Overview
The Value of Increasing Diversity in Clinical Trials
The underrepresentation of diverse populations in clinical trials creates knowledge gaps about the risks and benefits of drugs and devices for the public.
CTTI is addressing the value of including diverse patient populations in clinical trials throughout the development lifecycle of medical products—from early target identification through clinical trial conduct to increase research discoveries is vital. Forthcoming recommendations and resources will help stakeholders adopt new organizational level practices that increase diversity in clinical trials and, thereby, better identify population-level differences in treatment response, safety, and efficacy.
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Project Team Members
| Role | Name |
Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| Team Member | Arisha Ali | Amgen Inc |
| Team Member | Cecelia Belamonte | Amgen Inc |
| Team Member | Jaime Arango | CITI Program, a Division of BRANY |
| Project Manager | Sara Calvert | Clinical Trials Transformation Initiative |
| Team Member | Kimberly Carlson | Department of Veterans Affairs |
| Team Member | Jeffrey Sherman | Drug Information Association |
| Team Member | Kevin Thomas | Duke University |
| Team Member | Coleman Obasaju | Eli Lilly and Company |
| Team Member | Melania Boyce | EMD Serono |
| EC Champion | Robert Temple | Food and Drug Administration/CDER |
| Team Member | Kaveeta Vasisht | Food and Drug Administration/OC |
| Team Leader | Richardae Araojo | Food and Drug Administration/OC |
| Team Member | Nichole Ritchie | Genentech-a member of the Roche Group |
| Team Member | Julia Yegorova | Genentech-a member of the Roche Group |
| Team Member | Susan Burriss | GlaxoSmithKline |
| Team Member | Kimberly Fisher | Janssen |
| Team Member | Beverly Lorell | King & Spalding LLP |
| Team Member | Cassandra Beisel | Melanoma Research Foundation |
| Team Leader | Luther Clark | Merck & Company, Inc |
| Team Leader | Dawn Corbett | National Institutes of Health |
| Team Member | Patricia Jones | National Institutes of Health |
| Team Member | Christina Brennan | Northwell Health |
| Team Member | Suzanne Maahs | Novartis |
| Team Member | Heidi Pereira | Novartis |
| Team Member | Karlin Schroeder | Parkinson's Foundation |
| Team Member | Diana Foster | Society for Clinical Research Sites |
| Team Member | Glendon Zinser | Susan G Komen |
| Team Member | Jane Williams | Syneos Health |
| Team Member | Maria Ali | The George Institute for Global Health |
| Team Leader | Bernadete Siddiqi | The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research |
| Team Member | Natalie Holick | University of Kansas Medical Center |
| Team Member | Jerrihlyn McGee | University of Kansas Medical Center |
| Team Member | Kelley O'Donoghue | University of Rochester |
| Team Leader | Tesheia Johnson | Yale University |