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Session 9: Increasing Diversity of the Clinical Research Talent Pipeline and Closing Remarks
Session Chair(s)
Karen Correa, PhD
Vice President, Head of Global Clinical Operations
Takeda, United States
Are you looking to understand the current state of pipeline diversity in the industry and where to recruit diverse talent? This session will inform attendees on how to educate and stimulate the interest of diverse talent on the career opportunities available to them in the life sciences R&D field. Attendees will review and assess the biases, factors, barriers, and issues that are specific to inhibiting minorities and those who are underrepresented from being recruited, selected, and hired. Take back your learnings to your organization to discuss measures that can be implemented to change the culture at the academic level, clinical site level, and industry as a whole.
Learning Objective :
- Define tactics to educate on the different opportunities to diversify the workforce
- Create opportunities to educate and cultivate interest in the different roles within clinical research
- Recognize and understand the barriers to the recruitment of diverse talent in to order proactively mitigate
- List and partner with varied organizations, educational institutions, professional associations to expand access to a diverse talent pool
Speaker(s)
Speakers
Rose Blackburne, MD, MBA
PPD, A Thermo Fisher Scientific Company, United States
Vice President, Global Head General Medicine, Clinical Research
Speaker
Dan Octavian Sfera, MBA
Latinos in Clinical Research, United States
Co-Founder
Speaker
Owen Garrick, MD, MBA
Mayo Clinic Research , United States
Dean of Clinical Trials
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