The Human Performance Laboratory has a series of core competencies for students in the laboratory.  Your advisor will inform you of these requirements.  In addition, there are several standard modules that all students must perform:

On-Going

• CPR/AED and First Aid certifications – please arrive certified. You may renew through the HPL at the end of each year.
• The CITI “Basic Courses in the Protection of Human Research Subjects: Biomedical Focus” – every 3 years
• Our in-house “HPL-Specific Training” course – annual
• Environmental Health & Safety
  • The EHS “Bloodborne Pathogens” course – renewed annually through online refresher course.
  • The “Laboratory Safety and Chemical Waste Management” course – every year
  • “Shipping Biological Materials” – every two years

One-Time

• The “General Biological Safety” course (one time only).
• The “Biological Waste” course
• Students also must receive a Hepatitis B vaccination (available through EHS on request)