CISCRP's Journey to Better Health Mobile Exhibit to Visit Philadelphia and Baltimore, September & October 2023
BOSTON, Aug. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Center for Information and Study on Clinical Research Participation (CISCRP), a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating and informing the public about the clinical research process, was a recipient of an award by the Food and Drug Administration's Office of Minority Health and Health Equity (FDA OMHHE). The OMHHE innovation award will fund a grassroots pilot research project designed to offer and integrate educational programming and resources about clinical research into the heart of communities.
- The OMHHE innovation award will fund a grassroots pilot research project designed to offer and integrate educational programming and resources about clinical research into the heart of communities.
- The research project seeks to identify practices that address some of the underlying issues of underrepresentation in clinical research through a coordinated, grassroots mobile community education and engagement campaign.
- CISCRP – in partnership with patient communities and health literacy experts – has developed an educational exhibit within a mobile RV and will be visiting community events and festivals in the cities of Philadelphia, PA, and Baltimore, MD, this fall.
- In September and October 2023, the Journey to Better Health mobile exhibit will be attending multiple events in both cities.