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.
This course provides a practical introduction to U.S. export control requirements.
This course provides a high-level overview of research misconduct definitions, procedures, and the roles and responsibilities of individuals who assist in the handling of an allegation.
This course introduces the essentials of healthcare compliance, including key fraud and abuse laws, Medicare billing, HIPAA, risk assessment, auditing, and the core elements of an effective compliance program.
Provide your organization's learners with access to currently available and future webinar recordings.
This webinar explores cybersecurity risks in faculty–student collaborative research, with a focus on protecting sensitive research data, meeting sponsor cybersecurity requirements, and applying institutional security controls and best practices.
Introduces you to key information about, and tools to use, the 3Rs of animal research.
This webinar helps trainees and early‑career investigators understand grant application review processes, scoring criteria, and common reasons proposals are not funded.
This webinar explores work-life balance challenges in research administration and presents strategies to reduce burnout, improve efficiency, and support compliant research operations.
This webinar explores replication’s role in scientific progress and public trust, covering the replication crisis, how replications are evaluated, and barriers to making them routine.
Provides an overview of research security requirements and researcher responsibilities and best practices.
Serves as research security training designed to augment RECR/RCR training.
Provides community research partners with disability-accessible education on ethical issues in social and behavioral research.
A comprehensive introduction to ethical principles, regulations, and responsible practices that guide software and technology professionals throughout the software development lifecycle.
This course provides learners with a review of contemporary bioethics issues.
This webinar covers ethical focus group practices, including informed consent, confidentiality, and Institutional and Tribal IRB oversight.
Examines the application of IRB exemptions, focusing on overlooked flexibilities in categories 1 through 3 through discussion and real-world examples.
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.
This webinar examines the key considerations, structures, and practical steps for forming a successful Research Integrity Standing Committee.
This webinar outlines key requirements, exceptions, and compliance steps under the NIH Policy on Enhancing Security Measures for Human Biospecimens.
This course provides information on IATA and DOT packaging/shipping requirements.
The Conflicts of Interest and Commitment series contains a number of COI courses of interest to organizations.
Practical guidance for investigators on ClinicalTrials.gov registration, results reporting, review criteria, and ongoing compliance.
This course offers training on post-approval monitoring.
This course provides training on good laboratory practice for non-clinical laboratory studies that reflects regulations and best practices established by key regulatory agencies and guidelines.
Provides an overview of conflict, types of conflict, conflict styles, communication styles, and intervention strategies.
This course offers advanced training for experienced researchers and leaders in responsible research conduct, emphasizing integrity, ethical leadership, and fostering healthy research environments.
Equips research personnel with the skills and insights necessary for effective mentorship.
IP for Students and Postdocs introduces early-career researchers to intellectual property fundamentals, helping them identify, protect, and responsibly share innovations from academic and research settings.
Provides an overview of successful remote monitoring across clinical research, clinical care, and public health.
CRC courses focus on key topics essential to the conduct of clinical research. They are specifically tailored to the needs of clinical research coordinators.
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.
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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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.
Dr. Webber is a leadership, learning, and organizational development scholar-practitioner with more than 15 years of experience in guiding leadership and organizational development, teaching, and training management. She is a US Air Force Veteran, ATD Master Performance Consultant, Quality Matters Peer Reviewer, and expert in online teaching and learning.
John serves as the Assistant Vice President for Research Security and Chief Research Security Officer with over 15 years of experience in export controls, sanctions, research security, and industrial security laws and regulations. John is responsible for strategic management of the overall research security program.
Kaley Klanica, JD, MPH is a Senior Associate General Counsel at the University of Minnesota where her practice focuses on human participant research, conflicts of interest, and research misconduct. Prior to serving at UMN, Kaley provided research-related legal advice to Allina Health in Minneapolis and Mass General Brigham in Boston.
Visiting Scholar
I like the option to use an interactive audio-visual format, the comprehensiveness of the course and its modules, and the simple explanations of the legal requirements. Completing CITI Program’s course on social and behavioral research was an important and enriching component of my research endeavors and scholarship in the United States.
Former Bioethics Teacher & Current Ethics Committee Member
I liked the high level and detail of the course material. I found it to be challenging, but when I finished the course, I felt a real sense of accomplishment.
Graduate Student
The course had clear and concise explanations, was visually appealing, and the audio was helpful for comprehension. The speed and clarity of audio was great.
Medical Student
The reading material was simple, concise, but also very informative in regards to the most important points.
New Course – Action Research: Ethical and Methodological Considerations
Introduces action research as an ethical, iterative method for improving practice through planning, action, observation, reflection, and sharing findings in real-world settings.
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CITI Program Media Playlist – August 26, 2026
CITI Program’s media playlists highlight content curated by our staff and relevant to research, higher education, healthcare, technology, and more. Follow us on LinkedIn for...
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Peer-Driven Mentoring for Research Security Professionals
Strengthening research security through structured mentorship, intentional mentor-mentee pairing, and data-informed program evaluation.
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