Presented on: October 28, 2020, 11:00 AM.-12 noon. ET.
Presented at: MRCT Center Leaning In Webinar Series
Discussion Topic: An MRCT Leaning In webinar focused on Workforce Development. Moderated by Luther Clark, MD Deputy Chief Patient Officer at Merck, we will be joined by MRCT Center’s Sarah White, MPH to review recommendations made in the Achieving Diversity, Inclusion and Equity in Clinical Research Guidance Document. Guest speakers include Racquel W. Bruton, Senior Clinical Operations Lead at Biogen, and Karen M. Winkfield, MD, PhD, Executive Director at Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance.
Presented on: October 14, 2020, 11:00 AM.-12 noon. ET.
Presented at: MRCT Center Leaning In Webinar Series
Discussion Topic: Participants in clinical research should reflect the population affected by the disease, or those intended to utilize the intervention. Early and active engagement from participants, patients, caregivers, and communities can influence and improve the design and execution of clinical research, including efforts to enhance diversity and inclusion. Further, appropriate and meaningful engagement offers opportunities for outreach to individuals and communities including those underrepresented or underserved in research, addresses priorities that are important for patients and potential participants, and to draws upon the perspectives of the very individuals for whom the research is intended.
Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity in Clinical Research.
Framework:
Developed on: August 2020
Developed by: MRCT Center Diversity Workgroup
We define the term “diversity” to be broad and inclusive. At minimum, it includes:
Demographic factors such as sex, race, ethnicity, age, location, genetics etc.
Non-demographic factors such as comorbidities, organ dysfunction, concurrent medications, environmental factors, compliance. Among non-demographic factors are those that are historically, socially, and culturally determined.
Social factors, and those within the term “social determinants of health,” including education level, economic status, family size, food insecurity, etc.
The MRCT Center Diversity Workgroup has developed a set of fundamental principles that help to frame considerations of diverse representation in clinical research. While we recognize that a case-based analysis will be required for each clinical research question, we also believe that these principles will help guide those analyses.
