Mandatory Training Institutional Review Board

As part of the IRB protocol approval process, all investigators engaged in research with human subjects are required to complete and maintain valid human subjects’ protection training through the CITI Program.

• Mandatory training for research and research staff conducting human subjects research:
  • Human Subjects Training (Biomedical and/or Behavioral) – every 3 years
• Mandatory training for researchers and research staff conducting clinical trials (in addition to Human Subjects Training):
  • Good Clinical Practice (GCP) Course – every 3 years (A clinical trial is a research study in which one or more human subjects are prospectively assigned to one or more interventions to evaluate the effects of those interventions on health-related biomedical or behavioral outcomes.)

Log on to CITI www.citiprogram.org and click Register:

• Step 1 – Select Your Organization Affiliation. Type University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
• Step 2 – Select University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (SSO)
• Step 3 – Check the boxes that you agree terms and then choose Continue to SSO Login/Instructions
• Step 4 – Sign in with your UTMB credentials.
• Step 5 – Follow the CITI prompts and when registration is complete you will see the appropriate UTMB required courses in your assignments. Please remember to print your completed certificate for your records.