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The Robert A. Winn Diversity in Clinical Trials Award Program supports the next generation of world-class community-oriented professionals to advance diversity in clinical trials. Applications are now open for one of the signature programs, the Winn Career Development Award (Winn CDA).

This is a two-year program and $240,000 award that is designed to support the career development of early-stage investigator physicians underrepresented in medicine and physicians who have demonstrated commitment to increasing diversity in clinical research. Through the program, physicians become independent clinical trial investigators who are engaged in advancing health equity through their research.

Applications are being accepted through May 13, 2024. Learn more here: https://diversityinclinicaltrials.org/

Apply here: https://winnawards.smapply.io/

Anika Advant, Larner College of Medicine Class of 2026, won the best student research award at the Northern New England CO-OP Practice and Community Based Research Network (NNE CO-OP PCBRN) 44th Annual Meeting, for her poster entitled “Identifying Barriers and Facilitators to Awareness and Rural Vermont Participation in Cancer Clinical Trials.”

Mentored by Dr. Elizabeth Woods and Dr. Jan Carney and funded by the University of Vermont Cancer Center’s Summer Student Fellowships in Cancer Research Program, Anika’s study identified facilitators and barriers that affect rural Vermonter’s access to and enrollment in cancer clinical trials. Results demonstrated opportunities to increase enrollment through improved patient education, community health workers and dedicated personnel, transportation, and local availability of clinical trials.