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Part of SBM's Behavior Change Grand Rounds Webinar Series
Enhancing Participation in Behavioral Medicine Clinical Trials: Strategies for Inclusive Recruitment and Retention
Date: Wednesday, August 20, 2025
Time: 12 pm ET
There is underrepresentation of people from diverse backgrounds in behavioral medicine clinical trials, including across the lifespan and from various sociodemographic backgrounds. The purpose of this webinar is to identify opportunities to improve participation and representation of diverse communities in behavioral medicine clinical trials using accessible and inclusive approaches for recruitment, screening, enrollment and retention.
Learning objectives
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Understand dimensions of diversity and key drivers of underrepresentation across populations and disease states in behavioral medicine research
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Address the challenges and barriers to advancing representation of diverse communities in behavioral medicine clinical trials
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Discuss successful strategies for improving recruitment, screening, enrollment and retention in behavioral medicine trials among individuals with various chronic conditions and from diverse backgrounds.
Speakers:
Michaela Kiernan, PhD
Michaela Kiernan, PhD is a Senior Research Scholar at the Stanford Prevention Research Center. Her prior research focused on lifestyle intervention trials, and her current research focuses on retention strategies.. Dr. Kiernan and her team leverage the use of interactive group-based orientation sessions using motivational interviewing techniques to enhance participant adherence and trial retention , which have been readily adapted to telephone-based and online formats by research teams across a wide array of behavioral medicine domains..
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Kelseanna Hollis-Hansen, PhD, MPH
Kelseanna Hollis-Hansen, PhD, MPH is Assistant Professor at the at Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy and the Food is Medicine Institute. Her work pairs direct access to nutritious foods with behavioral strategies that make healthy choices easier. Through this work, her team has been successful at recruitment and retention of an economically, educationally, and racially and ethnically diverse community of participants that report high satisfaction in their programs.
Moderator:
Johanne Eliacin, PhD, HSPP
Dr. Eliacin is a Research Health Scientist at the Women’s Health Sciences Division of the VA National Center for PTSD and Assistant Research Professor at Indiana University School of Medicine. Dr. Eliacin’s research centers on developing, testing, and implementing behavioral interventions to improve access to and engagement in mental health services and to improve individuals’ wellbeing.
Member Price: Free
Non- Member Price: $45
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