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The 2nd Annual Health Equity in Clinical Trials Congress took place in Atlanta, GA on May 8-9, 2024. I'm your podcast host, Allison Kalloo, and I moderated the opening plenary session— a panel featuring patients like me! Not surprisingly, the time constraints did not allow for as robust a conversation as we would have liked, so it felt as if we were just scratching the surface of what we wanted to share with the audience of mostly pharma representatives. But... 'No Ordinary Subjects' seems like a great platform for taking a deeper dive. I also mention the #Medable digital eConsent as one of the potential solutions to the barriers we experience. [Full disclosure: I have served on Medable's Patient Advisory Council/Patient Caregiver Network for about 4 years.] This is what I hope will be the first of several episodes featuring my panelists, as well as other conference speakers and moderators who were also in attendance for #HECT.

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Ms. Patricia Peele is a resident of rural Halifax County, North Carolina, where she is a community activist, an advocate for broader representation in clinical trials, and has been a participant in research. Ms. Patricia offers invaluable insights, inspiration, and practical advice for bridging the gap to Black, Brown and rural members of the community.

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This extended (3-hour) episode features a most dynamic interview with an anonymous man who dares to share his personal experiences in riveting detail. This guest provides unfiltered access to his life leading up to his diagnosis of lupus, the various struggles in its aftermath, and the personal triumphs that have taken place despite it. Overall, this episode inadvertently demonstrates the richness available to the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries when interpersonal rapport and a connection is established.