UROP Project
LGBT, HIV, Clinical Trials, Health Disparities
Research Mentor: Cxavierhall@fsu.edu Casey Xavier Hall, He/him
Department, College, Affiliation: Center of Population Sciences for Health Equity, Nursing
Contact Email: cxavierhall@fsu.edu
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Department, College, Affiliation: Center of Population Sciences for Health Equity, Nursing
Contact Email: cxavierhall@fsu.edu
Research Assistant Supervisor (if different from mentor):
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Faculty Collaborators:
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Looking for Research Assistants: No
Number of Research Assistants: 4
Relevant Majors: Open to all Majors (slight preference for nursing, but not required).
Project Location: Innovation Park and distance via Zoom
Research Assistant Transportation Required: No, the project is remote Remote or In-person: Partially Remote
Approximate Weekly Hours: 5-10,
Roundtable Times and Zoom Link: Sept. 3 at 10 a.m. Eastern via Zoom.
Meeting URL:
https://fsu.zoom.us/j/92911772355?from=addon
Meeting ID: 929 1177 2355
Number of Research Assistants: 4
Relevant Majors: Open to all Majors (slight preference for nursing, but not required).
Project Location: Innovation Park and distance via Zoom
Research Assistant Transportation Required: No, the project is remote Remote or In-person: Partially Remote
Approximate Weekly Hours: 5-10,
Roundtable Times and Zoom Link: Sept. 3 at 10 a.m. Eastern via Zoom.
Meeting URL:
https://fsu.zoom.us/j/92911772355?from=addon
Meeting ID: 929 1177 2355
Project Description
In past partnerships with the Food & Drug Administration we’ve conducted projects that will have the potential to change policies and practices to increase representation of LGBTQ+ and people living with HIV in clinical trials. These have included a funded project focused on Latinx LGBTQ+ participants in clinical trials as well as a Pride Month event with the Commissioner of the FDA to discuss clinical trial participation among LGBTQ+ and people living with HIV. This project is inspired by this work.Currently, most clinical trials do not take consideration the best ways to recruit and retain LGBTQ+ people and most clinical trials excluded people living with HIV even if HIV-status isn’t clinical important relative to the trial outcomes. Without data on these populations it’s not possible to know if treatments and interventions that are assessed in clinical trials not have good fit with LGBTQ+ communities or people living with HIV. The current project will conduct a scoping review of existing literature on these topics. Through this project students will learn about how to conduct a scoping review, about the Food & Drug Administration, and about clinical trial diversity. This project will end with a published document summarizing existing strategies and next steps for improving representation of LGBTQ+ and people living with HIV in clinical trials.
Research Tasks: Assisting with abstract review, and full-text review
Writing summaries of literature
Skills that research assistant(s) may need: In past partnerships with the Food & Drug Administration we’ve began projects that will have the potential to change policies and practices to increase representation of LGBTQ+ and people living with HIV in clinical trials. These have included a funded project focused on Latinx LGBTQ+ participants in clinical trials as well as a Pride Month event with the Commissioner of the FDA to discuss clinical trial participation among LGBTQ+ and people living with HIV. This project is inspired by this work.
Currently, most clinical trials do not take consideration the best ways to recruit and retain LGBTQ+ people and most clinical trials excluded people living with HIV even if HIV-status isn’t clinical important relative to the trial outcomes. Without data on these populations it’s not possible to know if treatments and interventions that are assessed in clinical trials not have good fit with LGBTQ+ communities or people living with HIV. The current project will conduct a scoping review of existing literature on these topics. Through this project students will learn about how to conduct a scoping review, about the Food & Drug Administration, and about clinical trial diversity. This project will end with a published document summarizing existing strategies and next steps for improving representation of LGBTQ+ and people living with HIV in clinical trials.
Assisting with abstract review, and full-text review
Writing summaries of literature
Required:
• Ability to work independently and on a team
• Good time management skills including the ability to work self-set flexible hours while maintaining deadlines and deliverables
• An interest in learning about LGBTQ+ people, people living with HIV, and clinical trials as well as developing skills in scoping review
Recommended:
• Some basic understanding of published research articles
Mentoring Philosophy
My mentorship philosophy for working with undergraduate students is:1) Collaboratively create an understanding of how we envision teamwork. I always start by discussing what works well for all parties to develop a compact. This is a roadmap of what kind of communication works well, what kinds of rules we want to set for ourselves, and how we will operate as a team. We will revisit the compact regularly through the course of the project.
2) Identify common interests and long-term goals. I always want to know a students’ interests and long-term goals so that a learning experience can be tailored to best fit these interests and goals.
3) Develop foundational understanding and skills in scientific research. My goal is to help UROP students develop an understanding of behavioral health research through an applied project. This will serve as a foundation for future endeavors.
4) Encourage independent-learning and intellectual curiosity. While I provide educational resources to my students, I also encourage students to learn independently, seek resources, and develop an intellectual curiosity that will serve them if they pursue graduate coursework.
5) Meet a student where they are at. I am a queer, first-generation college graduate and I understand how those identities and experiences impacted me as an undergraduate student. I strive to meet my students where they are at in regard to identity or experience with the understanding that we all come from different backgrounds which may impact the ways we experience academic endeavors including power structures within academia.