Enabling Successful Sites, Ep2: Empowering Sites To Be More Inclusive Through Cultural Sensitivity Training

By Karen McIntyre, Vice President, Global Site Alliances, Launch Excellence; Xoli Belgrave, Senior Director, Head of Clinical Trial Diversity and Inclusion; and Jamie Langley, Executive Director, Parexel Academy

In the second episode of our ‘Enabling Successful Sites’ series, Karen McIntyre, Vice President of Global Site Alliances, Xoli Belgrave, Senior Director and Head of Clinical Trial Diversity and Inclusion, Jamie Langley, Executive Director of Parexel Academy, and Dr. Lovie Negrin, CEO and Founder of Randomize, engage in a crucial dialogue.

They explore strategies to empower and equip sites with the essential tools and training needed to effectively recruit diverse patient populations for clinical studies. The conversation underscores the critical impact of excluding diverse patient groups from trials, emphasizes the importance of sponsors and CROs sharing their diversity, equity, and inclusion strategies with investigator sites, and delves into the soft skills site staff require for facilitating these essential conversations.