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IRB Training

The IRB is happy to arrange a group training for your department or a one-on-one training for an individual.
Please contact Renisa Hoskins, JD, MHA for scheduling

 

BEGINNER IRB & DASH RESEARCH IRB TRAINING

 Email the IRB office or contact Renisa Hoskins, JD, MHA to schedule a training session.

ADVANCED DASH RESEARCH IRB SESSION

 Email the IRB office or contact Renisa Hoskins, JD, MHA to schedule a training session.

CAMPUS SESSION
The IRB offers campus training sessions called IRB Insights. Visit our Insights page for more information.  
DEPARTMENTAL SESSION
The IRB can tailor training to meet your department needs. This can be beginner IRB training, or beginner material covering specific departmental issues. 

 

OTHER TRAINING
The Tools & Resources page includes seminars and workshops, forms and tools, and other resources.
 
 
 

 

Required Online Human Subjects Protection Training

Before the IRB can approve a research protocol, all Key Study Personnel (KSP) investigators, faculty advisors, and department chairs listed must complete the Collaborative IRB Training Initiative (CITI) Program. Alternative training may be accepted for non-research requests for Humanitarian Use Device (HUD), Emergency Use, Treatment Use, or Expanded Access/Compassionate Use projects.
What is CITI?
The Collaborative IRB Training Initiative (CITI) Program offers curricula in human subjects research, animal research, and the responsible conduct of research.
Who has to take CITI?
CITI certification is required for all UTHSC faculty, staff, students, residents, fellows, and research administrators, as well as IRB members and staff. This requirement applies to anyone conducting human subjects research at UTHSC or affiliated institutions — including those working directly with human subjects, identifiable data, or biological specimens. It also applies to research nurses, coordinators, technicians, faculty advisors, and department chairs who approve research.
How do I log-in?

First-time CITI users with a UT NetID and password: select Log in through my institution. Next, select University of Tennessee Health Science Center – Memphis from the drop-down menu and log in with your UT NetID and password. If you do not have a UT NetID, create a CITI account following the online instructions.

What if I completed the CITI course at another institution?
You can affiliate your certification with UTHSC by following the online instructions on the CITI website. If researchers new to UTHSC, or collaborating researchers at other institutions, have taken Human Subjects Protections and Good Clinical Practice training at another institution, their completion certificate and course modules will be reviewed for reciprocity. If the coursework in not comparable, additional modules may be assigned as needed, or researchers must complete one of the two course options noted below.
What CITI course do I have to take?

Investigators, all key study personnel, including faculty advisors, and department chairs have 2 options:

  1. Complete the UTHSC Basic Human Subject Protections and Good Clinical Practices combination course. Every 3 years, recertification must be accomplished by completing the full course again.

OR

  1. Complete the Human Subjects Training Basic Biomedical (Biomed) course

and

the GCP for Clinical Trials with Investigational Drugs & Medical Devices (U.S. FDA focus) course. These courses have more modules, but for recertification every 3 years, you can complete a shortened refresher course.

Research Administrators, IRB Chairs, IRB Members, and IRB staff must take the UTHSC Basic Human Subject Protections and Good Clinical Practices combination course.

CITI courses must be passed at 85% or higher.
For how long is my certification effective?

CITI certification is good for 3 years. Review the previous question for recertification information.

May 4, 2026