Webinar overview + objectives:
Join us for an engaging webinar aimed at enhancing understanding and implementation of diversity, equity, and inclusion (EDI) principles within clinical trial teams. Attendees will explore the significance of EDI in improving research outcomes and participant experiences, learn effective strategies for fostering an inclusive team culture, and gain practical knowledge on implementing EDI principles in clinical trial management.

1. Understand the significance of diversity, equity, and inclusion (EDI) in clinical trial teams and management practices, and how these elements contribute to improved research outcomes and participant experiences.

2. Learn effective strategies for fostering a culture of inclusion within clinical trial teams, including communication techniques, conflict resolution approaches, and decision-making processes that prioritize diverse perspectives.

3. Gain practical knowledge on implementing EDI principles when developing teams and clinical trials processes,with a focus on promoting fairness, accessibility, and representation across all phases of research.

Meet the speaker!
Munaza has 24 years of experience in the world of clinical trials. She is passionate about EDI principles, integrating them into all her work, with a special focus on the inclusion of immigrants in clinical trials. Munaza’s work experience includes leadership roles at several excellent healthcare institutions, overseeing large complex teams facilitating the start-up, execution, and close-out of clinical research projects in multiple therapeutic areas. Munaza leads the Monitoring Program at MICYRN. She is on Faculty at McMaster University, where she teaches in the Applied Clinical Research Program. She chairs the N2 Public Engagement Committee, where she champions many EDI initiatives. She is on the executive board of ACRP Canada. She also sits on the Joint Task Force for Clinical Trials Competency at the MRCT Center at Harvard, which has defined the core competency framework for clinical research professionals globally.