Xavier University of Louisiana's Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities
Research & Education (CMHDRE) has been awarded extended funding in partnership Tulane
University for LA-CEAL 2.0 (Louisiana Community Engagement Alliance Against COVID-19)
and has conducted community education, awareness, and engagement around inclusive
participation of racial minorities in clinical trials. CMHDRE hosted virtual focus
group discussions with community members to identify the barriers to clinical trial
participation and to discuss community recommendations for improving diversity within
clinical trials and health research. Suggested improvements that arose during discussions
included accurate messaging and community education, trusted leadership, diversity
within researcher and trial leadership, continued engagement with participants, among
others. The partnership team hopes to continue this work and extend its engagement
to address concerns with diverse Louisiana communities.
Xavier University has been awarded extended funding in partnership Tulane University for LA-CEAL 2.0
February 1, 2022
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About the Louisiana Clinical and Translational Science (LA CaTS) Center
The LA CaTS Center is comprised of three primary collaborating institutions in the state, including LSU's Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge,
LSU Health in New Orleans, and Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans
– and also includes six research partners: LSU Health in Shreveport, Louisiana State
University in Baton Rouge, and in New Orleans, Xavier University of Louisiana, Children’s
Hospital, Ochsner Health System, Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System,
and University Medical Center. The LA CaTS Center’s vision for Louisiana encompasses
the strengths and capacities unique to each member institution and represents a unified,
comprehensive approach for targeting prevention, care and research of chronic diseases
in the underserved population. The scholar program is supported in part by U54 GM104940
from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes
of Health which funds the Louisiana Clinical and Translational Science Center. For
more information, please visit www.lacats.org.