Join us for the 2024 WCG Fall Patient Forum virtual event on November 14 from 12-1:30 p.m. EST. Learn about outreach and engagement for more inclusive health care and clinical research from patients, families of patients, and clinical research professionals. Now in its fifth year, the event highlights international, statewide, trial-specific, and family initiatives focused on culture, language, ethnicity, community, and the validity of individual participant’s needs.  

 

Join us for thought-provoking discussions and stories on: 

• An initiative to expand cross-border clinical trials in Europe. 

• Connecting underserved urban and rural communities to better healthcare. 

• Creating patient-focused clinical trial communications. 

• Patients and family advocates overcoming barriers to good health. 

• A mother’s transformative journey from her children’s diagnosis to their adulthood. 

• A daughter’s journey from novice caregiver to a career in medicine and no-harm advocacy. 

• A breast cancer survivor’s self-advocacy to remove threatening barriers to diagnosis. 

• Plus, meet artists from the EveryLife Foundation for Rare Diseases’ Rare Artist Competition as they showcase their art and speak of their advocacy through art.  

 

Who Should Attend? 

• Patients and families in need of breakthrough treatment 

• Patient advocates and patient advocacy groups 

• Healthcare professionals 

• Pharmaceutical industry stakeholders 

• Clinical research professionals  

• Regulatory professionals 

• Public health professionals 

• Minority community advocates and stakeholders 

• Students learning about health care and research 

• Diversity, equity, and inclusion advocates