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#DemandDiversity: The science behind diversity We’re going back to the basics to explain why it’s so important for us to make a change. At Demand Diversity, we’ve always been determined to improve diversity within the industry and we hold ourselves accountable to making it happen. We believe it’s important for us to constantly raise awareness around the lack of diversity in clinical trials, until a difference is truly made. That’s why in this blog, we’re going back to the basics to explain why it’s so important for us to make a change. There’s a lack of diversity in clinical t...

#DemandDiversity: Names erased from history: A dive into black history of clinical research You might be aware that February is Black History Month in the United States. So, we wanted to take the time to highlight some monumental moments and figures in the black history of clinical trials and medical research and share these with you Over the course of the last few centuries, black contributions to research and medical history, along with historical bad treatment by the medical community, have been largely overlooked. This is your opportunity to learn about the mistreatment of ethnic minoriti...

We must encourage conversations around clinical trials in minority groups We recently set out to gain a deeper understanding on how COVID-19 has affected ethnic minorities, including their perspective on the pandemic, clinical trials, and general healthcare. Lack of diversity and inclusion within clinical trials is not a recent issue, and many people have been fighting long and hard, including ourselves, to put strategies in place to improve the representation of minority groups in clinical research. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought the issue to the forefront, increasing awareness a...