Human Subject Certification
The Human Subject Certification is provided by the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI). CITI was founded in March 2000 as a collaboration between the University of Miami and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center to develop a web based training program in human research subjects protections. In response to the June 2000 education policy announcement, the collaboration was expanded to include content experts from 10 institutions who provided the content for the first 12 biomedical modules. In addition to the "Basic" content, the CITI model provides the opportunity for institutions to post additional instructional materials specific to their institution. The first version of the CITI Course in The Protection of Human Research Subjects, hosted at the University of Miami, was rolled out to the participants on September 3, 2000. In December 2000, the CITI Course site was made available to institutions by subscription.
In Spring 2004, the CITI Program was migrated to a new software platform developed at the VA by Mike Fallon, DVM, PhD, and Stephanie Manuel, MSME. In January 2007, with the help of Dr. Fallon and Ms. Manuel a software upgrade was implemented to permit the program to broaden it's scope and to expand the courses offered to our participating institutions and organizations around the world.
To obtain the Human Subject Certification, visit the CITI Login and Registration webpage.
