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***Must be located/based in Cook County, IL*****
Mission of the Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation:
The Global Alzheimer’s Platform (GAP) Foundation is a patient-centric, non-profit organization dedicated to speeding the delivery of innovative therapies to those in need by reducing the time and cost of Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative disorders clinical trials.
Job Purpose/Summary:
The Manager, Diversity & COmmunity Outreach (Community Connector) will be responsible for working directly with clinical trial sites that are conducting Alzheimer’s disease (AD) trials in geographic locations with significant African American/Black and Hispanic/Latino populations. They will be responsible for developing and implementing unique tactics to build awareness, deliver education, and provide access for these Underrepresented Populations (URPs) to participate in AD clinical trials.
About the Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation:
In 2017, the Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation (GAP) established GAP-Net, a growing network of >90 Alzheimer’s disease (AD) research centers committed to disrupting recruitment and study conduct processes to increase the speed and lower the cost of completing AD clinical trials. GAP-Net is unique in that GAP invited both academic and private sites deemed high-performing AD sites with requisites that included data and best practices sharing, use of a central Institutional Review Board and common clinical trial contracts, and a commitment to the GAP mission. GAP supports GAP-Net research centers by assisting with study start-up and recruitment activities, promoting diversity in research studies, and offering national programs that champion brain health and the citizen scientists who make research possible.
One of GAP’s strategic priorities is to substantially increase enrollment of diverse populations to levels of 10-25% in Alzheimer’s trials. The prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease is twice as high in the African American/Black population and 1.5 times higher in the Hispanic/Latino population when compared to the white/Caucasian community. Awareness, knowledge, and access to appropriate trials are essential, intersecting factors influencing participation and successful representation of a diverse candidate pool in a clinical trial. The number of underrepresented participants in AD studies must increase to ensure future treatments benefit patients of all races and ethnicities and to meet the growing expectations of regulators and payors.
In 2021, GAP launched its Inclusive Research Initiative which includes a 3-pronged approach focused on increasing awareness, community integration, and clinical trial access for underrepresented populations. Community Connectors are instrumental in the execution of this initiative.
Responsibilities and Primary Objectives:
This position will be responsible for working directly with clinical trial sites that are conducting Alzheimer’s disease trials in geographic locations with significant African American/Black and Hispanic/Latino populations.
Essential functions as a part of the Diversity and Inclusion team include:
***Must be located/based in Cook County, IL*****
Preferred Education and Experience
Technical Skills Required
•Microsoft Office including Microsoft Word and Excel
•Proficient PowerPoint skills
•Understanding of and use of social media
•Familiarity and comfort utilizing Sharepoint, Salesforce, Google Docs, Google Meet, Zoom, and other group-sharing and video conferencing sites
Full Time
$93k-124k (estimate)
08/08/2024
09/23/2024
globalalzplatform.org
Washington, DC
25 - 50
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