Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Accessibility

Aligned Blog: Building Community: Celebrating AANHPI Heritage Month

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted an alarming trend in anti-Asian hate across the United States. To celebrate Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month, Sonia A. Garcia, Ph.D., Scientific Diversity Program Manager in CCR's Office of Equity & Inclusion (OEI), highlights an NIH initiative created out of such adversity and shares the OEI's upcoming seminar series on advancing AANHPI folks into leadership positions.

Aligned Blog: Celebrating National Minority Health Month: Improving Health Through Culture, Communities and Connections

To celebrate National Minority Health Month, Brenda Adjei, Ed.D., M.P.A., Associate Director of CCR's Office of Healthcare Delivery and Equity Research, expands on this year's theme, "Be the Source for Better Health," and highlights some CCR researchers striving to make cancer care more equitable.

Study sheds light on diversity of study participants at CCR

Diversity in clinical trials is critical for understanding how well a treatment may work in different populations. A new study describes representation based on sex, age and ethnicity in clinical trials done at CCR.

Aligned Blog: Honoring Women's History

As Women's History Month comes to an end, Shauna Clark, Ph.D., Associate Director of CCR's Office of Equity and Inclusion, highlights some of the work being done at the NIH in support of the inclusion of women in research and clinical trials.

Aligned Blog: The Intersection of Art and Science: Honoring Black History Month

This year, Black History Month celebrates "Art as a Platform for Social Justice." In this edition of Aligned, Chabelis Byamana, Program Specialist in CCR’s Office of Equity and Inclusion, explores the intersection of art and science, asking what our science tells us about how we see the world, who we center and who we leave out.

Aligned Blog: Access in Appalachia

For people living in rural areas, access to healthcare can be a challenge. In this latest issue of Aligned, CCR Social Media Strategist Jenna Pierson writes about the experience of those living in Appalachia as they navigate healthcare and what is being done to address disparities in access to care for rural communities.

Aligned Blog: The power of resilience in medicine: in conversation with Ramya Ramaswami, M.B.B.S., M.P.H.

In this latest issue of Aligned, Sonia Garcia, Ph.D., Scientific Diversity Program Manager, spoke to Ramya Ramaswami, M.B.B.S., M.P.H., Lasker Clinical Research Scholar in the HIV and AIDS Malignancy Branch, about her career, immigrating to the United States and the role resilience has played in her success.

Aligned Blog: Celebrating Native American Heritage Month: in conversation with Karina Walters, Ph.D., M.S.W.

To celebrate Native American Heritage Month, we spoke with Karina Walters, Ph.D., M.S.W., Director of the NIH Tribal Research Health Office (THRO). Dr. Walters, an enrolled member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, shares what motivates her in working to improve the lives of Indigenous People, her vision for THRO and her own experience as a researcher.

Listening to communities to improve cancer care: a conversation with Dr. Brenda Adjei

Brenda Adjei, Ed.D., M.P.A., is the new Associate Director of the Office of Healthcare Delivery and Equity Research. In this Q&A, Dr. Adjei discusses her career and the importance of including underserved populations at every level of clinical trials to improve health outcomes.

The ups and downs of a rare blood cancer won’t stop one resilient patient

Even with a rare cancer diagnosis and a roller-coaster ride of a journey, Luis Miguel Cruz continues to find the motivation to keep moving forward through every setback. Along the way, he has inspired and brought joy to those he has met, both in person and digitally.

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