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Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) is proud to be the host organisation for the Ethnic Minority Research Inclusion (EMRI) Network.
Previously hosted by the Yorkshire and Humber Research Delivery Network (RDN), EMRI is a regional initiative dedicated to improving the inclusivity of research across our communities. Its mission is to ensure that people from all backgrounds, particularly those historically under-represented, have better opportunities to participate in, shape, and benefit from health and care research.
The network builds on important work that began in 2020–21, when the Clinical Research Network Yorkshire and Humber (CRN Y&H) established the Ethnic Minority COVID-19 project. This project emerged in response to the growing recognition that COVID-19 was having a disproportionate impact on people from ethnic minority communities, highlighting the urgent need to increase representation in clinical research.
We believe research should:
Reflect diverse experiences
Be shaped with communities, not just about them
Reduce barriers to participation
Be inclusive from the start
What we focus on:
Connecting communities, researchers and institutions
Embedding equity and inclusion across the research lifecycle
Supporting studies that are representative, relevant and trusted
We exist to:
Reduce exclusion in research
Increase representation of minority communities in research
Improve relevance of studies
Ensure lived experience shapes decisions
Achievements
Hosted a series of well attended and received webinars addressing Informed Consent, Misinformation, Community Engagement and Local Research Delivery for Ethnic Minority Communities.
Undertaken a detailed survey regarding issues relating to Ethnic Minority community members' participation in clinical research in Yorkshire and Humber.
Influenced the Early Contact and Engagement process for the CRN Y&H Study Support Service to ensure Ethnic Minority participation in Portfolio research.
Supported Partner Organisation staff leads to use prospectively collected ethnicity data to start monitoring Ethnic Minority participation.
Stimulated existing interest and collaboration in addressing this participation issue in Partner Organisations.
Created and produced video materials to encourage research participation in Ethnic Minority communities.
Established three Ethnic Minority Research Inclusion Hubs.
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