Training

On Human Subject Protections

All protocols submitted to the IRB must utilize appropriate (and approved) recruitment and consent process(es) consistent with the risks involved. It is the responsibility of the Principal Investigator (PI) and other listed personnel to ensure that the proper informed consent has been obtained from all research participants. Assent must be obtained from minors. Assent forms are typically much briefer than consent forms, and the language must be appropriate for the age of the participant.

• Online training is provided by the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI Program). No other Human Subjects training will be accepted.
• The IRB requires that investigators affiliated with CSU (PI, Co-PI, and other listed personnel, including students), on research projects involving human subjects complete the following CITI Program training: Social-Behavioral-Educational (SBE) Comprehensive or Biomedical (Biomed) Comprehensive.
• Listed personnel not affiliated with CSU who submit CITI completion certificates approved by an external IRB must also submit the associated transcript. The CSU IRB will approve of these only after confirming that they align with its training requirements. Note. This exception cannot apply to the project PI nor Co-PI.
• Training must have been completed less than 3 years prior to the date of submission.
• The IRB does not accept the CITI Refresher training from personnel who have no prior history of CITI Training completion. Anyone who has completed CITI Refresher training without completing SBE or Biomed Comprehensive training must notify the CSU IRB office at irb@csu.edu prior to taking the CITI  training.

Instructions:

All Human Subject Training can be found here.  If you are a new user, click on "Register," enter your registration information, and select "Chicago State University" from the dropdown menu. The site will take you to a page of options for training. In most cases you will select SBE. Note that some studies may require additional CITI Program training modules depending on the nature of the research. At this time, most research projects at CSU do not involve biomedical research (defined as clinical research involving investigative drugs, devices and procedures).