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. 2021 Nov;14(6):2095-2098.
doi: 10.1111/cts.13105. Epub 2021 Jul 26.

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

Susan M Abdel-Rahman  1   2 , Michelle P Wimes  1 , Tom Curran  1   2
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A call to action: Issuing a diversity and inclusion challenge to research organizations

Susan M Abdel-Rahman et al. Clin Transl Sci. 2021 Nov.

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.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declared no competing interests for this work.

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FIGURE 1
Enrollment diversity for the top 10 NIH institutes over the most recent 3 reporting years. NCI, National Cancer Institute; NHLBI, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; NIA, National Institute on Aging; NIAID, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; NICHD, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development ; NIDA, National Institute on Drug Abuse; NIDDK, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; NIGMS, National Institute of General Medical Sciences; NIH, National Institutes of Health; NIMH, National Institute of Mental Health; NINDS, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
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FIGURE 2
Children’s Mercy Hospital annual RQ for the preceding 5 years. Drp‐ diversity index of the research participant population, DRP‐ diversity index of the reference population
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