The Research Integrity Officer, currently Associate Dean Donald Dearborn, serves at the Financial Conflict of Interest Officer for the College. See the Dean of Faculty’s page for more information and links to Bates policies.

Disclosures and Training

All senior personnel on federally-funded research projects must complete a Financial Conflict of Interest disclosure form on an annual basis.

Individuals who are serving as PI or other senior/key personnel on an NIH proposal must complete training in financial conflict of interest. Bates offers this training through CITI.

CITI Training Instructions

1. Go to https://www.citiprogram.org/login, then click on the REGISTER tab if you do not have an account already established. Follow the registration prompts to complete the account setup.

2. Once logged in, click on the “Courses” page.

3. Click on one of the “View Courses” links for the course listing of interest.

4. Click on “Add a Course” which takes you to the course enrollment questions.   

5. In response to the question “Which of the following training would you like to complete?” select the following courses, then click “Next”

6. Select “COI – Public Health Service,” then click Next

7. Under “Course Ready to Begin” you will see the COI – Public Health Service” Training. Click “Start Now” to begin the course.