The MRCT Center Annual Meeting was held in the morning of December 4, 2019 (8:00 AM -1:00 PM). The keynote speaker was Professor Chenguang Wang, Tsinghua University Law School.
Click here to view the Annual Meeting Slides (for sponsors only).
The principal topics discussed at the MRCT Center 2019 Annual Meeting were:
Life sciences Regulation and Policy in Today’s China
Health Literacy in Clinical Research
Real World Evidence – OPERAND
Representation and Inclusion of Diverse Populations in Clinical Research
EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
The meeting was followed by the Executive and Steering Committee meeting in the afternoon (1:00 PM -5:00 PM), which was open to MRCT Center sponsors only.
The MRCT Center Annual Meeting will be held virtually this year. We will review and discuss ongoing MRCT Center projects and emerging issues. This meeting is open to the public. If interested, please register here.
Agenda to include:
Keynote speaker: Michelle McMurry-Heath, MD, PhD, President and CEO of Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO)
Promoting Global Clinical Research in Children: Perspectives on patient/family/carer engagement
Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity in Clinical Trials: Update on MRCT Center Guidance, current and forthcoming activities, and collaborations. The panel will include a discussion of recent PhRMA principles on clinical trials diversity by Dr. Richard Moscicki, a presentation of social determinants of health by Dr. Monica Webb Hooper, NIH, and comments by Dr. Roberto Lewis, Columbia University.
European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR): recent updates
For agenda, speaker biographies, proceedings and slides, please see Annual Meeting page.
Topic: The FDA Office of Minority Health and Health Equity at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) presents a webinar featuring Drs. Barbara E. Bierer (Faculty Director, MRCT Center; Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School) and Luther T. Clark (Deputy Chief Patient Officer, Merck).
Drs. Bierer and Clark will introduce the recently released MRCT Center’s Diversity Framework, titled Achieving Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity In Clinical Research. After providing a brief introduction, background, and contextual orientation to listeners, Drs. Bierer and Clark will highlight the ways in which stakeholders can contribute to increasing diverse representation in clinical research and, ultimately, improving health equity and public health domestically and abroad.
Topic: “Achieving Diversity, Inclusion, & Equity in Clinical Research” webinar moderated by MRCT Faculty Co-Director Mark Barnes and Ropes & Gray Partner with speakers Dr. Barbara Bierer, MRCT Faculty Director, Dr. Eldrin Lewis, Professor of Medicine at Stanford University and Dr. Paul Underwood, Medical Director at Boston Scientific.
Topic: Heterogeneity of Treatment Effects in Clinical Trials: Methods and Innovations. A virtual conference hosted by MRCT Center in collaboration with FDA.
Dr. Barbara Bierer and Dr. Bisola O. Ojikutu, Harvard CFAR presented “Committing to Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity in Clinical Research: The Time is Now” in a virtual session 11/12 at 1:45 – 2:15pm ET at Discover Brigham.
