Investigator Responsibilities

Training:

Effective May 2006, all study personnel are required to have completed the CITI Human Subjects training, www.citiprogram.org.  The CITI refresher course must be completed every 2 years thereafter.

Checklist:
        Use the investigator checklist to review the approval process.

Newsletter Tips:

The research newsletter

Decision Tree for Classification of Exempt Projects (under construction):

Investigators may use this tool to determine if a research project meets the Federal definition for exemption from Institutional Review Board oversight. However, all human subjects research conducted by U of A affiliated investigators must be submitted to the Human Subjects Protection Program office for review.

Forms:

Many different forms, guidelines, and templates are available in the forms section.

Certificate of Confidentiality:

Investigators may request a certificate of confidentiality for the collection of sensitive data.

HIPAA:

HIPAA is the Congressional act for covered entities requiring the protection of individually identifiable health care information. Research projects using this type of data must follow HIPAA guidelines found under the forms section of this site.

Continuing Review:

A revised continuing review process has been implemented starting with projects due for review September 2002.