Section 2 Onboarding

2.1 First Steps

If you are a new member of the BAB Lab, there are a few basic things you will want to set up before or on your first day.

Here are some tips:

  1. Read the Lab Manual

  2. Ask the lab manager to be added to the following

  • Slack (download the desktop and mobile apps)
  • Trello (download the desktop and mobile apps - watch this tutorial)
  • Box
  • Google calendars
  • Email list
  • Dropbox Paper
  1. Send (via Slack) the lab manager your information including your
  • Preferred name
  • Preferred pronoun
  • Preferred email address
  • Phone number
  • Photo(s) for lab website
  • Brief bio for the lab website

  1. Complete the onboarding process for your position below

  2. Go to section 3.5.1 of this wiki, “Computer Security Protocols” and follow the relevant steps to make the computer you’ll be using for lab work secure.

2.2 Onboarding - Staff Research Associate

  1. Submit to Bridget
    • Signed employment contract
  2. Contact HR
  3. Submit to HR
  4. Schedule with HR
  5. Pick-up
    • Location: Psychology Main Office (1285 Psychology Building – See Tyler Tuione)
      • Parking permits
  6. Respond
    • To the tracker I-9 email on or before your first day of work
  7. Create (once you have your employee ID)
  8. Visit (once you have your employee ID)
    • Location: UCLA BruinCard Center (Kerckhoff Hall, Room 123)
      • Bring ID and completed form
  9. Complete (once you have your UCLA logon ID)
    • Sign-up and complete the required employee training courses
    • Sign-up and attend orientation
    • Upload orientation training certificates to Box (BABLAB/Lab/Training)
  10. Select
    • Health insurance plan (within 30 days) Retirement plan (within 90 days) Union membership requires pension plan
  11. Pritzker Access
    • Email Tyler Tuione –
    • Include your name and Bruincard # to be granted weekend swipe card access as well as B and C level access for freezer storage
    • The swipe access reader is located on the right hand side of door to the right courtyard of the tower entrance.
  12. IRB Trainings
    • Create a UCLA SSO for CITI Program
    • Add and complete the following courses:
      • Human Research – Social & Behavioral Researchers & Staff
      • Human Research- Biomedical Researchers & Staff
      • UCLA HIPAA
    • Add certificates to the training folder on Box (BABLAB/Lab/Training)
    • Get a WebIRB account
      • Email your faculty sponsor/advisor the following information:
        • Your UCLA Logon ID – (Verify your UCLA Logon ID)
        • Your UCLA UID # (9-digit)
        • Your full name
          • First
          • Middle
          • Last
        • Your email address
        • Your department and division
      • Bridget to email this information to to request the account.
      • Ask the lab manager to be added to all IRB protocols
  13. IBC Trainings
    • Sign up for the following courses via UCLA WorkSafe
      • NIH Guidelines for UCLA Researchers IBC Compliance Training (online)
      • Laboratory Safety Fundamentals (online)
      • Blood-borne Pathogens Training (online)
      • Medical Waste Management (online)
      • Biosafety ABC’s – Biosafety Level 2 Training (in-person)
      • Biosafety Cabinet (online)
    • Add certificates to your user folder on Box (BABLAB/Lab/Training)
    • Record completion for HPL
    • Submit certificates to Arielle Radin () at HPL
    • Read the Lab Specific Biosafety Manual and sign off
    • Complete Lab Specific Training and sign off
      • This must be updated annually
    • Get vaccinations (suggested)
      • Visit OHF at 67-120 CHS x56771
      • Recommended vaccines
        • Hepatitis B
        • Flu (Influenza)
        • MMR (Measles, Mumps & Rubella)
        • Varicella (Chickenpox)
        • Tdap (Tetanus, Diptheria, Pertussis)
        • Meningococcal
  14. Shipping of Biological Materials Training
    • Take the training survey to determine which trainings need to be completed EHS Shipping of Biological Materials Trainings. It should direct you to two separate trainings:
      • Login to worksafe to take the UCLA training UCLA Worksafe
      • The survey should also take you to the CDC website to take another training
  15. REDCap
    • Complete and send REDCap access form to Martin Lai () (BABLAB/Lab/Lab_protocols/REDCap/Access/Template/)
  16. Website admin access
  17. MRI Trainings
    • TBD
  18. Department of Psychology Printing Acess
    • Login (upper right hand corner)
    • Click submit a request
    • Inquire about gaining printer access- include your UID number and email
    • Access printing at Franz Hall
    • Instructions - sending print jobs via email
  19. Departmental Email Distributions

Important links:

Review:

2.3 Onboarding - Volunteer Research Assistant (UCLA Students)

  1. Website & Information
    • Please send us your preferred name, photo, and a brief bio for the lab website
    • Lab Manager to add to Lab News
    • Please provide the Lab Manager with your birthday, UID, phone number, and preferred email
  2. IRB Trainings- IMPORTANT
    • No one can access our Box or data until all IRB trainings are complete!
    • Create a UCLA SSO for CITI Program or login through UCLA
    • Add and complete the following courses:
      • UCLA HIPAA
      • Human Research - Social & Behavioral Researchers & Staff
      • Human Research - Biomedical Researchers & Staff
    • Slack message these certificates to the lab manager
    • Ask to be added to any relevant IRB protocols
  3. Accessing Trello
    • Trello is our task management software!
      • Download the desktop an mobile apps
      • Please watch this tutorial
  4. HR Requirements
    • Lab Manager must consult with Bridget prior to hiring. If for any reason a non-UCLA student is brought on, a background check must be run (~$50 each). Unless otherwise specified, the Lab Manager should refer to the RA application pool within UCLA students.
    • This also applies to volunteers who have graduated from UCLA. Once a student volunteer has graduated, their status must be switched to staff volunteer and all HR paperwork should be resubmitted to reflect this change. A Background Check must also now be run, since the graduated student is technically no longer affiliated with UCLA on the date after their graduation.
    • Please print, read, and complete the following forms located in Box (BABLAB/Lab/Documents/RA_hiring_documents/RA_hiring_forms_templates/HR documents)
      • RA_volunteer_agreement
      • RA_volunteer_application
      • RA_volunteer_assignment
      • RA_volunteer_workerscomp
      • RA_volunteer_authorization (only if a Background Check is required)
      • PAF form (obtained from HR)
    • Each form MUST be completed thoroughly. Some persons omit information such as social security information, but if any area is left vacant, we cannot accept the forms and the volunteer will not be able to work on the UCLA campus. There must be a clear start date and a clear end date. The majority of the forms are filled out by the volunteer, but there are a few areas where the UCLA professor whose lab is overseeing the volunteer must sign and date as well.
    • The volunteer may not work on the UCLA campus until all forms are filled out, signed, and submitted back to HR.
  5. Franz Access
    • Email the lab manager to request weekend access if you will be running participants on the evenings/weekends
      • Student volunteers: Include your name and Bruincard #
      • Non-student volunteers: We will determine if you are eligible for an access card.
    • The swipe access reader is located on the right hand side of door to the right courtyard of the tower entrance.
  6. BMC Requirements
    • TBD
  7. Ask the Lab Manager to be added to REDCap
    • Complete and send REDCap access form to Lab Manager to be submitted to Martin Lai () (BABLAB/Lab/Lab_protocols/REDCap/Access/Template/)
  8. Ask Lab Manager to be added to Slack, Box, Google Calendars, Google Group, OSF

2.4 Onboarding - Postdoctoral Scholar

  1. Schedule hiring orientation meeting with someone from Human Resources (HR) (someone from HR will reach out to you once the office receives approval to hire). Prior to this meeting, you will need to submit:

    • Forms (Personal Data Form; Postdoc Personal Data Form; Postdoc Union Form)
    • Your CV
    • A brief (2-3 sentences) description of your postdoc research and goals
    • A copy of your PhD diploma, your official transcript, or certificate of completion from Registrar’s office

  2. At the hiring orientation, HR will go over how to:

    • Set up UC Path for viewing and updating personal information; viewing paychecks; signing up for direct deposit; updating tax witholdings; viewing and printing W-2s; signing up for Benefits (period of eligibility to enroll in benefits is 31 days)
    • Submit monthly timesheets through Time Reporting System
    • Acquire a parking permit and office keys through the Psychology Main Office
    • Get a BruinCard (campus ID card)
    • Submit I-9 Tracker

  3. Create a UCLA logon ID

  4. Attend the Postdoctoral Scholar Orientation and sign up for relevant listservs

  5. Complete CITI Trainings and submit certificates to Lab Manager:

    • Create a UCLA SSO for CITI Program
    • Add and complete the following courses:
      • Human Research – Social & Behavioral Researchers & Staff
      • Human Research- Biomedical Researchers & Staff
      • UCLA HIPAA

  6. Get a WebIRB account:

    • Email your faculty sponsor/advisor the following information: - Your UCLA Logon ID – (Verify your UCLA Logon ID) - Your UCLA UID # (9-digit) - Your full name - First - Middle - Last - Your email address - Your department and division
    • Bridget to email this information to to request the account.
    • Ask the lab manager to be added to all IRB protocols

  7. Have Lab Manager set you up with the lab’s:

    • Slack (need UCLA logon to access)
    • Trello
    • Google Calendars
    • Box (need UCLA logon to access)
    • GitHub
    • OSF
    • IRBs (need UCLA logon to access)
    • REDcap

  8. Send the following information to Lab Manager:

    • Preferred name
    • Preferred pronoun
    • Preferred e-mail address
    • Phone number
    • Photo(s) for lab website
    • Brief bio for lab website

  9. Read Lab Manual

  10. Set up access to papers & databases off-campus through UCLA

  11. Create a Hoffman2 Cluster account

2.5 Onboarding - Graduate Student

For lab manager to do:

  1. Add new graduate student to:
  • BABLab calendars
  • GitHub
  • Slack workspace
  • Google group
  • Box
  • Relevant REDcap projects
  • OSF
  • Trello
  • IRB(s)

For graduate student to do:

  1. Make your UCLA ID (instructions sent when accept admissions offer)
  2. Submit your statement of intent to register (SIR) and statement of legal residence (SLR) forms
  3. Check your UCLA email regularly and add it to your mail app
  4. Once you are given access to Box through UCLA (you will receive an email notification), download box drive and get set up
  5. Once lab manager requests that you be added to REDcap and you get an email about it, fill out the access form and go through the steps to set up an account
  6. Set up access to papers & databases off-campus through UCLA.
  7. Watch the BABLab Trello how-to video and download Trello.
  8. Make an account on OSF
  9. Do the following IRB trainings:
  • These are done on the CITI program by creating a UCLA SSO, then add and complete the following
  • UCLA HIPAA
  • Human Research - Social & Behavioral Researchers & Staff
  • Human Research- Biomedical Researchers & Staff
  • Once you have done them, please slack the lab manager the certificates for our records
  1. Get an account on the IRB site (required before you can be added to IRBs!)
  • Email Bridget the following info so that she can get you an account:
    • Your UCLA logon ID
    • Your UCLA ID # (9 digits)
    • Your full name (first, middle, last)
    • Your email address
    • Your department and division
  1. Train to collect data for whichever large study is currently going on in the lab
  • Meet with lab manager & Bridget to discuss study
  • Read study wiki & data collection protocols
  • Meet with lab manager to address questions regarding protocols
  • Shadow several data collection sessions
  • Do a pilot session & pass
  • Run your first session reverse-shadowed by someone who is trained
  1. Get your UCLA BruinCard
  • Submit a message to the BruinCard center to request a new bruincard
    • Go to my.ucla.edu and log in
    • Click the yellow “Need help?” in the top right corner, then click on “message center”
    • Submit a question to the BruinCard center, with the topic “requesting new bruincard”
  • In your message, include the following info:
    • UCLA ID number, contact phone, contact email, department, requested pickup date and time (Monday, Wednesday, Friday 10am-2pm), have you had a previous BruinCard? Was your online photo submission approved? (you will be prompted to upload a photo in the admissions process, if that was approved you can say yes)
    • Attach a scanned copy of your govt issued photo ID
  • Go pick up your card at the specified location at the time you were scheduled for
    • Make sure to bring the same photo ID you provided a copy of!
  • Once you have your bruincard, let the lab manager know so that they can request lab access for you!
  1. Learn how to make IRB amendments and navigate the UCLA IRB portal
  • If you haven’t already requested an IRB account, do that ASAP
  • Once you have an account, meet with the lab manager to go over how to navigate the UCLA IRB site