WCG Webinars and Podcasts
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Raise Your Voices: Social Network Provides Safe Place For Patients To Share Stories And Influence Research
7/23/2020
In this podcast, Brian Loew, founder and CEO of online patient portal Inspire.com, talks about the value to patients and caregivers of providing a safe and trustworthy online social network — “peaceable kingdom,” as he calls it. Millions of patients representing 3,500 diseases — including many rare ones — come to Inspire.com for online community discussions focused on their own particular disease. The platform provides a place for meaningful conversations among patients and caregivers.
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It’s All About The Trust: Authentic Community Engagement Key To Diverse Trial Enrollment
7/23/2020
“Our research population should match our community population.” That’s one of the takeaways from Christopher Gantz’s podcast interview with WCG President of Patient Advocacy Steve Smith. He describes several programs that help connect researchers with minority communities to increase engagement and access enrollment in clinical trials. Listen to learn how the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center’s success offers a model for other organizations to transform clinical trials.
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COVID-19 Doesn’t Play Fair: What We Need to Understand About Racial Disparities
7/20/2020
This episode takes on a topic from recent headlines: namely, the racial disparity in COVID-19 cases and deaths. Edith P. Mitchell, MD, MACP, FCPP, shares her insights on the causes of these health disparities and how they relate to the coronavirus. Contributing factors include less access to testing, lack of insurance and paid time off, underlying health conditions, and the spread of misinformation about the virus.
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Chasing My Cure: An Interview With Dr. David Fajgenbaum
2/18/2020
In this podcast episode, WCG’s President of Patient Advocacy, Steve Smith, sits down for an interview with Dr. David Fajgenbaum, Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Author of Chasing My Cure: A Doctor’s Race to Turn Hope Into Action to discuss what it’s like to be a patient of a rare disease.
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Reducing Placebo Response & Measurement Error In Clinical Trials
9/19/2019
In this on-demand webcast, WCG experts Dr. Nathaniel Katz and Dr. Mark Opler illustrate why human error—including inaccurate symptom reporting—is driving placebo response and how proven, evidence-based interventions can be used to increase the overall chance of trial success. Hear their perspectives.
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Addressing Acceptable Recruitment Methods For Clinical Trial Sponsors And Sites
6/12/2018
Patient engagement solutions to expedite study recruitment.