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There’s an effort to increase diversity in clinical trials in northeast Ohio.The Clinical and Translational Science Collaborative of Northern Ohio at Case Western Reserve University has awarded 10 projects to academic and community teams, up to $20,000 a piece, to support work in this effort.The goal is to eliminate participation barriers, such as lack of transportation, literacy and more, through community engagement.
is a collaboration between Case Western, Cleveland Clinic, MetroHealth, University Hospitals, Northeast Ohio Medical University and the University of Toledo.“The next time you go to the doctor, you don’t have to wonder as a Black woman, is this medication or intervention going to work on me because people like me were included in the clinical trial,” said
Director of Research Health Equity, Gelise Thomas. “There’s always a great time to build trust and that time is now, it’s always been now.”One of the projects awarded tackles newborn screenings and rare disease clinical trials.“Black women in Cuyahoga County are almost four times as likely to lose their baby than white women,” said First Year Cleveland Executive Director Angela Newman-White.
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