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01 Mar UW plays a leading role in vaccine clinical trials in the fight against COVID-19

Posted at 15:20h in Clinical Trials, Health Equity, COVID-19, Clinical Research, UW–Madison, UW Health, Diversity

In a little over 18 months, UW-Madison has conducted COVID vaccine and treatment trials in all age groups (ages 7 months- 96 years old). These trials are a representation of all people (race, religion, sex) in Wisconsin- nearly 700 participants....

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28 Feb Rare Disease Day: Six clinical trial stories you need to read

Posted at 13:26h in Clinical Trials, Clinical Research

New clinical trial design strategies could spell a more promising future in rare disease drug development. ...

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22 Feb Patient diversity in clinical studies: The key to advancing precision medicine

Posted at 13:20h in Health Equity, Clinical Research, Diversity, Clinical Trials

Until we have better inclusion of participants with diverse demographics and behaviors – and can analyze that data in conjunction with prognostic data – we won’t know the effectiveness of a product for these large, underrepresented populations....

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14 Feb Physician reflects on improving equity in healthcare through her work with patients, students and trainees

Posted at 15:41h in Health Equity, UW Health, Community

During Black History Month, UW Health's Dr. Jacqueline Peebles is thinking about how to influence and improve equity in healthcare at every stage....

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04 Feb Diversity in dermatology clinical trials remains unchanged over last decade

Posted at 14:34h in Clinical Trials, Health Equity, Clinical Research

A systematic review reveals that although the reporting of racial and ethnic data has increased in recent years, inclusion of minority groups in dermatological clinical trials has remained unchanged....

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04 Feb Addressing research for women from every angle

Posted at 11:11h in Clinical Research, Clinical Trials, Health Equity

When sponsors develop drugs and devices specifically for women, they need to create clinical trials that are uniquely female-focused. From protocols and endpoints, to recruiting strategies and messaging, these trials have to take into account the unique needs, expectations and regulatory requirements of a totally...

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21 Jan I-Trust study seeks to increase eye screenings, preserve sight for rural patients across the country

Posted at 14:30h in UW–Madison, Community, Clinical Trials, Health Equity, Clinical Research

More patients in rural areas across the nation could soon have increased access to vision-saving eye screenings based on a new multi-center clinical trial, led by an investigator at the University of Wisconsin Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences....

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19 Jan Clinical trials leaders join forces to enhance patient care offerings

Posted at 11:24h in Clinical Trials, Clinical Research, UW–Madison, UW Health

Betsy Nugent and Nasia Safdar are working together to advance the clinical trials enterprise at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health and UW Health, while building the new Wisconsin Medicine Institute for Clinical Trials....

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18 Jan UW–Madison researchers lead effort to create a universal coronavirus vaccine

Posted at 15:14h in COVID-19, UW–Madison

University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers and their collaborators are making progress toward developing universal vaccines against some the planet’s most harmful pathogens, including the virus family responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic....

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14 Jan UW–Madison expert launches novel cancer research using sharks

Posted at 12:12h in Clinical Research, UW–Madison

hough it might be easy to picture a scene out of “Jaws,” these sharks have arrived to help humans, not hunt them. In fact, the sharks will be integral to research focused on therapies for diseases such as cancer. ...

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