As the world's largest academic clinical research institute, the DCRI aims to make an impact by creating a platform for health equity research that can be replicated across the nation. Researchers at our institute strive to move beyond describing health inequities and disparities, instead working to identify the root causes and develop solutions to move forward.
DCRI Executive Director Adrian Hernandez, MD, MHS, and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Leader Linda Davidson-Ray, MA, speak about their vision for DEI efforts at the DCRI and how we will work to address health inequities. Read the transcript.
Improving Access to COVID-19 Testing in Diverse Communities
In the below video, Micky-Cohen Wolkowiez, MD, PhD, DCRI principal investigator of RADx-UP, speaks with Shani Alston, MPH, project leader for Say Yes! COVID Test, about efforts to engage diverse communities to participate in a study examining whether at-home COVID-19 testing slows transmission rates.
Moving Beyond Identifying Inequities to Address the Root Causes
Kevin Thomas, MD, serves as the Duke School of Medicine's (SOM) Assistant Dean for Underrepresented Faculty and the co-chair of the Research, Education and Training subcore of the REACH Equity Center. In this video, he describes working with his SOM colleagues to help establish the NIH-funded center, which focuses on improving patient-clinician interactions to address health inequities.
Laying the Foundation for the Future of Health Equity Research
Helen Bristow, MPH, and Vincent Miller, MS, are both DCRI staff who participated in the Transformation Team, a DCRI initiative that tasked a team with creating a roadmap for health equity research both at the DCRI and beyond the institute's walls. In this audio clip, they speak about their experiences and key takeaways, as well as their hopes for the future of health equity research at the DCRI.
Enabling Wider Participation in Research via Digital Technologies
Eric Perakslis, PhD, DCRI’s Chief Science & Digital Officer, speaks in the below video about how digital technologies can help conduct research at home and within communities, enabling researchers to meet participants where they are and enroll broader and more representative populations.
Ensuring Medications are Prescribed Equally to All Patients
DCRI nephrologist Matthew Sinclair, MD, talks in the below video about the importance of representation in the medical field, as well as his research project to assess prescription rates of SGLT2 inhibitors among Black and Latino patients.
Providing Training to Improve Diversity and Representation
Pamela Douglas, MD, co-created the American College of Cardiology's Program for Clinical Research to provide clinical research training for professionals of diverse backgrounds. In this audio clip, she speaks with Larry Jackson, MD, a Duke faculty member and a part of the program's current cohort.