Diversity

Before new therapies can reach patients, they must be tested in clinical trials in representative populations to show that they work and are safe. Failure to enroll enough participants in trials can delay the arrival of new therapies in the clinic and inflate their eventual price tags. Failure to recruit diverse patients could diminish the relevance and generalizability of trial findings. For

The Urgency to Design and Implement DEI Strategies Shouldn’t Wait for Legislation This article is a part of our CTSC Special Feature series. What does pending legislation say about DEI strategy? What do most of these introduced bills have in common? Where and when do I start? With diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility at the forefront of clinical and translational science priorities

Sometimes a Spark Is Enough to Light the Fire This article is a part of our CTSC Event Recap series. We like to think of our first screening of The Color of Care with the Western Reserve Historical Society, made possible by the Smithsonian Channel, as the human-made spark that catalyzed seven in-person, virtual, or hybrid screenings of a documentary with the power to raise awareness, evoke empathy

According to the Association of American Medical Colleges, the nation’s medical schools have grown more diverse. More Black and Hispanic students are attending medical school than ever before. We celebrate this continued progress as it contributes to scientific workforce diversity and related outcomes like an increase in diversity of clinical trial participants. Join us as we recognize Black

Clinical trials are essential for the development of new medical, surgical, or behavioral interventions, but clinical trials in the U.S. have long skewed toward recruiting mostly White men. A study published in the July 2022 issue of Lancet found that only 43% of trials registered on ClinicalTrials.gov from 2000 to 2020 included data on race or ethnicity. For those that did, the majority of

Two University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Translational Research Institute (TRI) researchers are co-authors on work published in the Journal of Clinical and Translational Science about developing and testing a diversity, equity and inclusion curriculum for use in higher education. The research team co-authors from the College of Medicine Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI)

Crossing $400M for the first time, funding is up by more than 47% over the past five fiscal years. Virginia Commonwealth University announced the highest sponsored funding figures in its history today, continuing its growing national distinction as a top urban, public research university. The latest institutional record of over $400 million for fiscal year 2022 marks a more than 47% increase over

OHSU* Senior Director for Collaboration & Entrepreneurship and OCTRI** Director of Innovation Programs and Awards, Aditi Martin, PhD, co-authored an article for Oregon Business magazine about cultivating diversity and inclusion in business and innovation environments, based upon her work at OCTRI and OHSU. She co-wrote the op-ed with Graciela Gomez Cowger, JD, CEO of Schwabe, Williamson, and Wyatt

Authors: Clara M. Pelfrey, Philip A. Cola, Joshua A. Gerlick, Billie K. Edgar and Sumita B. Khatri "Under-representation of women in leadership at Academic Medical Centers (AMCs) is a known challenge. Various AMCs address this through intentional professional development programs aimed at ensuring leadership pipelines for women. The FLEX Leadership Development Program at the Case Western Reserve

Grace A McComsey, MD, FIDSA Few things are more powerful than a public dedication to a cause or activity. The CTSC is answering the call to eliminate health disparities and advance health equity through clinical and translational science. We acknowledge that diversity, equity, and inclusion are the building blocks for that advancement as we foster environments where diversity thrives, inclusion is

The Washington University Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences (ICTS) hosted their 4th annual Symposium and Poster Display on Friday, May 13, 2022. The theme “Making an Impact, Shaping the Future” focused on strategies to address equity and diversity challenges experienced by institutions across the national Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) network. The hybrid event

Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has received a $61 million grant from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support the infrastructure for developing and carrying out biomedical research studies. The funding supports Washington University’s Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences (ICTS), which was

In 2020 Fred Meyers, director of the UC Davis CTSC Research Training, Education and Career Development program, was awarded the UC Davis Chancellor's Achievement Awards for Diversity and Community. He received this award in recognition of his contributions in enhancing inclusiveness and diversity within the campus community. Dr. Meyers is also Director of the Center for Precision Medicine and Data

For Argentino Calvo, a retired firefighter and paramedic from Bluffton, South Carolina, joining a COVID-19 vaccine trial was not just a personal choice but an investment in the health of his community. Calvo participated in the Novavax vaccine trial at MUSC, which was part of a large-scale study that recruited over 30,000 patients across 119 study sites in the United States and Mexico. SCTR co

The Integrated Translational Health Research Institute of Virginia (iTHRIV) with support from the University of Pittsburgh (UPitt) is participating in the “Building Up a Diverse Workforce for Biomedical Research” study. Building Up is a national study led by the University of Pittsburgh (UPitt) and aims to test the effectiveness of a career development intervention developed for postdocs and

A mentor in our summer internship program discusses research with her mentee investigating stress and post-traumatic growth during COVID-19. Patrizia Vannini, PhD, is an assistant professor of neurology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) and an investigator in Massachusetts General Hospital’s Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging. A faculty lead for our Grant Review and Support Program (GRASP)

When thinking about diversity and inclusion, consider music. A symphony orchestra is comprised of the strings, the woodwinds, the brass and percussion. Without one, you lose the depth of sound. Without them all, you lose the genius of Beethoven or Mozart. In medicine and clinical research, innovation and widespread impact cannot be achieved unless representation from every section of culture and