:30 - 14:30 | Online
Join the NIH and Dr. Budenholzer for a presentation on key insights from “Insights and Practical Considerations for Communicating Basic Science,” the capstone report of the SciPEP initiative led by The Kavli Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy. Her presentation will distill five years of research into effective public engagement with basic science, highlighting major themes, practical tips, and emerging questions relevant to scientists, communicators, trainers, and social science researchers. Attendees will gain a clearer understanding of how to strengthen communication strategies and support public engagement efforts across diverse scientific fields.
This session is hosted by the NIH Science of Science Communication Interest Group (ScioSciComm-SIG), which meets monthly to examine evidence-based approaches to science communication.
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Free Live Webinar - Risk Mitigation and Support for Younger Study Populations
2026-01-08 14:00 - 15:00 | Online
Risk Mitigation and Support for Younger Study Populations
Thursday, January 8, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. ET
Research involving children requires a careful balance between protecting a vulnerable population and enabling valuable scientific inquiry. This webinar provides you with actionable strategies for translating the regulatory requirements of 45 CFR 46, Subpart D into actionable, ethical procedures tailored for field research, especially with younger participants. The webinar also identifies areas where the regulations allow flexibility, highlights strategies for clear communication of Institutional Review Board (IRB) expectations, and examines effective collaboration between IRBs and researchers to ensure ethical and feasible study designs.
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Technology Transfer in the NIH Intramural Research Program
2026-01-15 15:00 - 16:00 | Online
Join The NIH Office of Technology Transfer (OTT) for a presentation covering a number of technology transfer activities, including:

What Does “Technology Transfer” mean at the NIH?
How Technology Transfer is Organized in the IRP
What exactly does NIH OTT do?
Quick Primer on NIH Patenting and Licensing
Technology Transfer Impacts in the Real World

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NIST Small Business Cybersecurity Webinar—Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information: Overview of the NIST Special Publication 800-171, Revision 3 Small Business Primer
2026-01-20 13:00 - 14:00 | Online
NIST has released a new small business primer for SP 800-171, Revision 3, designed to help small and medium-sized businesses understand and apply the requirements for protecting Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI).
In this upcoming webinar, NIST will give an overview of the primer and walk attendees through its main points to help organizations more easily strengthen their security practices.
Topics Covered:

A foundational overview of SP 800-171.
Key differences between SP 800-171 Revision 2 and Revision 3.
An overview of the relationship between SP 800-171 and SP 800-171A.
Considerations to be mindful of as small organizations begin implementing the requirements in SP 800-171.
Answers to frequently asked questions.

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Fueling Cancer Progression by the Nervous System Webinar - Neuroepithelial Interactions in Cancer
2026-01-22 11:00 - 12:00 | Online
The NIH “Fueling Cancer Progression by the Nervous System” webinar series will present six sessions examining the critical intersection of neuroscience and cancer biology. Each webinar will delve into how interactions among the nervous system, cancer cells, and the surrounding microenvironment shape tumor progression and metastatic colonization.
The introductory talk will offer a historical perspective and a broad overview of the field of cancer neuroscience.
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Free Live Webinar - The Essential Guide to Forming a Research Integrity Standing Committee
2026-01-22 11:00 - 12:00 | Online
The Essential Guide to Forming a Research Integrity Standing Committee
Thursday, January 22, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. ET
This webinar provides a practical overview of different approaches to structuring research integrity oversight, including ad hoc models and Research Integrity Standing Committees (RISC). Participants will explore the advantages and challenges of a RISC, along with the key roles, incentives, and responsibilities that support its success. The session also outlines the core functions of a RISC and offers clear, actionable steps for effective implementation.
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Retrotransposons and Retroviruses; DNA on the Move
2026-01-22 11:45 - 13:00 | Main NIH Campus; Building 10 (Clinical Center); 10; B1N206, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD, 20892, United States
Join the NIH session on “Retrotransposons and Retroviruses; DNA on the Move” as part of a scientific seminar series that brings together Principal Investigators, Senior Scientists, and Senior Clinicians to share leading research and emerging developments across biomedical fields. Each session features a 20–30 minute presentation followed by an engaging Q&A or journal club discussion designed to promote scholarly exchange.
The featured presentation will explore the pivotal role of transposable elements (TEs)—mobile DNA sequences that make up a substantial portion of the eukaryotic genome.
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Federal Demonstration Partnership January 2026 Meeting
2026-01-26 11:00 - 2026-01-28 17:00 | Online
Join The Federal Demonstration Partnership (FDP) for its virtual meeting on January 26-28, 2026. This meeting is open to the public.
The FDP seeks to improve the efficiency of federally funded research while developing tools and resources that support the research community.
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Free Live Webinar - NIH Biospecimen Security Policy
2026-01-27 14:00 - 15:00 | Online
NIH Biospecimen Security Policy
Tuesday, January 27, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. ET
NIH Policy on Enhancing Security Measures for Human Biospecimens follows a broader federal trend toward tightening physical and operational controls on sensitive personal data, especially in light of DOJ’s bulk-data rule and federal concerns about unauthorized foreign access. This webinar introduces the policy’s rationale, situates it within NIH’s existing data and research-governance framework, and outlines the safeguards NIH now expects from institutions handling human specimens. Attendees will gain a grounded understanding of what the policy covers, why it emerged, and what early steps they should consider.
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Cardiopulmonary Complications of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HCT) and Gene Therapy Workshop
2026-01-29 09:00 - 2026-01-30 17:00 | Online
The NIH is hosting a hybrid workshop that brings together experts to dive into new research regarding the future of HCT and gene therapy for sickle cell disease. This workshop provides an opportunity to contribute to improving care for patients with pulmonary complications.
Objectives:

Showcase the latest research breakthroughs funded under NOT-HL-20-761, focusing on pulmonary complications of HCT in childhood.
Foster collaboration to expand the scientific scope to include adults, devices, advanced analytics, and experimental human studies under NOT-HL-23-116.
Identify knowledge gaps to guide future research on pulmonary complications linked to HCT and gene therapy in sickle cell disease.

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Strengthening and Modernizing Biosafety Oversight: Region 4 Listening Session
2026-01-29 12:00 - 13:15 | Online
NIH, in partnership with the Southern Biosafety Association, will host the fourth public listening session in an ongoing series aimed at gathering stakeholder input on efforts to modernize and enhance biosafety oversight.
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Free Live Webinar - Participatory Science and the Institutional Review Board
2026-01-29 14:00 - 15:00 | Online
Participatory Science and the Institutional Review Board
Thursday, January 29, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. ET
Participatory science—research conducted with or by members of the public—offers powerful opportunities for collaboration, innovation, and community engagement. At the same time, it raises distinct ethical and regulatory considerations that challenge traditional research oversight frameworks.
This webinar will describe the meaning of participatory science, explore common ethical issues such as data quality, accountability, labor and compensation, credit, and power dynamics, and examine how these issues intersect with IRB review. Participants will gain practical insight into the unique challenges participatory science presents and learn key considerations for effective IRB oversight.
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Clinical Center Ethics Grand Rounds: Reducing Use of Animals in NIH Research
2026-02-04 12:00 - 13:00 | Main NIH Campus; Building 10 (Clinical Center); Lipsett. Amphitheater., 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD, 20892, United States
Join the NIH on February 4 for a presentation titled “Clinical Center Ethics Grand Rounds: Reducing Use of Animals in NIH Research,” presented by Jayanta Bhattacharya.
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