Do advertisements work? Well, there’s a long-running debate that’s well beyond the scope of this snippet. The National Institutes of Health (NIH), via the COVID-19 Prevention Network led by a renowned HIV/AIDS investigator, produced recent ads appealing to...
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Rio Grande Valley Participates in Global COVID-19 Study via Valley Baptist Medical Center-Harlingen
Valley Baptist Medical Center-Harlingen, based in the Rio Grande Valley in Texas, was selected to participate in a clinical trial called EMPACTS, done in collaboration with Genentech (Roche) and Pan American Clinical Research to determine how effective a specific...
ASCO & ACCC Join Forces to Boost African American & Latino Participation in Cancer Clinical Trials
Two prominent forces in United States-based cancer research came together to drive greater diversity in clinical research. For too long, clinical trial participation hasn’t represented the demographics of the American population at large. The American Society of...
Engaging Racial and Ethnic Minority Patient Populations in COVID-19 Clinical Trials
CTTI is hosting a timely webinar Thursday June 18 at Noon ET to discuss the importance and urgency of meaningful engagement of racial and ethnic minority communities in COVID-19 clinical trials. Using insights gleaned from a survey of key stakeholders across the...
Tufts CSDD Studies 371 Clinical Trials & Finds Ethnic Minority Groups Severely Underrepresented
Blacks and Latinos, hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic, are woefully underrepresented during clinical trials for novel drugs according to a report by the Tufts Center of Drug Development. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration emphasized that the lack of diverse...
Diversifying Cancer Trials: An Innovative New Approach Merits a Close Look
University of Southern California (USC) Comprehensive Cancer Center and Lazarex Cancer Foundation report to be “making history” by introducing the new IMPACT program: Improving Patient Access to Cancer Clinical Trials. The duo report it is the first type of program...
New Mexico State Univ. Launches Clinical Trial for Latino Moms & Cancer Education (Conexiones)
New Mexico State University researchers plan on launching a clinical trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a cancer-parenting education program adopted for Latino moms (with children ages 5-17) recently diagnosed with early-stage cancer. Called Conexiones, the trial...
Hollings Cancer Center Supports Designs to Include Minorities in Cancer Clinical Trials
As reported in EurekAlert!, Marvella Ford, Ph.D. of the Hollings Cancer Center of the Medical University of South Carolina, as well as eight other cancer centers, has participated in an important study focusing on how to overcome disparities in cancer clinical...
University of Illinois Chicago Receives $12 Million to Continue Largest Study of Latinos
The University of Illinois Chicago released news that they have received a $12 million contract from the National Institutes of Health to continue its role as the Chicago field center of the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos, or HCHS/SOL—the...
Alzheimer’s and Dementia Projected to Especially Affect Black and Hispanic Americans
As reported in MD by Emma Yasinksi, a recent CDC study highlights the risk African and American and Latino populations face Alzheimer’s and Dementia between now and 2060. Lead Research/Investigator Kevin Matthews, PhD, Division of Population Health