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.
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.
Discussion 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.
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.
