Diversity and Inclusion in Clinical Trials: Concrete Strategies for Enhancing Health Equity

Presentation

Released on: June 14, 2022

Published in: BIO International Convention, San Diego CA

Dr. Willyanne DeCormier Plosky, Program Manager at the MRCT Center, presented on this panel, which explored emerging principles and concrete strategies for addressing demographic disparities and achieving representativeness in clinical trials. The panel was organized and moderated by Lindsay Cobbs (BeiGene USA Inc.), and also included Melika Davis (BeiGene USA Inc.), Jacqueline Corrigan-Curay (FDA); Meg Alexander (Ovid Therapeutics Inc.), and Tesheia Johnson (Yale University) as speakers. See the recording here.

Equity by Design: Utility of a Metrics Framework and Metrics To Evaluate Progress on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Clinical Research

Presentation

Released on: June 14, 2022

Published in: BIO International Convention, San Diego CA

Dr. Willyanne DeCormier Plosky, Program Manager at the MRCT Center, presented on this panel, which was organized by the MRCT Center to discuss the origins, development, structure, and lessons learned from pilot testing of the Equity by Design (EbD) in Clinical Research Metrics Framework. The panel was moderated by Camelia Thompson (BIO), and also included Neha Londono (Seagen Inc.); and Inez Ruiz-White (Otsuka Pharmaceuticals) as speakers. See the recording here.

MRCT Center Annual Meeting

December 6, 2017 @ 8:00 am 1:00 pm

Loeb House at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

MRCT Center 2017 Annual Meeting Agenda

MRCT Center 2017 Annual Meeting Proceedings

MRCT Center 2017 Annual Meeting Slides

MRCT Center 2017 Annual Meeting Keynote Slides

Key themes of the meeting included MRCT Center projects:

  • Introducing a new project: Real World Evidence
  • Core Competencies for Clinical Research Professionals
  • Return of Individual Results: Genomics and Axes of Communication
  • Preview: Global Clinical Trial Data Sharing Platform

The MRCT Center Annual Meeting is open to all MRCT Center stakeholders and the public.

1:00 PM- 4:30 PM, the MRCT Center Executive and Steering Committee met in closed session.

Deliverables

Projects

Harvard Medical School Center for Bioethics’ September Research Ethics Consortium

September 21, 2018 @ 12:30 pm 2:00 pm

Countway Library at Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Topic: Ethical Challenges of Phase 1 Clinical Trials.

Dr. Barbara E. Bierer, MRCT Center Faculty Director, will be a commentator at the Harvard Medical School Center for Bioethics’ September Research Ethics Consortium. 

Click here to register to attend.

Deliverables

Projects

MRCT Center Annual Meeting

December 5, 2018 @ 8:00 am 5:00 pm

Loeb House at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

The MRCT Center Annual Meeting was held in the morning of December 5, 2018 (8:00 AM -1:00 PM).

The keynote speaker was Guido Rasi, Executive Director of the European Medicines Agency (EMA).

Click here to view the Annual Meeting Agenda.

Click here to view the Annual Meeting Proceedings

Click here to view the Annual Meeting Slides (for sponsors only).

The principal topics discussed at the MRCT Center 2018 Annual Meeting were:

  • European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
  • Representation of Diverse Populations
  • Advancing the Study of Clinical Trials
  • Capacity Building
  • Health Literacy in Clinical Research.

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.

Deliverables