The NIH Collaboratory is using its popular ePCT Grand Rounds platform for a special webinar series on diversity in pragmatic clinical trials.
In this Friday’s session—“Planning for Diversity – Stakeholder Engagement and Site Selection to Maximize Diversity”—Dr. Wendy Weber of the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health will host investigators from 2 of the NIH Collaboratory Demonstration Projects for a discussion about strategies for site selection and stakeholder engagement to maximize diversity.
- In BeatPain Utah, Dr. Julie Fritz, Dr. David Wetter, and their team are designing interventions in federally qualified health center (FQHC) clinics to overcome barriers specific to rural and lower-income communities through innovative use of telehealth resources.
- In STOP CRC, Dr. Gloria Coronado, Amanda Petrik, and their team worked with FQHC clinics to improve colorectal cancer screening rates in racial/ethnic minority and low-income populations.
The Grand Rounds session will be held on Friday, June 4, at 1:00 pm eastern. Join the online meeting.
Other upcoming sessions in the diversity workshop series include:
- June 25, 2021, 1:00 pm ET: Meeting Participants Where They Are: Outreach, Trust, and Consent to Maximize Diversity (Jonathan Jackson, PhD; Judith Schlaeger, PhD, CNM, LAc, FAAN; Stacy Sterling, DrPH, MSW, MPH; Moderator: Emily O’Brien, PhD)
- July 16, 2021, 1:00 pm ET: Maximizing Diversity in PCTs: What Can We Learn From Implementation Trials? (Amanda Midboe, PhD; Anne Trontell, MD, MPS; Moderator: David Chambers, DPhil)
- July 30, 2021, 1:00 pm ET: Diversity in the PCT Ecosystem: How Do We Develop a Pipeline of Diverse Investigators and Leaders in PCTs? (Marie Bernard, MD; George Mensah, MD; Natalia Morone, MD, MS; Moderator: Lesley Curtis, PhD)
- Podcast available August 9, 2021: Summary Expert Panel Discussion (David Chambers, DPhil; Lesley Curtis, PhD; Emily O’Brien, PhD; Wendy Weber, ND, PhD, MP; Kanecia Zimmerman, MD; Moderator: Robin Boineau, MD, MA)
All sessions are free and open to the public; no registration is required. Recordings will be archived on the Grand Rounds website.