Making Clinical Research Inclusive: Strategies To Include The LGBTQIA+ Community In Research Trials

By Lindsay McNair, MD, MPH, MSB, Chief Medical Officer, WCG

In order to appropriately include all communities in clinical research, and to answer important research questions that impact all communities, we also need to make sure that research is welcoming to and inclusive of people who are of all genders and sexual orientations. Unfortunately, the traditional structures of studies, templates that we use for protocols and informed consent documents, and data that we collect are often designed in ways that fail to address the specific needs and demographics of the LGBTQIA+ population.