CITI – Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative
CITI is a web based training program in human research participant protections. The Auburn University Institutional Review Board, in compliance with its FederalWide Assurance with the Department of Health and Human Services, has mandated that effective August 1, 2008, this training will be required from all investigators, faculty advisors, department heads assuring proper conduct of research, IRB members, and members of human subject research teams at Auburn University. After August 1, 2008, all new research protocols initiated after this date and renewals or modifications of previously approved projects which involve data collection will ONLY be approved if the research team, including faculty advisors and department heads, has completed CITI training.
Instructions for using CITI can be found here. Print those instructions and then register here.
You must complete the course modules in order and you must pass each with at least an 80% score. When you have completed all of your required modules, print the completion certificate and forward a copy to the Institutional Review Board (307 Samford Hall, Auburn, AL 36849). Researchers will be required to complete the CITI course every five years to maintain the certificate.
For additional information about CITI, see CITI FAQs.
NIH Online Training
NOTE: NIH Training will NOT be accepted in place of the requirement to complete CITI training as outlined above.
This free, web-based course presents information about the rights and welfare of human participants in research. The two-hour tutorial is designed for those conducting research involving human participants. You will have the option of printing a certificate of completion from your computer upon completing the course.
Small Group Presentations
Short (approximately one hour) educational programs can be presented to small groups, such as graduate or undergraduate research classes. These programs are provided to assist researchers in obtaining a better understanding of the history of human subject protections, requirements and procedures associated with conducting human subject research, and the protocol approval process at Auburn University.
Please email requests or comments to hsubjec@auburn.edu.
Institutional Biological Safety
Committee(IBC)
The IBC formulates policy and procedures related to the use of biohazardous agents, including human, animal, and plant pathogens, other infectious agents, toxins, and rDNA. As mandated by the National Institutes of Health, experiments involving human gene therapy, formation of transgenic animals or plants, and the generation and/or use of rDNA must be reviewed and approved by the IBC. Auburn University also requires IBC review and approval for use of all Risk Group 2 or higher biohazardous agents.
Radiological Safety
http://www.auburn.edu/administration/rms/radiological.html
Risk Management and Safety
http://www.auburn.edu/administration/rms/
AU Office of Animal Resources (OAR)
The OAR provides oversight, independently and in conjunction with the IACUC, for the humane care and well-being of all vertebrate animals used for research, instruction, production, and demonstration at Auburn University. The OAR serves as an informational resource to faculty, students and staff regarding institutional policy, regulatory requirements, personnel training and safety issues pertaining to the use of animals.
AU Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)
The IACUC oversees the use of all live vertebrate animals at Auburn University, whether for research, instruction, demonstration, production, or maintenance purposes. Investigators/instructors using vertebrate animals in such activities are required to submit an Animal Subjects Review Form (ASRF) or an Animal Production/Maintenance Facility Standard Operating Procedures Form (APMF) for IACUC review and approval prior to project initiation.
