Last month, Program Manager Dexter Cooper and Senior Research Manager Nikki Wanty attended the Lupus…
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November 2022 – Arthritis Care and Research
Wanty, N.I., Cooper, D.L., Simkus A., Twombly, E.C., McCalla, S., Holtz, K.D., et al (2022).
A provider-based approach to address racial disparities in lupus clinical trial participation
An online educational course to train medical providers to refer Black and Latino patients to lupus clinical trials showed positive impacts on knowledge, attitudes, and intentions to refer. These findings suggest that involving medical providers may increase much-needed minority representation in clinical trials.