Based on a 2003 workshop, this study describes current public and private programs and recommends ways to recruit and retain more women and underrepresented minorities into clinical research, especially physician-scientists and nurses. Federal sponsors should improve data collection, evaluate existing training programs, and increase the diversity of study section review panels. Public and private sponsors should create funding mechanisms with flexible career paths, and universities and professional societies should both play enhanced roles in fostering diversity. A significant push is needed to recruit minorities into nursing and provide more clinical research training for nurse-scientists, nursing students, and nursing faculty.
1 Front Matter; 2 Summary; 3 1 Introduction; 4 2 The Clinical Research
Workforce: Across-the-Board Challenges; 5 3 The Status of Women and
Underrepresented Minorities and Programs of Support; 6 4 Status and Future
Role of Academic Nursing in Clinical Research; 7 5 Conclusions and
Recommendations; 8 References; 9 Appendix A: Biographies of Speakers; 10
Appendix B: Workshop Guests; 11 Appendix C: Workshop Agenda; 12 Appendix D:
Public Mechanisms for Clinical Research Training: Examples of Minority
Research Training Programs; 13 Appendix E: Public Mechanisms for Clinical
Research Training; 14 Appendix F: Examples of Pharmaceutical Company Training
Programs
Jong-on Hahm and Alexander Ommaya, Editors, Committee on Opportunities to Address Clinical Research Workforce Diversity Needs for 2010, Committee on Women in Science and Engineering, National Research Council
