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Yes, Black patients do want to help with medical research – here are ways to overcome the barriers that keep clinical trials from recruiting diverse populations

  • Written by Julia Liu, Professor of Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine
Yes, Black patients do want to help with medical research – here are ways to overcome the barriers that keep clinical trials from recruiting diverse populationsCreating a safe space for patients to ask questions and provide fully informed consent could help increase clinical trial recruitment.FatCamera/E+ via Getty Images

Clinical trial participants are predominantly white. Despite Black and Hispanic people respectively making up 12% and 16% of the U.S. population in 2011, together they made up only 6% of...

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