2025 Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) Research Community Forum (RCF)

2025 Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) Research Community Forum (RCF) is organized by Medical College of Georgia (MCG) at Augusta University and will be held from Feb 19 - 20, 2025 at Crowne Plaza North Augusta, an IHG Hotel, North Augusta, South Carolina, United States of America.

Description:
The Augusta University Human Research Protection Program (HRPP) in partnership with Georgia State University, Georgia Southern University, the University of Georgia, Emory University, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) will co-host a community forum February 19-20, 2025 at the Crowne Plaza North Augusta, North, Augusta, South Carolina. The theme for this forum is Maintaining Public Trust in the Face of Emerging Trends in Research. OHRP sponsors up to three Research Community Forums (RCF) each year, at various research institutions across the U.S. to promote the protection of human subjects in research. At this 2-day conference, attendees can expect to hear from a wide range of well-versed speakers on topics including different types of conflicts in research, community engagement and maintaining public trust, and flexibility and innovation to respond to the evolving field of research.

Objectives
At the conclusion of this activity, learners will be able to:
• Feel more confident and prepared to recruit community members (community consultation and collaboration)
• Identify and mitigate different types of COI in human subject research
• Know current regulation and guidance regarding AI in human subjects research
• Identify different AI-driven interventions and capabilities that can aid research
• Craft approaches to Human Subject Protections training
• Understand methods for determining the most appropriate consent processes