Training
Overview of Training Requirements
Click here for an overview of training requirements broken down by research roles.
New Human Subjects Protection Training
Columbia has adopted a new Human Subjects Protection training program: the nationally-recognized and widely-used Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) on-line human subjects protection training modules. As of March 4, 2009, any human subjects researcher, including staff, students, postdocs and others, who has not previously completed one of the Columbia human subjects protection training courses in Rascal is required to complete CITI training as a prerequisite for IRB approval.
At this time, researchers who have already completed Columbia training in human subjects protection are not required to complete CITI training.
Read the announcement here.
Research Compliance Foundations
Course for Research Administrators
The Office of Research Compliance and Training, in collaboration with other research-related offices, offers a course on Research Compliance Foundations for Research Administrators. The seven-week course provides an overview of the University’s research-related offices, procedures and policies and gives administrators the information they need to navigate effectively through them. Experts from the responsible CU offices share important compliance information, valuable insights, and tips on how to ensure a smooth process. There is plenty of opportunity to ask questions of the people best positioned to answer them.
The course is open to all University administrators who are involved in research, including Department Administrators, Project Managers/Coordinators, Grants Managers/Administrators, Research Coordinators, and other administrators whose responsibilities include research-related activities. The course is voluntary and is offered at no charge. Sessions are held on the Morningside and CUMC campuses.
Participating offices include: Sponsored Projects Administration, Sponsored Projects Finance, Research Policy and Indirect Cost, Institutional Review Boards, Animal Care and Use Committee, Clinical Trials Office, Environmental Health & Safety, Office of Research Compliance and Training.
The course will be offered again in January/February 2010. For information, contact Joel Roselin at jr2644@columbia.edu.
Handouts and Slides (UNI login required)