In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Kimberly Richardson about driving changes in patient advocacy efforts, the importance of including DEI in cancer research and clinical trials and more. •    Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive 0:14 •    About Richardson 0:20 •    The interview 1:15 •    How did you get to where you are today as such a leader and advocate?  1:56 •    Did you feel welcomed into this space when you started doing your advocacy work, or did you feel like it was an uphill battle? 5:12 •    Jain and Richardson on how physicians and patient advocates can come up with solutions that coincide with the transformation of what advocacy work has become. 8:23 •    What are the different ways people can be patient advocates?  10:59 •    Jain and Richardson on research advocacy and the power of the ripple effect when it comes to how this work impacts patients. 15:45 •    Jain and Richardson on how physician and patients can collaborate to overcome institutional challenges with timing of visits and quality of care. 19:11 •    Richardson and Jain on educating patients in underrepresented communities on research and policy changes that will lead to more diversity in clinical trials.  24:21 •    If you could look back one year from now, what do you hope your research grant accomplishes? 30:00 •    If someone could only listen to the last few minutes of this episode, what would you want listeners to take away? 32:00 •    How to contact Richardson 32:33 •    Thanks for listening 33:27 Kimberly Richardson is a survivor of ovarian cancer and early stage, triple positive breast cancer. Kimberly has founded the Black Cancer Collaborative, a 501 (c)3 nonprofit organization that creates partnerships between Black cancer patients and the medical and scientific communities on issues of health equity, patient inclusion and clinical trials participation.

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