Disparity in Medical Research Participation Among Hispanics and Latinos Prompts Event

2011 FEB 7 -- Amid concerns over recent research highlighting that clinical trial participation among Hispanics and Latinos is disproportionately low compared to their percentage of the U.S. population, community and industry healthcare leaders will come together on Feb. 12 in Dallas to participate in Todos Juntos por la Salud (All Together for Health), a forumhosted by global patient recruitment and retention company MMG. The moderator of the forum will be Dr. Elena Rios, president and CEO of the National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA), a participating advocacy group, which represents over 45,000 Hispanic physicians across the U.S.

Although Hispanics...

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