Human Subjects Training: non-FHCRC Principal Investigators

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC) leadership and Institutional Review Boards (IRB) have mandated new training requirements for the Center's Human Research Protection Program. These new, expanded requirements strengthen the Center's commitment to the protection of research participants.

If you are the principal investigator on a study submitted to the FHCRC IRB, but your primary affiliation is at another institution, you will need to meet the FHCRC's new requirements for human subjects training. (If you have already met requirements that overlap with ours, you do not need to repeat them just for us.)

Requirements

• If you have not had human subjects training before, you should take a basic course.
  
• If you have had human subjects training before, you should take a refresher course within 3 years of your last training.

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After completing the requirements for the first time, you will need refresher training every 3 years.

Do the new requirements apply to other non-FHCRC investigators/staff (besides the PI)?

No. Other non-FHCRC investigators and study staff involved in a study submitted to the FHCRC IRB should meet the requirements of their own institution. The PI should send a letter to the FHCRC IRB certifying that study staff have met their institutional requirements for human subjects training.

Questions?

If you have questions about the new requirements, please contact James Riddle, IRO Assistant Director or at 667-6501.