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Learn MoreHonoring National Hispanic Heritage Month
ACRP honors National Hispanic Heritage Month to recognize the achievements and contributions of Hispanic and Latinx Americans in clinical research.
Gracias por todo lo que ustedes hacen para promover la excelencia en investigación clínica.
Thank you for all you do to promote excellence in clinical research.
“Celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month as clinical research professionals is an amazing opportunity not only to honor Hispanic culture or to raise clinical research awareness, but also to thank and honor all our Hispanic participants who throughout the years have entrusted our efforts to shine a light on medical advancements.
Happy National Hispanic Heritage Month to our dear Hispanic community, and to all our clinical research professionals who constantly strive to make clinical research a safe and inclusive place for everyone!”
– Victor M. Samperio, MD, CCRC
Research Director, Sun Valley Research Center
Member, ACRP Diversity Advisory Council
“As we continue to expand these efforts, I invite you to join us, whether through supporting the recruitment of Latino professionals, ensuring the proper representation of Hispanic communities in clinical trials, or breaking down barriers by volunteering for organizations that work to close the gaps discussed earlier.
This work will benefit not only our Latino community, but also the broader U.S. healthcare system. Increasing diversity in clinical research is a critical step in ensuring equitable, high-quality healthcare for all.”
– Monica Cuitiva, Co-Founder of Latinos in Clinical Research, The CRC Academy, The University of Clinical Research, The Clinical Research Circle, and Save Our Sites (SOS), and Co-Owner of Clarity Clinical Research in Los Angeles, Calif.
Read Blog > The Growing Role of Latinos in Clinical Research: Opportunities, Challenges, and the Path Forward
Underrepresentation by the Numbers
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The Hispanic/Latinx population of the U.S. constitutes the second largest racial/ethnic group in the nation, accounting for more than 60 million individuals.
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Hispanic patients make up just 11% of all U.S. clinical trial participants, despite representing 19% of the U.S. population.
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Latinos represent less than 10% of volunteers in cancer trials, despite cancer being the top cause of death for Latinos.
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COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVES
“Every effort… to give more voice to minorities and have culturally competent professionals is key to elevating to the quality of clinical research in the U.S. and across the world.”
– Victor M. Samperio, MD, CCRC
Research Director, Sun Valley Research Center
Member, ACRP Diversity Advisory Council
“We acknowledge and celebrate the extraordinary work done in clinical research by Hispanics from all over the world. Increasing diversity and inclusion in clinical trials is important. We need to continue these efforts but also realize that each community is different, and one size does not fit all in what we do in clinical research.”
– Judy Galindo, CCRC
Executive Director, Sun Valley Research Center, Inc.
Co-Founder, Latinos in Clinical Research
“Hispanic heritage is very important in this country—not only because we’re the largest minority—but we have been part of this nation from the beginning of history. I think this is important to mention and recognize in the effort of recruiting greater number of subjects of Hispanic background into clinical studies.”
– Bernardo Ng, MD
President, Mexican Consortium Neuropsychopharmacology
Medical Director, Sun Valley Behavioral and Research Centers
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