S3: E9 Granting Access to Research: Lessons from ACRO’s Site Grant Program

In 2024, ACRO announced its D&I Site Resource Grants Program. Designed to support an innovative 12-month pilot project, the site resource grants act as a platform to incubate innovative strategies for improving representative enrollment in clinical research.  On this episode, site grantee representatives Dr. Ammara Mushtaq, MD (Brooklyn Clinical Research), Dr. Lovie Negrin, APRN (Randomize Now), and Sandra Carmona Torres, BSN (K2 Medical Research) join the podcast to discuss the lessons learned through implementing their pilot projects so far. They dive deeper into how sites can address barriers to participation, the need for consistent investment in building trust and engaging local community members, and the state of clinical research from a site perspective.