Pisano speaks with AuntMinnie.com on new ARPA-H leadership role

Etta Pisano, MD, has been involved in leading many clinical trials, but a new initiative she was tapped to lead may help reach underserved areas faster. Pisano is chief research officer for the American College of Radiology (ACR) and study chair of the Tomosynthesis Mammographic Imaging Screening Trial (TMIST). She is now also leading the Advancing Clinical Trials Readiness initiative, part of the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H). “[The initiative] is focused on improving clinical trials, making them faster, better, cheaper, and more equitable to Americans,” she told AuntMinnie.com. ARPA-H is a new federal health research and development organization within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The agency aims to address systemic health challenges facing the U.S. by embracing novel public/private partnership arrangements. The Advancing Clinical Trials Readiness initiative that Pisano is leading will build underserved and minority participation in clinical trials. This includes finding and onboarding rural facilities and facilities outside of large academic medical centers, such as emerging retail healthcare sites. Pisano said she was approached in November to lead the ARPA-H initiative. She added that it’s a passion of hers to get clinical trials to diverse populations. “I’ve been characterized as being impatient," she said. "The fact that it takes 17 years from the conception of a device to its widespread dissemination into th...
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