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September 2023
MRCT Center hosts the Diversity Convergence Project committee
The Diversity Convergence Project, initiated by the Clinical Trials Transformation Initiative (CTTI), FasterCures, the Multi-Regional Clinical Trials Center of the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard (MRCT Center), and the National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine (NASEM), seeks to catalyze system-level changes to achieve racial and ethnic diversity in U.S. interventional clinical trials. The MRCT Center will host an invitation-only symposium on September 22 in Washington, DC. More information about this project will be forthcoming.
July 31, 2023
Developing a model Diversity Action Plan (DAP)
The MRCT Center is developing a model Diversity Action Plan (DAP) template in response to the Food and Drug Omnibus Reform Act of 2022 (FDORA), based on our Recruitment Stategy Document Template. Learn more here.
May 4, 2023
MRCT Center releases the Accessibility by Design (AbD) Toolkit
Date: May 4, 2023
Time: 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
Location: Virtual
Discussion topic: Accessibility by Design (AbD): A Toolkit for Inclusion of People with Disabilities in Clinical Research.
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July 14, 2021
MRCT Center Driving Inclusion in Clinical Research webinar: Simplifying the Complexity of Translation in Clinical Research
Date: July 14, 2021
Time: 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
Location: Virtual
Discussion topic: MRCT Center Driving Inclusion in Clinical Research webinar: Simplifying the Complexity of Translation in Clinical Research
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June 9, 2021
MRCT Center Driving Inclusion in Clinical Research webinar: Improving Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Clinical Research
Date: June 9, 2021
Time: 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
Location: Virtual
Discussion topic: MRCT Center Driving Inclusion in Clinical Research webinar: Improving Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Clinical Research
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May 12, 2021
MRCT Center Driving Inclusion in Clinical Research webinar: Inducement or Fair Compensation? Impact on Diverse Participation
Date: May 12, 2021
Time: 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
Location: Virtual
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April 14, 2021
MRCT Center Leaning In webinar: Driving Inclusion in Clinical Research – How to Begin
Date: April 14, 2021
Time: 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
Location: Virtual
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March 19, 2021
We are happy to announce a new series of MRCT Center Leaning In Webinars: Driving Inclusion in Clinical Research. This series will focus on how to approach and plan for inclusion, implement recommendations, and sustain progress. MORE
March 18, 2021
https://mrctcenter.org/blog/news/mrct-center-in-science-magazine-justice-diversity-and-research-ethics-review/
February 10, 2021
https://mrctcenter.org/blog/events/mrct-center-leaning-in-webinar-role-of-data-in-diversity-genetics-rwd/
January 27, 2021
https://mrctcenter.org/blog/events/mrct-center-leaning-in-webinar-stakeholder-roles-and-responsibilities/
January 13, 2021
https://mrctcenter.org/blog/events/mrct-center-leaning-in-webinar-data-standards-and-analysis/
December 9, 2020
https://mrctcenter.org/blog/events/mrct-leaning-in-webinar-study-conduct-recruitment-retention-december-9-2020/
November 30, 2020
https://mrctcenter.org/blog/events/heterogeneity-of-treatment-effects-in-clinical-trials-methods-and-innovations-virtual-conference/
November 12, 2020
https://mrctcenter.org/blog/events/discover-brigham/
November 10, 2020
https://mrctcenter.org/blog/events/primr-webinar-the-irbs-role-in-achieving-diversity-in-research/
October 28, 2020
https://archive.mrctcenter.org/blog/events/mrct-leaning-in-webinar-community-awareness-access-knowledge-october-28-2020/
October 19, 2020
https://mrctcenter.org/blog/events/ropes-gray-webinarachieving-diversity-inclusion-equity-in-clinical-research/
October 14, 2020
https://mrctcenter.org/blog/events/mrct-leaning-in-webinar-community-awareness-access-knowledge-october-14-2020/
September 22, 2020
https://mrctcenter.org/blog/events/fda-office-of-minority-health-and-health-equity-webinar-introducing-mrct-centers-achieving-diversity-inclusion-and-equity-in-clinical-research-guidance-document-and-supple/
September 8, 2020
https://mrctcenter.org/blog/news/in-biocentury-dr-barbara-bierer-discusses-biopharmas-must-address-the-reality-of-racial-disparities-in-health-outcomes-exposed-by-covid-19/
August 25, 2020
https://mrctcenter.org/blog/news/dr-bierer-discusses-diversity-in-clinical-research-on-the-clinical-trials-guru-podcast/
August 20, 2020
https://mrctcenter.org/blog/news/dr-bierer-is-a-guest-on-the-clinical-research-podcast-with-ecrg-media/
August 14, 2020
https://mrctcenter.org/blog/news/dr-barbara-bierer-is-a-guest-on-the-sree-sreenivasan-daily-global-show-podcast/
August 6, 2020
https://mrctcenter.org/blog/news/the-mrct-center-announces-newly-published-guidance-addressing-achieving-diversity-inclusion-and-equity-in-clinical-research/