480 Integrating a Research Ethics Program within an Academic Health Science Center

Abstract

OBJECTIVES/GOALS: Research ethics services are critical to the clinical, research, and educational missions of an academic health science center. Our ethics program aims to develop a culture where investigators are as intellectually engaged in ethical issues of scientific integrity as they are in study design, data collection, and implementation. METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: This descriptive analysis depicts the historical development, from 2010 to 2022, of our research ethics program as an exemplar of ethics integration into the research enterprise of an academic health science center that engages in translational research. In this culture, clinicians, translational researchers and their scientific peers, research participants, and community members become involved in ethics investigation, deliberation, and innovation. RESULTS/ANTICIPATED RESULTS: There are four pillars to our research ethics program: 1) research ethics consultation service, which fosters the development of ethical best practices and standards for the practice of translational research; 2) education, which provides customized training and educational opportunities in research ethics to diverse stakeholders; 3) leadership, through collaboration and partnerships; 4) scholarly engagement, in the pursuit of innovative ethics research and professional development. Through these initiatives we can engage a broad constituency of stakeholders, become an integral component of research oversight, engage as active participants in the research enterprise, and have a critical role in guiding institutional culture. DISCUSSION/SIGNIFICANCE: The integration of our ethics program mirrors the translational science continuum which promotes the multidirectional flow of ideas among ethics consultants, laboratory/clinical scientists, implementation researchers and the community.