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While questions about what decentralized clinical trials (DCTs) are may have been largely resolved in the minds of most clinical research professionals by now, the reactions to several polling questions on Sunday (April 30) from attendees at the ACRP 2023 conference in Dallas, Texas, suggest strongly that opinions in the field on some aspects of how, when, and why they should be implemented remain divided.

Achieving a clinical research environment that is more diverse, equitable, and inclusive relies on all stakeholders deliberately moving from intention to action, attendees of the ACRP 2023 conference in Dallas, […]

Among many other topics, speakers at this weekend’s ACRP 2023 gathering in Dallas, Texas, are sharing insights on the importance of building quality into clinical trials and increasing diversity among the staff and patients at the study site level.

On Saturday, April 29, ACRP 2023 attendees were inspired by a panel of women in the clinical research profession who talked about the progress that is being made for their gender in the field, and in the afternoon were further inspired by a healthcare practitioner who recounted how disruptive scientific progress made possible by clinical research has saved her life thus far from a rare and incurable condition.

“Seizing momentum” and “meeting people where they are” were the implicit themes of several new, ongoing, or proposed workforce development efforts highlighted by representatives of leading institutions on Friday (April […]