Your overall education at the School of Public Health will most likely include work on active research projects using information covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the Institutional Review Board Training (IRB)  regulations.  In addition, your future as a public health professional requires your familiarity with these guidelines.   For these reasons, it is the policy of the School of Public Health that all students receive training in both HIPAA and IRB. 

You should plan to complete the training as soon as possible after your acceptance into the School of Public Health, however, school policy requires that training and the HIPAA and IRB training guideline and certification form be completed and received in the Office of Student and Academic Services (Ryals 130) before registration begins for any subsequent term of study.  Students who have not met this requirement will not be allowed to register until the requirement is fulfilled.

School of Public Health students MUST take both IRB and HIPAA training.

IRB TRAINING

The IRB Training is administered by UAB. 
Click here to visit the IRB Training website

HIPAA TRAINING

The HIPAA Training is administered by the SOPH.  
Click here to visit the HIPAA Training website

• To obtain the HIPAA enrollment key, please contact Lauren Markham at lnm@uab.edu.

Please return the HIPAA and IRB certificate forms to Pamela Williams, Director of Student and Academic Affairs in Ryals 130. Failure to complete the HIPAA/IRB training will result in an administrative encumbrance on future registration.