CNH-specific onboarding

Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)

Children's National Hospital (CNH)

CNH has recently switched their VPN to Palo Alto GlobalProtect, is installed on your computer.

  • To connect, enter the CNH portal and you will be asked to enter your credentials.
  • For remote users, GlobalProtect will be on "always on" mode.
  • For more information, see the intranet posting here.

George Washington University (GWU)

GWU also uses GlobalProtect.

  • To request a GWU ID, please refer to the access request section.
  • To connect, enter the GWU portal gwvpn.gwu.edu and you will be asked to enter your credentials.

CNH Intranet

The Children's National Intranet (MS Sharepoint site) can be found here and is relatively easy to navigate. The administrative team within the Center for Cancer and Immunology Research (CCIR) has done a wonderful job creating a CCIR-specific Sharepoint site for its faculty and staff.

Training modules

As a staff member who will have access to large amounts of genomic data and potentially protected health information (PHI) for patients, we require everyone complete multiple general staff and specific biomedical research traing modules.

CITI

If you do not have an account set up with CITI, please make one here. If your account has an old email associated, please update to use your Children's National email address and/or add your affiliation to Children's National Medical Center (CNMC). This way, other staff members can search for you and see whether you had completed certain trainings. Next, you should be able to see a number of courses for CNMC. Please complete the following:

  • Biomedical Research (17 modules)
  • RCR: BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH (6 modules)
  • Conflict of Interest (4 modules)

Cornerstone

Cornerstone is the place where you will complete CNH-related training/learning modules. From the CNH Sharepoint, navigate to 

Resources --> Apps & Tools --> Cornerstone

You will periodically see modules assigned. Please complete these before their due dates.

Your Timecard

Bear Time (Kronos) is the system used for recording time. From the CNH Sharepoint, navigate to 

Resources --> Apps & Tools --> Bear Time (Kronos)

During your first week, please email Dawn Griffiths and Erica Cleary to set your weekly schedule. They manage all timecards for the Center for Cancer and Immunology Research (CCIR). Once this is completed, you do not need to fill out your timecard weekly, nor approve it.

Once you are eligible to take time off (ASSLA after 90 days and Vacation after 90 days (hourly employees) or 180 days (salaried employees)), please follow the instructions below to make a request: 1. Email Dr. Rokita, cc-ing Dawn Griffiths and Erica Cleary, to make a request for time off. 2. Once approved, log into Kronos and make an official request for time off within the right-hand screen.

For more information about accruing leave, please see here.

BTI Bioinformatics Outlook Calendar

We have created a shared calendar in outlook called BTI Bioinformatics.
Please place your out of office time on this calendar for team awareness.