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Women in Trials: Yes We Can!

Event Date – December 9 2024, 8am – 10:30am

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Join Women As One and CVCT for an insightful panel discussion with global leaders and work with us to get more women leading & participating in clinical trials.

Date and time: December 9, 8am – 10:30am

Location: Global CVCT Forum, Room 3, The Mayflower Hotel, Washington DC, United States

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Agenda

Chairpersons: Dr. Vijay Kunadian and Dr. Tabassome Simon

  • Regulatory tradewinds towards diversity – Ariel Ash-Shakoor (FDA, USA)
  • The NHLBI’s view on diversity in clinical trials – Yves Rosenberg (NHLBI, NIH, USA)
  • The importance of Participation Prevalence Ratios (PPR) – Erin Bohula (Boston, MA, USA)
  • Enrollment caps: Yay or Nay? – Tabassome Simon (Paris, FRA)
  • Case study: CLEAR outcomes – Leslie Cho (Cleveland, OH, USA)
  • Women as trial leaders: challenges and opportunities – Harriette Van Spall (Hamilton, Canada)
  • Global viewpoint: how to incorporate sex/gender in CV clinial trial design – Carolyn Lam (Singapore, SIN)
  • How to overcome the under-representation of women from the middle East and Africa in clinical trials? – Mirvat Alasnag (Jedda, KSA)
  • Learned societies viewpoint – Mariell Jessup (Philadelphia, PA, USA)
  • Industry viewpoint – Manuela Negoita (Medtronic, USA)
  • Journal editor’s viewpoint – Flavia Geraldes (Lancet, UK)

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