Beau interviews Mitch Hilbe, the co-founder and CEO of DiversiTrials, a site management organization focused on diversity in clinical trials. They discuss Mitch’s career path in clinical research, the origins of the Clinical Research Justice League, and the genesis of DiversiTrials. Mitch emphasizes the importance of engaging and serving underserved communities in clinical trials and highlights the need for diversity in research to ensure that drugs are effective for all populations.
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Quotes:
“Any job in the industry you are somewhat of a superhero. You’re a hero to someone. Every day we’re all working to try to save lives, so by default that makes everybody a hero.”
“Mitch Hilbe is a relatively vague name, but if you see Clinical Research Batman, people are like ‘ah, I’ve seen that, I know who you are.'”
“A lot of it is the same information that people hear all the time, but being as genuine as you can is huge. So stay true to yourself.”
“I woke up one morning, messaged Hadi [Danawi] and said, ‘I love what you want to do for the Arab American Community, but why don’t we do that for all underserved communities?'”
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