195 CTSI Academy Program: Accelerating health research through translational workforce development at the Medical College of Wisconsin

Objectives/Goals: Clinical research education and training for faculty and research professionals varies widely across the institution with high degree of variability in the content and competency standards. Recognizing this problem, the Clinical and Translational Science Institute of SE Wisconsin (CTSI) created the CTSI Academy that harmonizes offerings. Methods/Study Population: The CTSI Academy consists of programs tailored for junior investigators and new research staff. They cover full gamut of topics ranging from regulatory requirements to day-to-day operations. The CTSI academy further leveraged subject matter experts to be the presenters ensuring buy-in from across the institution. The CTSI co-lead a committee on education and training that eventually developed standardized curriculum for all research professionals at the Hub. Our programs leverage in-person, hybrid, and virtual asynchronous methods of learning to enable maximum acceptability. Results/Anticipated Results: The Academy has established 11 educational programs since its inception in 2017. There have been 3,706 individual attendees and 3,288 total graduates across all our programs since 2017. Of these, 1,531 have been unique graduates. Of the 1531 unique graduates, 303 have been faculty members, 20 students, and 1200 staff. We have also developed a template that standardizes role-based training for all research professionals that will be implemented beginning 2026 and plan to use this as a career ladder and retention tool. Discussion/Significance of Impact: The development of the CTSI Academy into a thriving hub for all clinical research training and education needs is a great example of collaboration between the CTSA award and institutional agencies such as the Office of Research and various other departments. The planned certification mechanism will further strengthen this relationship.