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Diversity in Clinical Trials

Diversity in Clinical Trials

The panel will focus on advocating for greater diversity and inclusion in clinical trials to ensure equitable healthcare outcomes for patients, addressing medical mistrust within historically underrepresented communities and why it’s important to talk about clinical trials.

Lineup

  • Dr. Aletha Maybank
    Chief Health Equity Officer, SVP at American Medical Association
  • Dr. Wizdom Powell
    Chief People Officer for Headspace, Associate Professor of Psychiatry at University of Connecticut, and Adjunct Professor at University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health
  • Kaakpema Yelpaala
    Senior Fellow and Lecturer at the Yale School of Public Health and the Faculty Director for InnovateHealth Yale
  • Dr. Adrelia Allen
    Executive Director, Clinical Trial Patient Diversity at Merck

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