In the Spring of 2021, Sylvia Baedorf Kassis, MPH, Program Manager, facilitated a successful three-part virtual training entitled “Applying Health Literacy Principles to Clinical Research Studies” for clinical research professionals across the University of Utah.
The training covered:
Health Literacy 101: The focus of this session was on the ethics/principles of health literacy as applied to the entire clinical research life cycle, including an introduction to co-developing materials with participants.
Health Literacy in Action: The focus of this session was to expand on health literacy introduction to give specific examples of health literacy best practices applied to different types of research, including interventional and socio-behavioral studies. This session also included information on integrating participant feedback into the development and materials at various points across the clinical research life cycle (e.g., recruitment flyers, consent process, study questionnaires, study instructions, processes for pediatric studies, end of study communications).
Health Literacy and Returning Research Results: This session focused specifically on managing and sharing aggregate research results (i.e. plain language summaries) with study participants and the community. Considerations for individual return of results were also introduced.
Discussion Topic: The MRCT Center Driving Inclusion in Clinical Research webinar: How to Begin. Moderated by MRCT Center Faculty Director, Barbara Bierer, MD. Our guest speakers were Anya Harry, MD, PhD, Head, Global Demographics & Diversity at GlaxoSmithKline and Christopher Romero, MD, PhD, FACP, Medical Director, USA, at PanAmerican Clinical Research.
Published in Science Magazine “Justice, diversity, and research ethics review: It is time for institutional review boards and research ethics committees to address the ethics of inclusion” by MRCT Center Faculty Director Barbara Bierer, Executive Director Sarah White and Senior Advisor David Strauss.
Discussion Topic: The MRCT Center Leaning In webinar: Stakeholder Roles and Responsibilities was held on 1/27 from 11am – 12noon ET. Our moderators were RADM Richardae Araojo, Associate Commissioner for Minority Health, Director of the Office of Minority Health and Health Equity, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and David H. Strauss, MD, Special Lecturer, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and Senior Advisor, MRCT Center. Our guest speakers were Fabian Sandoval, MD, CEO & Research Director, Emerson Clinical Research Institute, Inc., and Leadership Council Member Society for Clinical Research Sites and Emmy Winning Host “Tu Salud Tu Familia” and Medical Contributor Telemundo Washington D.C., and Chris Reddick, MD, Vice President, Head of R&D Health Equity, Center for Health Equity & Patient Affairs at Takeda Pharmaceuticals.
