{"id":57799,"date":"2022-01-09T16:28:04","date_gmt":"2022-01-09T21:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/?p=57799"},"modified":"2023-06-06T18:17:42","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T22:17:42","slug":"increasing-participation-of-underrepresented-in-lupus-clinical-trials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/increasing-participation-of-underrepresented-in-lupus-clinical-trials\/","title":{"rendered":"Increasing Participation of Underrepresented in Lupus Clinical Trials"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_57800\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 310px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-57800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2022\/01\/saira-sheikh-tessa-englund-300x227.png\" alt=\"saira-sheikh-tessa-englund-publish-article\" width=\"300\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2022\/01\/saira-sheikh-tessa-englund-300x227.png 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2022\/01\/saira-sheikh-tessa-englund-1024x776.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2022\/01\/saira-sheikh-tessa-englund-768x582.png 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2022\/01\/saira-sheikh-tessa-englund-1536x1164.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2022\/01\/saira-sheikh-tessa-englund-600x455.png 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2022\/01\/saira-sheikh-tessa-englund-301x228.png 301w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2022\/01\/saira-sheikh-tessa-englund.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Saira Sheikh, MD, and Tessa Englund, PhD, MPH<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/directory\/saira-z-sheikh-md\/\">Saira Sheikh<\/a>, MD, the\u00a0Linda Coley Sewell Distinguished Professor of Medicine in the division of rheumatology, and research associate Tessa Englund, PhD, MPH, described the barriers in lupus clinical trial enrollment and how they can be addressed to ensure equitable representation.<\/p>\n<p>Read the article published in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rheumatologyadvisor.com\/home\/topics\/systemic-lupus-erythematosus\/increasing-participation-underrepresented-groups-in-lupus-clinical-trials\/\"><em>Rheumatology Adviso<\/em><\/a>r.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saira Sheikh, MD, the\u00a0Linda Coley Sewell Distinguished Professor of Medicine in the division of rheumatology, and research associate Tessa Englund, PhD, MPH, described the barriers in lupus clinical trial enrollment and how they can be addressed to ensure equitable representation. 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