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September 2023

MRCT Center hosts the Diversity Convergence Project committee

The Diversity Convergence Project, initiated by the Clinical Trials Transformation Initiative (CTTI), FasterCures, the Multi-Regional Clinical Trials Center of the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard (MRCT Center), and the National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine (NASEM), seeks to catalyze system-level changes to achieve racial and ethnic diversity in U.S. interventional clinical trials. The MRCT Center will host an invitation-only symposium on September 22 in Washington, DC. More information about this project will be forthcoming.

July 31, 2023

Developing a model Diversity Action Plan (DAP)

The MRCT Center is developing a model Diversity Action Plan (DAP) template in response to the Food and Drug Omnibus Reform Act of 2022 (FDORA), based on our Recruitment Stategy Document Template. Learn more here.

May 4, 2023

MRCT Center releases the Accessibility by Design (AbD) Toolkit

Date: May 4, 2023
Time: 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
Location: Virtual
Discussion topic: Accessibility by Design (AbD): A Toolkit for Inclusion of People with Disabilities in Clinical Research.

Find webinar info here.

July 14, 2021

MRCT Center Driving Inclusion in Clinical Research webinar: Simplifying the Complexity of Translation in Clinical Research

Date: July 14, 2021
Time: 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
Location: Virtual
Discussion topic: MRCT Center Driving Inclusion in Clinical Research webinar: Simplifying the Complexity of Translation in Clinical Research

Find webinar info here.

June 9, 2021

MRCT Center Driving Inclusion in Clinical Research webinar: Improving Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Clinical Research

Date: June 9, 2021
Time: 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
Location: Virtual
Discussion topic: MRCT Center Driving Inclusion in Clinical Research webinar: Improving Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Clinical Research

Find webinar info here.

May 12, 2021

MRCT Center Driving Inclusion in Clinical Research webinar: Inducement or Fair Compensation? Impact on Diverse Participation

Date: May 12, 2021
Time: 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
Location: Virtual
Find webinar info here.

April 14, 2021

MRCT Center Leaning In webinar: Driving Inclusion in Clinical Research – How to Begin

Date: April 14, 2021
Time: 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
Location: Virtual
Find webinar info here.

March 19, 2021

We are happy to announce a new series of MRCT Center Leaning In Webinars: Driving Inclusion in Clinical Research.  This series will focus on how to approach and plan for inclusion, implement recommendations, and sustain progress. MORE

March 18, 2021

https://dev.mrctcenter.org/blog/news/mrct-center-in-science-magazine-justice-diversity-and-research-ethics-review/

February 10, 2021

https://dev.mrctcenter.org/blog/events/mrct-center-leaning-in-webinar-role-of-data-in-diversity-genetics-rwd/

January 27, 2021

https://dev.mrctcenter.org/blog/events/mrct-center-leaning-in-webinar-stakeholder-roles-and-responsibilities/

January 13, 2021

https://dev.mrctcenter.org/blog/events/mrct-center-leaning-in-webinar-data-standards-and-analysis/

December 9, 2020

https://dev.mrctcenter.org/blog/events/mrct-leaning-in-webinar-study-conduct-recruitment-retention-december-9-2020/

November 30, 2020

https://dev.mrctcenter.org/blog/events/heterogeneity-of-treatment-effects-in-clinical-trials-methods-and-innovations-virtual-conference/

November 12, 2020

https://dev.mrctcenter.org/blog/events/discover-brigham/

November 10, 2020

https://dev.mrctcenter.org/blog/events/primr-webinar-the-irbs-role-in-achieving-diversity-in-research/

October 28, 2020

https://archive.dev.mrctcenter.org/blog/events/mrct-leaning-in-webinar-community-awareness-access-knowledge-october-28-2020/

October 19, 2020

https://dev.mrctcenter.org/blog/events/ropes-gray-webinarachieving-diversity-inclusion-equity-in-clinical-research/

October 14, 2020

https://dev.mrctcenter.org/blog/events/mrct-leaning-in-webinar-community-awareness-access-knowledge-october-14-2020/

September 22, 2020

https://dev.mrctcenter.org/blog/events/fda-office-of-minority-health-and-health-equity-webinar-introducing-mrct-centers-achieving-diversity-inclusion-and-equity-in-clinical-research-guidance-document-and-supple/

September 8, 2020

https://dev.mrctcenter.org/blog/news/in-biocentury-dr-barbara-bierer-discusses-biopharmas-must-address-the-reality-of-racial-disparities-in-health-outcomes-exposed-by-covid-19/

August 25, 2020

https://dev.mrctcenter.org/blog/news/dr-bierer-discusses-diversity-in-clinical-research-on-the-clinical-trials-guru-podcast/

August 20, 2020

https://dev.mrctcenter.org/blog/news/dr-bierer-is-a-guest-on-the-clinical-research-podcast-with-ecrg-media/

August 14, 2020

https://dev.mrctcenter.org/blog/news/dr-barbara-bierer-is-a-guest-on-the-sree-sreenivasan-daily-global-show-podcast/

August 6, 2020

https://dev.mrctcenter.org/blog/news/the-mrct-center-announces-newly-published-guidance-addressing-achieving-diversity-inclusion-and-equity-in-clinical-research/