Welcome to Human Research Education Courses
All Mass General Brigham enterprise-level trainings and courses relevant to conducting human research are outlined below. Courses are categorized as Required, Core, and Elective. Note: Courses that are eligible for RCR credit are indicated as such below the link for Course Details.Â
- Required Courses
- Core Courses - HIGHLY recommended for everyone
- Elective Courses - recommended based on your role
Your institution may provide additional trainings and courses. Click the links below to be directed to the relevant page.
EDUCATION PATHWAYS
To better help you identify the courses you need to take, we have created pages that organize courses based on either type of research – Human, Animal, Laboratory – or different roles in research at Mass General Brigham – Investigators, Research Trainees, Research Staff. For each course, the icons below depict for which type of research and for whom the course is applicable.
Note: If a course is identified as Required, the icons listed below the course tile indicate for what type of research and for whom it is required.
- Investigators = Principal Investigators, Co-Investigators, Investigators, etc.
- Research Staff = Research Coordinators, RAs, Project Managers, etc.
- Research Trainees = Postdocs, Fellows, Residents, New/Junior Faculty, etc.
- Human = If you are conducting Human Research
- Animal = If you are conducting Animal Research
- Laboratory = If you are conducting Laboratory Research
REQUIRED COURSES
HRA Clinical Research Boot Camp
*RCR Credit Eligible – Live Webinars ONLY!
HRA Good Clinical Practice
*RCR Credit Eligible – Live Webinars ONLY!
RCO PI Education Series: Research Misconduct Prevention
- Investigators
- Research Staff
- Research Trainees
- Humans
- Investigators
- Research Staff
- Research Trainees
- Humans
- Investigators
RCO PI Education Series: Financial Stewardship of Grants and Contracts
RCO Research Misconduct Prevention
RCO Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) Seminar
*RCR Credit Eligible – Live Webinars ONLY!
- Investigators
- Research Trainees
- Research Trainees
RCO Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) Refresher
*RCR Credit Eligible – Live Webinars ONLY!
RCO IBC Required Laboratory Training
*Laboratory and Biosafety staff only
- Research Trainees
- Investigators
- Research Staff
- Research Trainees
CORE COURSES
HRA Inspections and Audits of Human Subject Research
*RCR Credit Eligible – Live Webinars ONLY!
HRA Informed Consent including eConsent for Human Subject Research
*RCR Credit Eligible – Live Webinars ONLY!
HRA Study Team Data Management and Internal Quality Assurance Plans
*RCR Credit Eligible – Live Webinars ONLY!
- Investigators
- Research Staff
- Research Trainees
- Humans
- Investigators
- Research Staff
- Research Trainees
- Humans
- Investigators
- Research Staff
- Research Trainees
- Humans
HRA Sponsor-Investigator Responsibilities (IND/IDE/NSR)
*RCR Credit Eligible – Live Webinars ONLY!
HRA IRB 101: Collaboration, Partnership, and Research Ethics
*RCR Credit Eligible – Live Webinars ONLY!
HRA Recordkeeping and Record Retention Requirements
*RCR Credit Eligible – Live Webinars ONLY!
- Investigators
- Research Staff
- Research Trainees
- Humans
- Investigators
- Research Staff
- Research Trainees
- Humans
- Investigators
- Research Staff
- Research Trainees
- Humans
HRA- Virtual Clinical Research
RCO Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) Ethics Series
*RCR Credit Eligible – Live Webinars ONLY!
RCO Research Policy Overview: Transporting and Sharing Biological Materials
- Investigators
- Research Staff
- Research Trainees
- Humans
- Research Trainees
- Humans
- Animals
- Laboratory
- Investigators
- Research Staff
- Research Trainees
- Humans
- Animals
- Laboratory
RCO Responsible Conduct of Research Using Biological Materials
*RCR Credit Eligible – Live Webinars ONLY!
RCO Federal Export Control Regulations and Compliance Awareness
RCO Clinical Research Billing Compliance
- Research Trainees
- Humans
- Animals
- Laboratory
- Investigators
- Research Staff
- Research Trainees
- Humans
- Animals
- Laboratory
- Investigators
- Research Staff
- Research Trainees
- Humans
ELECTIVE COURSES
HRA Clinical Trials Registration and Results Reporting
HRA Writing a Clinical Research Protocol
*RCR Credit Eligible – Live Webinars ONLY!
HRA Study Start-up Assessments
- Investigators
- Research Staff
- Research Trainees
- Humans
- Investigators
- Research Staff
- Research Trainees
- Humans
- Investigators
- Research Staff
- Research Trainees
- Humans
HRA Emergency and Non-Emergency Use of Investigational Drugs and Devices for the Treatment of a Single Patient
RCO General Laboratory Safety
RCO Compliance with Section 889, 2019 Federal Defense Authorization Act (FDAA), Covered Technologies
- Investigators
- Research Staff
- Research Trainees
- Humans
- Animals
- Laboratory
- Investigators
- Research Staff
- Research Trainees
- Humans
- Animals
- Laboratory
- Investigators
- Research Staff
- Research Trainees
- Humans
- Animals
- Laboratory
RCO Federal Export Control Regulations and Compliance Requirements
RCO Federal Export Controls Regulations and Compliance Requirements: International Advisory Services
RCO Federal Export Controls Regulations and Compliance Requirements: Sponsored Research, Technology Transfer & Licensing Issues
- Investigators
- Research Staff
- Research Trainees
- Humans
- Animals
- Laboratory
- Investigators
- Research Staff
- Research Trainees
- Humans
- Animals
- Laboratory
- Investigators
- Research Staff
- Research Trainees
- Humans
- Animals
- Laboratory