Achieving Diversity and Its Benefits in Clinical Research

In her Op-Ed article, "Does evidence-based medicine offer fair benefits for all?" Wendy Rogers notes that evidencebased medicine evokes concerns of justice insofar as the evidence base itself systematically excludes certain groups. She also suggests 2 steps to address the research processes of inclusion: "require researchers to (1) redesign research, removing the current barriers to participation by those who are disadvantagedto (2) increase the number of opportunities for participation, either by increasing heterogeneity in general research populations, or by specifically funding research with disadvantaged subgroups (numerals and emphasis added)." This article provides a response to some aspects of her article by highlighting the United States' National Institutes of Health (NIH) policies for inclusion in biomedical research and the processes used to develop research agendas representative of the health concerns of the communities under study. Recommendations for overcoming barriers that researchers have encountered in recruiting and retaining study participants are also discussed

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