Federal regulations require that all individuals conducting research with human subjects complete a human subject protection training program. It is the Principal Investigator’s responsibility to make sure that the entire research team has completed the training. 

Suffolk University has changed its Human Subjects Protection Education program as of September 1, 2008.  We have implemented the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) Program (http://www.citiprogram.org/) as our new system. 

Instructions for Registering and Completing the Course:

• For new, unregistered users
• For users already registered with CITI at another institution

All Suffolk University investigators and research teams conducting human subjects research must be CITI certified before their protocol submission will be reviewed. 

Outside investigators seeking to do research at Suffolk University or to collaborate with a Suffolk University investigator must have a certification in human subjects protection.  They must provide a copy of the human subjects protection certification required by their institution to the IRB.  If their institution does not have an education program of their own, outside investigators will be required to complete Suffolk University's CITI training. 

All Completion Certificates submitted to the IRB are valid for two years. All certified individuals will receive an automatic reminder from CITI approximately 90 days prior to their two year anniversary date.  At that time, the CITI Refresher Course must be completed and a new certification submitted.