The NIH Collaboratory this Friday, May 14, will use its popular ePCT Grand Rounds platform to launch a special workshop series on diversity in pragmatic clinical trials.

Dr. Clyde Yancy of Northwestern University will begin the series with a keynote address, “Diverse Representation Among Clinical Trial Participants: Why It Is Important and How We Can Improve.” Dr. Kanecia Zimmerman of Duke University will facilitate the discussion. The Grand Rounds session will be held on Friday, May 14, at 1:00 pm eastern. Join the online meeting.

The webinar series—Inclusion of Diverse Participants in Pragmatic Clinical Trials—will focus on increasing engagement of diverse participants and building trust, recruiting diverse research sites, learning from implementation science to maximize diversity, and developing a pipeline of trainees from underrepresented groups to be leaders in pragmatic clinical research.

Other upcoming sessions in the diversity workshop series include:

• June 4, 2021, 1:00 pm ET: Planning for Diversity: Stakeholder Engagement and Site Selection to Maximize Diversity (Gloria Coronado, PhD; Julie Fritz, PhD, PT; Amanda Petrik, MS; David Wetter, PhD, MS; Moderator: Wendy Weber, ND, PhD, MPH)
• 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.