RESEARCH TRAINING REQUIREMENTS FOR LSUHSC-NO INVESTIGATORS

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Any employee, faculty, staff or student of LSUHSC-NO considered to be a key personnel in human subjects research (HSR) OR engaged in the conduct of HSR is required to complete HRPP- and institution-mandated research training prior to the initiation of research. IRB approval of a research study will not be issued until all training requirements are met. Individuals who are not key personnel AND not engaged in HSR, are exempt from training requirements described below

Key Personnel: any individual responsible for the design, conduct, or publication/presentation of research results. 

Engaged: an individual who intervenes or interacts with living individuals for research purposes, or obtains individually identifiable private information for research purposes.

Training requirements for external investigators - non-LSUHSC personnel engaged in a LSUHSC-associated stduy - are described here.

 

HRPP Required Training                                                                                                                                                                     

LSUHSC-NO has selected the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI Program) as the provider of online courses necessary to fulfill the initial and continuing training on human subject protection. The required courses and the frequency of training are listed in the table below.   

Instructions for creating a CITI account and affiliating with LSUHSC-NO are provided by CITI Program. Once an account is created, HSC investigators may log in to CITI using HSC credentials (single sign-on) and select training courses as described in this document. 

 

Institution-Required Training & Disclosure     

LSUHSC-NO, under the purview of the Office of Compliance Programs and the Office of Research, requires additional training for individuals involved in research. The Office of Research is responsible for confirming compliance with the training and disclosure requirements for all HSC investigators including those listed in the initial application and those added after study approval through an amendment request. The required areas of training and disclosure relevant to the conduct of HSR are listed in the table below.

Annual COI disclosures are submitted through the Kuali Research COI module. Information about COI disclosure and access to Kuali Research COI module is found here.

Compliance and Training System ("CATS")  is a web-based training program managed by the Office of Compliance Programs (OCP). Research-specific training modules are self-assigned as described here.  For more information about institutional training requirements and to access CATS, please visit the OCP website. 

Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) Oversight? HSR studies involving the manipulation of biological specimens or the use of biohazardous materials and/or recombinant or synthetic nucleic acids for research, require IBC approval. Please refer to the IBC webpage or  consult with the IBC Office (IBCoffice@lsuhsc.edu) regarding the submission process and additional training requirements.

 

Submitting a Protocol for IRB Review

CATS and CITI training records are continuously updated in the Kuali Research system so the HSC investigator does not have to provide completion of training documents when submitting a protocol in Kuali Research for IRB review. CITI records are updated ONLY if the investigator has at least once signed in to CITI using Single Sign-On as instructed in this document. Kuali will not prevent you from submitting an application to the IRB because of training deficiencies. The HRPP staff will contact you through the Kuali system if there are any issues with, or deficiencies in, the training records.