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Find information about Research Compliance training.

To help researchers understand and comply with applicable federal, state, local and university regulations, UC San Diego offers a variety of online and in-person training opportunities. This page contains a list of required and recommended trainings for researchers and research support staff. Please click on a category below to browse the research compliance training catalog:

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General

On Being a Scientist: Third Edition

Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy, National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of Medicine.

Animal Research

Required Training	Who must complete training?
Orientation to Animal Research Breeding Colony Basics* Surgery- Large Animals* Surgery- Small Animals*	ALL who work with animals and need access to vivariums If your job requires you to have vivarium access you must attend Orientation to Animal Research at UCSD. *Additional classes may be required by the Animal Welfare Program depending on species & procedures used.
Recommended Training	Who might want to take the training?
Wet Labs	Hands-on technical training may be provided upon request. Please send an email to acp-training@ucsd.edu to request this service.

Required Training

Who must complete training?

Orientation to Animal Research

Breeding Colony Basics*

Surgery- Large Animals*

Surgery- Small Animals*

ALL who work with animals and need access to vivariums

If your job requires you to have vivarium access you must attend Orientation to Animal Research at UCSD.

*Additional classes may be required by the Animal Welfare Program depending on species & procedures used.

Recommended Training

Who might want to take the training?

Wet Labs

Hands-on technical training may be provided upon request. Please send an email to acp-training@ucsd.edu to request this service.

Conflict of Interest

Required Training	Who must complete the training?
Compliance and Conflict of Interest for Researchers Briefing	Only faculty, staff research associates, and postdocs at the University of California (identified by the UC Office of Ethics, Compliance and Audit Services) who received a portion of their salary from extramural funding sources are required to complete the UC Compliance and Conflict of Interest for Researchers (COIR) Briefing. The course—only available online through the UC Learning Center—was developed by the UC Office of Ethics, Compliance and Audit Services. It was designed to raise awareness of the University of California Statement of Ethical Values and Standards of Ethical Conduct and to convey important information about conflict of interest (COI) regulations when accepting extramural research funds. In addition, this briefing satisfies the COI training requirement recently imposed by agencies including the National Institutes of Health for proposals submitted and awards (continuing projects) issued on or after August 24, 2012. All identified UCSD researchers received an email from the UCSD Learning Center with a personalized link to the online training. If you lost or deleted your personalized link, you can search Blink – Personal Tools to access the UC Learning Center and search for "2012 Compliance and Conflict of Interest for Researchers Briefing" to access the Briefing. If you have any questions regarding the requirement to complete this course or any other non-technical feedback, please email: ComplianceBriefings@ucop.edu.

Required Training

Who must complete the training?

Compliance and Conflict of Interest for Researchers Briefing

Only faculty, staff research associates, and postdocs at the University of California (identified by the UC Office of Ethics, Compliance and Audit Services) who received a portion of their salary from extramural funding sources are required to complete the UC Compliance and Conflict of Interest for Researchers (COIR) Briefing.

The course—only available online through the UC Learning Center—was developed by the UC Office of Ethics, Compliance and Audit Services. It was designed to raise awareness of the University of California Statement of Ethical Values and Standards of Ethical Conduct and to convey important information about conflict of interest (COI) regulations when accepting extramural research funds. In addition, this briefing satisfies the COI training requirement recently imposed by agencies including the National Institutes of Health for proposals submitted and awards (continuing projects) issued on or after August 24, 2012.

All identified UCSD researchers received an email from the UCSD Learning Center with a personalized link to the online training. If you lost or deleted your personalized link, you can search Blink – Personal Tools to access the UC Learning Center and search for "2012 Compliance and Conflict of Interest for Researchers Briefing" to access the Briefing.

If you have any questions regarding the requirement to complete this course or any other non-technical feedback, please email: ComplianceBriefings@ucop.edu.

Environmental, Health, and Safety

Required Training	Who must complete training?
Bloodborne Pathogens (BBP) Bloodborne Pathogens-Annual Refresher	Required for workers* prior to beginning work with human blood, human blood components, products made from human blood, human body fluids, unfixed human tissue or organs, human cell lines, animals with human xenografts, blood borne pathogens, or other potentially infectious materials. *Medical Center health care providers have location specific training. Contact the Medical Center Safety Office, (619) 543-7575, for more information.
Iodine Safety Training upon request. Contact EH&S Radiation Safety Health Physicist: UCSD Blink: Radiation Safety Health Physicist (HP) Contacts	ALL who perform iodinations
Lab Safety Principals / Injury & Illness Prevention Program (LSP/IIPP)	ALL who DO NOT work in a laboratory
IIPP-Annual Refresher (NON-LAB)	Employees including staff, faculty, students, visitors and those receiving financial compensation (stipends excluded) from the University
Lab Safety Principals / Injury & Illness Prevention Program (LSP/IIPP) IIPP-Annual Refresher (LAB)	ALL who DO work in laboratory These courses are designed for labs where hazards are present or hazardous chemical waste is generated.
Laser Safety Training	ALL who work with class 3b or 4 lasers or laser systems Laser safety training is required of laser operators and maintenance service personnel. Laser safety training is recommended for personnel working with class 1, 2, and 3a laser systems containing embedded class 3b or 4 lasers.
Radiation: Safety Seminar Radiation Safety Annual Refresher	ALL using radioactive materials
Radiation: P-32 Safety Seminar Contact EH&S Radiation Safety Health Physicist: UCSD Blink: Radiation Safety Health Physicist (HP) Contacts	ALL using P-32 >10 mCi per experiment
Radiation: S-35 Safety Seminar Contact the EH&S Radiation Safety health physicist assigned to building to schedule	ALL using S-35 >10 mCi per experiment
Viral Vectors	ALL using viral vectors
Recommended Training	Who might want to take training?
Area Safety Coordinator Orientation Contact the EH&S Research Assistance Program manager to schedule a custom training session. This training is presented upon request. See UCSD Blink: What Area Safety Coordinators Need to Know.	ALL who oversee safety & compliance in a UCSD research facility
Assessing Chemical Hazards Contact the EH&S safety training manager, (858)822-5974, to schedule a training session.	ALL who work with chemicals
Bio-safety Principles	ALL new or entry level lab workers New or entry-level laboratory personnel who plan to work with bio-hazardous materials including recombinant DNA in any form, infectious agents (salmonella, HIV), blood, blood products, body fluids, tissue, cell cultures from human and non-human primates, primary or established cell cultures, and any viral vectors that are infectious to mammalian cells
Controlled Substances Training Program	ALL who work with controlled substances This course provides information on compliance with institutional and regulatory standards pertaining to controlled substances.
Hazardous Waste Training	ALL who generate chemical waste
Radiation: Liquid Scintillation Counting Methods	ALL who work with liquid scintillation counters

Health Sciences Corporate and Research Compliance Program

Required	Optional (Recommended)
Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI):	Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI):
Human Research Protections *Who:* All Investigators and key personnel who are engaged in research with living human beings, human tissue samples or identifiable private information, or conducting research under the review of UCSD IRB’s required to take the CITI Training Program. NOTE: This will also be listed under HRPP.	Good Clinical Practices (GCP) Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) Biosafety/Biosecurity Export Control Regulations
Contact: www.citiprogram.org	Contact: www.citiprogram.org
UC Learning Center:	UC Learning Center:
Research Participant Registration, Admission and Bulk Account Processes *Who:*Employees who are listed as the study coordinator or as the person to send the bill for payment/processing as listed on the Institutional Research Bulk application.	Conducting Gene Transfer Clinical Trials at UCSD Physician Orientation: Research Compliance
Contact: http://health.ucsd.edu/learningcenter	Contact: http://health.ucsd.edu/learningcenter
	Research Compliance Program’s Research Coordinator and Administrator Training (RCAT):
	Federal Regulations and Good Clinical Practices UCSD Policies Pertaining to Research HIPAA, the Impact of HIPAA on Research, and Protection of Confidentiality and Privacy Clinical Trial Agreements Budgets, Billing and Financial Management Responsibilities of Research Staff Regulatory Document Preparation and Maintenance Patient Recruitment Obtaining Informed Consent Overall Study Organization and Management Preparation and Completion of Study Source Documentation and Case Report Forms Use of UCSD Systems How to Prepare and Survive an Audit Shipping of Biological Specimens (inclusive of IATA certification) Basic Lab Safety and Centrifuging Institutional Research Bulk Accounts and INFOPAC Conflict of Interest Contact: rcp@ucsd.edu to sign up for monthly staff education.

Human Research

Required Training	Who must complete training?
Principles of Human Research Subjects Protection	ALL who conduct research involving human subjects who are considered “key personnel.” More information can be found at: http://irb.ucsd.edu/citi_ucsd_training.pdf
Research Aspects of HIPAA	ALL who conduct research involving human subjects that is using or creating protected health information (PHI). More information can be found at: http://irb.ucsd.edu/hipaa_faq.shtml

Office of Contract and Grant Administration

Recommended Training	Who might want to take the training?
Intellectual Property in Research Agreements: A Basic Course Faculty researchers should focus on Lessons 1-4 and 8. NOTE: Log-on from UCOP required, see link for details	ALL who work with intellectual property agreements

Office of Post Award Financial Services

Recommended Training	Who might want to take the training?
Effort Reporting: ECERT Basics	Fiscal administrators, fund managers, and Principal Investigators who manage funding for federally sponsored projects
Effort Reporting: ECERT Learning Lab	Fiscal administrators, fund managers, and Principal Investigators who manage funding for federally sponsored projects.
* Contact Donna Smith at OPAFS by e-mail d8smith@ucsd.edu to obtain specific course information

Office of Postdoctoral and Visiting Scholar Affairs

Recommended Training	Who might want to take the training?
Lab Management Symposium - 2009	Postdoctoral scholars & junior faculty
Postdoctoral Scholar Professional Development Professional development workshops, lectures and programs to prepare postdocs for careers in academia, industry and public sector, and to enhance the postdoctoral experience.	Postdoctoral & visiting scholars

Responsible Conduct of Research

Responsible Conduct of Research Training at UC San Diego
Effective July 1, 2012, options for Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) training of undergraduate students, graduate students and postdoctoral scholars at UC San Diego have expanded. These options are summarized below. For information on core Research Ethics Program (REP) courses to meet NIH requirements, Train-the-Trainer Workshop information, and customized departmental programs, please contact Dr. Michael Kalichman, Director, Research Ethics Program (858-822-2027,kalichman@ucsd.edu). Requests for information on online courses or NSF requirements may be directed to Marianne Generales in the Office of Research Affairs (858-534-4636; mgenerales@ucsd.edu).
NIH
Requirement – NIH requires that all trainees, fellows, participants, and scholars receiving support through any NIH training, career development award (individual or institutional), research education grant, and dissertation research grant must receive instruction in responsible conduct of research. Substantial face-to-face discussions among the participating trainees; a combination of didactic and small-group discussions (e.g. case studies); and participation of research faculty members are highly encouraged. On-line courses are considered a valuable supplement to instruction, but online instruction by itself is inadequate to meet the NIH training requirement. Options for Compliance – Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars Research Ethics Program Core courses http://ethics.ucsd.edu/courses/index.html Customized Department Courses Train the Trainer Workshops http://ethics.ucsd.edu/courses/workshops.html It is highly recommended that departments that wish to develop their own RCR training plans consult with the Director of the Research Ethics Program to ensure their plans will meet the format and content requirements of NIH.
NSF
Requirement – NSF requires that institutions provide appropriate training and oversight in the responsible and ethical conduct of research to undergraduates, graduate students, and postdoctoral researchers supported by NSF. Institutions are responsible for certifying that the training requirements have been met. Options for Compliance - Undergraduate Students Responsible Conduct of Research training for undergraduates will be integrated into the online Academic Integrity course that all undergraduates must take prior to enrolling in their second quarter. Completion of this course is tracked by the campus Bursar’s office. No further action is required by departments, but departments may include undergraduate students in additional training opportunities as appropriate. Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars - Department-based trainings that include direct faculty mentoring are highly recommended. Departments will be responsible for tracking the completion of training requirements associated with extramural awards. Completion of training requirements for postdoctoral scholars should be certified as part of the annual evaluation process, and recorded in the letter of re-appointment to facilitate tracking. Research Ethics Program Core courses http://ethics.ucsd.edu/courses/index.html For departments in the Biomedical Sciences, the current Research Ethics Program remains a good option since REP courses draw primarily from Health Sciences examples. Customized Department Courses Train the Trainer Workshops^** http://ethics.ucsd.edu/courses/workshops.html Online RCR Education Courses http://blink.ucsd.edu/sponsor/ora/respcond.html
^Train the Trainer**
A significant outcome of the review of the Research Ethics Program at UCSD was to create a role for the REP that Facilitates train-the trainer workshops to expand the ability of faculty in departments to mentor their trainees directly using research ethics examples relevant to their specific discipline Certifies department trainings as requested Provides customized trainings to departments and to external non-profit institutions on a fee for service basis

Stem Cell Research

Required Training	Who must complete training?
Introduction to Stem Cell Ethics	All who work with human embryonic stem cells or the equivalent
First Year Continuing Education This requirement is met by participating in at least four hours of stem cell ethics training during the preceding year.	All who work with human embryonic stem cells or the equivalent
Subsequent Year Continuing Education The requirement is met by participating in at least two hours of stem cell ethics or research ethics training during the preceding year.	All who work with human embryonic stem cells or the equivalent

Technology Transfer Office

Recommended Training	Who might want to take the training?
Patents & Patent Searching: UCSD Enrollment Central	UCSD faculty and staff who would like to learn about the patenting process and how to search for patents on the web
Legal Issues in Research and Licensing Agreements *	ALL who work with intellectual property agreements
Non-Exclusive, Royalty-Free Invention Rights *	ALL who work with intellectual property agreements
* Contact Mitchel.Foote@ucop.edu to obtain a current course enrollment key

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