ESCRO Training Requirements

All Yale University and affiliate individuals, including faculty, staff, postdoctoral scholars, students, visiting scholars and other researchers who plan to engage in Human Embryonic Stem Cell (hESC) research or Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell (iPSC) research that requires Embryonic Stem Cell Research Oversight (ESCRO) are required to satisfactorily complete training regarding the ethical considerations and the policies and regulations pertaining to hESC Research or covered iPS research before beginning preparatory work on any project involving hESCs or iPS cells.

Training requirements can be met by completing the Embryonic Stem Cell Research Oversight (ESCRO) course via CITI.

If you are already logged into Yale’s CAS, then use the following Single Sign-On (SSO) link to log into CITI and Enroll in the selected course:

Embryonic Stem Cell Research Oversight (ESCRO)

If you are accessing this from outside of Yale’s Central Authentication Service (CAS), log into your account at CITI Program (or create a new Yale learner account f you do not already have one), select “Add a Course” (scroll down to the bottom of the page) and choose the Embryonic Stem Cell Research Oversight (ESCRO) course.

Please email your Completion Report (transcript showing the completion of the two stem cell research modules) to irb.training@yale.edu.