All Faculty and Students of UC Denver Downtown Campus (and affiliated personnel) must successfully complete a CITI Basic course in human subject protections. Until this course is completed an investigator/coordinator may not be assigned on a research project. You may submit a protocol concurrently with completing this training, however, a protocol submitted for review will be delayed until ALL investigators on the project have completed the required training.

CITI Basic Course Instructions

Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative

The CITI Basic Course in Human Subject Protections is an on-line course through the University of Miami.  It offers immediate access to a self-paced training environment that proceeds in a stepwise fashion, module by module with the choice of either a biomedical or social/behavioral focus. You may choose the test that best suits the majority of your research.

Click <CITI> to register for the CITI Basic Course. When registering with CITI, be sure to select "University of Colorado at Denver" as your home institution so that notice of your completion gets emailed directly to HSRC.

Investigators may be required from time to time to take the CITI Refresher Course to update their research training certification. The CITI Basic Course is valid for three years after which time you are required to complete the CITI Refresher Course.

Click <CITI> to register for the Refresher Course

CITI Refresher Course Instructions

Investigators, who are not faculty, staff, trainee or student at one of the University affiliates, also require successful completion of the CITI Basic course. When registering for this course be sure to select as your home institution, "University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center". This will ensure that we will receive direct notification of your completion.

If you have previously completed the CITI course through another institution, you may fax your completion certificate to 303-315-5829.

You will also need to receive a POI number (Person of Interest) to ultimately be assigned on a research protocol. Contact the campus department with which you are affiliated to get this POI number assigned. This number is required to maintain your training records in the CU system.

If you have further questions, please contact the COMIRB Office on the Health Sciences Campus at 303-724-1055 for more information on training requirements.