Women in Clinical Trials: 5 Quotes To Inspire Action
Walgreens celebrated Clinical Trials Day with an event in Boston highlighting women's health in clinical trials and healthcare innovation. Kendal Whitlock, head of digital optimization for Walgreens Clinical Trials, emphasized raising awareness about gender-specific health disparities and the importance of women's participation in medical research. Keynote speakers, including Walgreens Chief Clinical Trials Officer Ramita Tandon and Dr. Yvette Cozier, shared insights on increasing women's involvement in clinical trials. Walgreens announced a new clinical trials center in Malden and highlighted milestones, such as reaching over 4 million potential trial participants with over 60% being women.
- Walgreens opened a new clinical trials center in Malden, enhancing its research capabilities.
- Reached over 4 million potential trial participants, with more than 60% being women.
- Event promoted awareness about gender-specific health disparities and women's participation in medical research.
- Walgreens Clinical Trials Officer emphasized commitment to including women in medical research.
- High-profile speakers and diverse attendees, including doctors, community leaders and tech companies, highlighted the importance of women's health.
- No detailed financial data or stock performance impact presented in the PR.
- Lack of specific metrics on how the new clinical trials center will improve business outcomes.
- Absence of concrete plans or timelines for addressing identified health disparities.
Walgreens hosted a Clinical Trials Day event in the Boston area this week where the emphasis was on women's health in the transformation of clinical trials and healthcare innovation.
Originally published by Walgreens Boots Alliance
By Elyse Russo
NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / May 24, 2024 / Clinical Trials Day is globally recognized on May 20, and this year, the Walgreens Clinical Trials team decided to celebrate with an event dedicated to women's health. After all, May is National Women's Health Month.
"Walgreens is taking action to elevate awareness about gender-specific disparities related to health, and the importance and relevance of participation in medical research," said Kendal Whitlock, head of digital optimization for Walgreens Clinical Trials.
Whitlock was the organizer of the Walgreens Clinical Trials Day event, which was held earlier this week in the Boston area-a timely location as Walgreens just announced that a new clinical trials center will be opening in the nearby city of Malden.
Doctors, pharmacists, community leaders, advocates, academics, tech companies and pharmaceutical organizations were all represented at the Walgreens Clinical Trials event. The day was kicked off with remarks from local Congressman Jake Auchincloss, and featured keynote speakers and panels. Many of the women who participated in the Clinical Trials Day event made bold statements about the state of women's health and how to support women's inclusion in medical research. Here are just five of their inspirational quotes.
1. "Let's make some noise."
Walgreens Chief Clinical Trials Officer Ramita Tandon shared a Walgreens clinical trials milestone that shows the company's commitment to including women in medical research:
"As the two-year anniversary of our clinical trials business approaches, we celebrate reaching more than 4 million patients to potentially enroll into trials, and of those, more than
2. "Ask and explain."
Dr. Yvette Cozier is an investigator on the Black Women's Health Study (BWHS) and the BWHS Sarcoidosis Study at the Slone Epidemiology Center, Boston University. During her keynote, Cozier talked about how to best recruit Black women for clinical trials:
"In my research, I've learned that Black women want to participate in clinical research. You just have to package information so that someone like my grandmother would understand it and do it. If you ask women and explain things to them, they will join clinical trials."
3. "Looking back informs how to look forward."
Dr. Bayo Curry-Winchell, who serves as the medical director of urgent care clinics at Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center in Reno, Nevada, says history should inform healthcare professionals how we can push forward in women's health.
"True diversity in healthcare goes beyond token representation. Acknowledging our history is essential to equip ourselves with insights needed to address trust and prevent delayed care. Afterall, our past still impacts how we're bringing healthcare to women. The National Institutes of Health reported it takes up to 17 years for new evidence to translate into standard clinical practice, which means we're still using practices studied more than 17 years ago."
4. "Inclusion in the standard of care."
Epidemiologist Linda Goler Blount, who is also president and CEO of the Black Women's Health Imperative, wants women to feel confident in knowing they are included in developing the standard of care.
"When we say something is evidence based, I want the women I'm talking to to know that the standard of care was created with them in mind and that they were involved in the research."
5. "Healthy women should matter to everyone."
Dr. Beth Garner, who is Chief Scientific Officer of Ferring Pharmaceuticals US, makes the case for why women's health is a topic everyone should care about.
"We all know that when women are healthy, everyone is healthy. That's why it's important to include people in clinical trials who look like the people who will be using your product when it's approved. That is why it's so amazing what Walgreens is doing in clinical trials. It's so exciting to bring clinical trials to the people."
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