All faculty members are required to undergo the CITI and HIPAA Compliance Training. All Staff involved with research or community projects are required to obtain CITI and HIPAA training as well. All students are required to complete CITI and HIPAA training by the end of their first academic year of enrollment at the School. To ensure compliance with applicable state and federal laws and regulations, the LSUHSC Compliance Office maintains the training history of all faculty, relevant research staff members and students regarding HIPAA, and send notices when new training or refresher certifications are required.
Training Required to Participate in Research
Individuals must be authorized to conduct or participate in research activities via an approved IBC, IRB, and/or IACUC protocol and must complete all appropriate training prior to beginning any research activity. Click on the training requirements link below to view or print a guide to assist in determining the applicable training required for each individual. Other specialized training may be required depending upon the research activities to be performed.
Training Required for Research lists courses, frequency, and source to complete training. Click HERE to view a full table of Training Required to Participate in Research.
Failure to complete training by any project team member will delay approval to IBC, IRB and IACUC applications and amendments.
Research provides the path forward towards a healthier world. We encourage students to become involved in conducting research during their time at the School. In addition, all students are required to learn about the ethical conduct of research. Information on Research Requirements is available on pages 43-44 of the Student Handbook.
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 SoPH investigators. 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.
- LSUHSC-NO employees, students and gratis members must complete their compliance training online through CATS. New personnel must wait for their LSU logon ID to complete their training online.
- For Non-LSUHSC study team members, the Principal Investigator can ask their department business manager to request a LSUHSC user log name for study team members to allow access to the CATS training. Comparable alternative training may be accepted upon documentation for some specific training requirements.
LSUHSC-NO Environmental Health & Safety has task-specific training modules: EH&S.
Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative is an independently-contracted service provider: CITI. An LSUHSC-NO server user ID is NOT required. Individuals create their own user accounts. Individuals can transfer CITI credits from one institution to another by adding affiliations to their account. Click here for Instructions on how to create a CITI account and select course.
Training Required for FACULTY AND EMPLOYEES (Continuing Compliance Education): Click Here
Training Required for STUDENTS (CITI Program once you have obtained your CITI account). 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.
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
Once you are logged in:
Question 1. Choose:
Biomedical Research – Basic/Refresher
Question 2. Omit
Question 3. Choose:
Social, Behavioral, and Education (SBE) Sciences (RCR)
Question 4. Omit
Question 5. Choose “Yes”
Question 6 and 7. You can choose to take or omit these modules.
NOTE: Faculty, Students, and Staff are responsible for being in compliance. If you have further questions, please contact our office at phresearch@lsuhsc.edu.