A call to action: Issuing a diversity and inclusion challenge to research organizations.

Creator(s)

Susan M. Abdel-Rahman, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Michelle P. Wimes, Children's Mercy Kansas CityFollow
Tom Curran, Children's Mercy Kansas CityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

11-2021

Identifier

DOI: 10.1111/cts.13105; PMCID: PMC8604251

Abstract

Individuals who identify as Black, indigenous, and people of color face well-documented health disparities. A root cause is the lack of empiric evidence for or against the use of various treatments in their medical management. This communication proposes a new benchmarking strategy for evaluating racial and ethnic representation in clinical research that can be compared across institutions with the intent of increasing accountability for diversity and inclusion among organizations that conduct clinical research.

Journal Title

Clin Transl Sci

Volume

14

Issue

6

First Page

2095

Last Page

2098

Comments

Grant support

• Marion Merrell Dow/Missouri Chair in Pediatric Clinical Pharmacology

This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.

Publisher's Link: https://ascpt.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cts.13105

Recommended Citation

Abdel-Rahman SM, Wimes MP, Curran T. A call to action: Issuing a diversity and inclusion challenge to research organizations. Clin Transl Sci. 2021;14(6):2095-2098. doi:10.1111/cts.13105