Education and Training

Northwestern University requires all authorized research personnel* conducting human subjects research to complete an initial human subjects protection training.

* Authorized project personnel are listed in each IRB project submission and is defined as including all persons who will have a significant role in the conduct of the research, and includes at a minimum:

• all Principal Investigators and Co-Investigators,
• any individuals:
  • who are individually named on a grant or contract application,
  • who are listed on a FDA form 1572 (for the conduct of the research at NU or an affiliate),
  • who are named as contact persons in the informed consent documents or recruitment materials for research, or who are obtaining informed consent to participate in research,
  • who are obtaining individually identifiable health information under an NU Business Associate Agreement.

The principal investigator is responsible for training his research team and must ensure that all the research staff receives education appropriate to their role in the research project.

Verification of Training Completion for the Protection of Research Subjects and HIPAA

Updated 11/3/2009

Select one on the following links:

• Training Completion in the Protection of Human Research Subjects
• HIPAA Training for NU Researchers

Training options available

• Human Research Subjects Protection
• NU-HIPAA & Research

Additional IRB Educational Programs

• Brown Bag Seminars 2009
• Good Clinical Practice Curriculum- presented by the Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP) -http://www.acrpnet.org/MainMenuCategory/Education/online/OnlineClinicalCourses/GoodClinicalPractice.aspx

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