Want more diversity in clinical trials? Start with the researchers
In the coming months, the selection of COVID vaccines is expected to be plentiful.
A total of 20 of the more than 60 vaccine candidates in development were in Phase 3 clinical trials as of Jan. 20, according to the World Health Organization. A number of those are likely to join the two currently in use and the most promising candidates from drugmakers like Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca that are only weeks away from gaining approval in the U.S.
But there’s one thing that’s missing.
Black patients represented 10% and Latinos 13% of participants in the Phase 3 clinical trial studies for the vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech. Black patients also made up 10% of participants in the Moderna vaccine trial while Latinos accounted for 20%.
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Joe Williams named president, Idaho Medical Association By: IBR Staff December 24, 2020 Comments Off on Joe Williams named president, Idaho Medical Association
Joe Williams
Joe Williams has been named president of the Idaho Medical Association. He was born in Idaho and raised in the Southeastern U.S. A decorated Naval veteran in the Persian Gulf during Operation Desert Storm and Desert Shield, Williams served ten years in the U.S. Navy. He was a Boy Scout leader from 1995 to 2018.
Williams is medical director of Surgery Center of Idaho. He also is a certified primary investigator with the Association of Clinical Research Professionals. He is a member of the American Urological Association and the Idaho Medical Association. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Urology. He served as a board member on the Idaho State Board of Medicine from 2011 to 2017; past president of the Board of Directors of the Ada County Medical Society; and a director of the Idaho Physician