Programs | BETTER Center: Behavioral Economics to Transform Trial Enrollment Representativeness Center
BETTER Center: Behavioral Economics to Transform Trial Enrollment Representativeness Center
Science of Diversity in Clinical Trials SFRN Meeting
April 23-24, 2025
The 2025 AHA Science of Diversity in Clinical Trials SFRN Semi-Annual Meeting will be hosted by the BETTER Center in Philadelphia, PA.
About
The Behavioral Economics to Transform Trial Enrollment Representativeness (BETTER) Center is an American Heart Association-funded effort to understand and improve diversity and representation in clinical trials focused on cardiovascular health.
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What We Do
Research
Three synergistic projects that build from each other, test the effects of recruitment and consent approaches on the diversity and representativeness of trial enrollment, and use complementary methods to evaluate individual and area-level markers of social disadvantage.
Training
Each year we will support clinical fellows and undergraduate students to pursue a program of didactic training and hands-on research to build skills in behavioral science, implementation science, epidemiology, biostatistics, and other population science disciplines. All trainees will be underrepresented in science and medicine.
Who We Are
Director
John M. Eisenberg Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology, and Medical Ethics & Health Policy
Director, Palliative and Advanced Illness Research (PAIR) Center
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Project 1 Co-PI
David E. Longnecker Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care and Epidemiology
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Project 1 Co-PI
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Core Faculty, PAIR Center
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Project 2 Co-PI
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Project 2 Co-PI
President’s Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Medical Ethics and Policy
Director, Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics (CHIBE)
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Project 3 Co-PI
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiology, ECCRI
Emory University School of Medicine
Project 3 Co-PI
Professor of Medicine and Master Physician, ECCRI
Associate Medical Director, Grady Heart Failure Program
Emory University School of Medicine
Biostatistician
Associate Professor of Biostatistics
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Co-investigator
Medical Director, Advanced Heart Failure Program
MedStar Heart Institute
Co-investigator
Assistant Professor of Global Health and Epidemiology
Emory University School of Medicine
BETTER Center Fellow
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Fellow
BETTER Center Fellow
University of Illinois at Chicago
Managing Director
Director for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, PAIR Center
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Partners
Institutions represented by our investigative team
