July 30, 2021: Inclusion of Diverse Participants in Pragmatic Clinical Trials: Diversity in the PCT Ecosystem – How Do We Develop a Pipeline of Diverse Investigators and Leaders in PCTs? (Lesley Curtis, PhD; Marie A. Bernard, MD; George A. Mensah, MD, FACC; Natalia Morone, MD, MS)

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Speakers

Panelists:

Marie A. Bernard, MD
Acting NIH Chief Officer for Scientific Workforce Diversity
Deputy Director, National Institute on Aging
National Institutes of Health

George A. Mensah, M.D., FACC
Director, Center for Translation Research and Implementation Science
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Natalia Morone, MD, MS
Associate Professor
Boston University School of Medicine
Department of Medicine
General Internal Medicine

Guest Moderator:

Lesley Curtis, PhD
Professor in Population Health Sciences
Department of Population Health Sciences
Duke University School of Medicine

Topic

Inclusion of Diverse Participants in Pragmatic Clinical Trials: Diversity in the PCT Ecosystem – How Do We Develop a Pipeline of Diverse Investigators and Leaders in PCTs?

Keywords

Diverse research faculty; NIH UNITE; CEED; Health equity; Structural racism; Inclusion

Key Points

  • The NIH UNITE initiative was founded to address and correct structural racism in biomedical research both within NIH policies and practices and in research communities outside NIH.
  • The NIH will focus on health equity by providing multiple funding opportunities that address structural racism and its effects on minority health disparity.
  • The NIH will consider the diversity of the research team when deciding grant scoring, and fund the FIRST initiative which will transform the research community to create a culture of inclusion.
  • Creating and sustaining diverse researchers and research teams is critical to supporting and encouraging diversity and inclusion in pragmatic clinical trials.
  • CEED: Career Education and Enhancement for Health Care Research Diversity seeks to foster a more diverse environment by giving under represented post docs and early career faculty, mentorship and networking opportunities.

Discussion Themes

The CEED program has made a significant impact for its participants in the number of papers published and likelihood to hold an assistant professor position.

Primary care providers and community health workers are valuable to clinical research, and funding opportunities need to be provided to these groups performing important work.

Networks should be created for early career underrepresented groups in order to develop the next generation of Pragmatic Clinical Trial scientists.

Read more about developing diversity research teams at NIH UNITE, FIRST, and CEED.

Tags

#pctGR, @Collaboratory1