How to Increase Patient Participation in Health Research

The mission of the All of Us Research Program is to accelerate health research and medical breakthroughs, enabling individualized prevention, treatment, and care for all of us. The program will partner with one million or more people across the United States to build the most diverse biomedical data resource of its kind, with the goal of helping researchers gain better insights into the biological, environmental, and behavioral factors that influence health.

In the future, it is possible that participants in this program could receive genetics health-related information to share with their healthcare provider. Speakers in this webinar will discuss strategies to engage and facilitate enrollment and retention of communities historically underrepresented in biomedical research (UBR) into this program. This webinar is not CME-eligible.

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Speakers

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Olveen Carrasquillo, MD, MPH

Capt. Richard Montes PA-C, MMS

Karriem S. Watson, DHS, MS, MPH

Olveen Carrasquillo, MD, MPH

University of Miami
Professor of Medicine and Public Health Sciences
Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Research
Co-Director of the Clinical and Translational Science Institute

Dr. Carrasquillo is a national expert in minority health, health disparities, community-based participatory research, access to care, and community health worker interventions. He has over 20 years of experience leading large NIH Center grants and randomized trials, totaling over $40 million in funding. His work includes research in cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, HIV, and most recently in precision medicine.

Capt. Richard Montes PA-C, MMS

Fullerton-Kedzie Medical Center

Richard Montes has been practicing medicine for 12 years in Chicago. His career has included working in emergency medicine, urgent care, and primary care medicine. For three years, he taught emergency medicine procedures as an adjunct faculty member at Malcolm X College/ John Stroger Hospital. During his undergraduate studies, Richard conducted research in analytic chemistry.

Currently, he is a full-time primary care PA with Jaimes Medical Group and serves in the U.S. Army Illinois National Guard as a medical officer.

Karriem S. Watson, DHS, MS, MPH

All of Us Research Program Chief Engagement Officer
National Institutes of Health

Dr. Karriem S. Watson, DHS, MS, MPH is the Chief Engagement Officer of the National Institutes of Health’s All of Us Research (AoU) Program. Karriem leads the All of Us Research Program’s efforts to foster relationships with participants, communities, researchers, and providers across the United States to help build one of the largest, most diverse health databases of its kind to study health and illness.

Prior to joining the NIH, Karriem spent over 15 years as a community-engaged research scientists with prior research funding from the NIH addressing cancer prevention and control. Karriem also held administrative roles in leading research and engagement in Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) in the Chicagoland area.

Brought to you in partnership with the National Alliance for Hispanic Health (NAHH).