Asco University Weekly Podcasts

Clinical trials are essential to progress in medicine, but racial and ethnic minorities are frequently underrepresented in such studies. In this ASCO Education podcast episode, we will examine this issue with Dr. Carol Brown, gynecologic cancer surgeon and Chief Health Equity Officer at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Dr. Ana Maria Lopez, Professor and Vice Chair of Medical Oncology at Sidney Kimmel Medical College and former Chair of ASCO’s Health Equity Committee and Mr. Ted Bebi, Innovation Manager at Medidata Solutions. They discuss how diversification of clinical trials contributes to health equity (4:03), barriers to participating in clinical trials (14:37), and what clinicians and trial sponsors can do to improve participant diversity in clinical trials (20:25).  Speaker Disclosures Dr. Carol Brown – None Ted Bebi: Employment – Medidata (a Dassault Systèmes company); Stock and Other Ownership Interest – Pfizer, Eli Lily, Abbvie, Merck, BMY        Dr. Ana Lopez - None Resources ASCO-ACCC Init