This Black Clinical Researcher Wants to Quell Your Fears About Clinical Trials

https://www.facebook.com/BlackDoctor.org/videos/1236949360825346 Clinical trials play a crucial role in developing new treatments and medications, but historically, they have lacked diversity. Latoya Hinton-Howery, owner and research director of Next Innovative Clinical Research, is working to change that by focusing on increasing minority participation in clinical trials. BDO’s clinical trials editor, Taylyn Washington-Harmon, sat down for a conversation with Hinton-Howery about her work. Hinton-Howery’s journey into clinical research began 16 years ago, and she has been a site owner for six years. Her motivation stemmed from noticing a lack of diversity in clinical trials: “Back when I was a coordinator, I would facilitate trials for the site that I was working for, and they didn’t have many minorities participating in the trials.” Located in Chicago’s Bronzeville community and Houston, Texas, Next Innovative Clinical Research aims to make clinical trials more accessible to underserved communities. Hinton-Howery emphasizes the importance of having research sites in these areas: “We want something where somebody who lives right across the street on 35th and King Drive can walk over here and see me versus getting in an Uber, getting on the bus, taking the metro to the suburbs to be seen in a trial.” One of the biggest...