Elevating, advancing, integrating, and accelerating equitable, inclusive, anti-racist, and anti-biased research.

Vision and Mission

Vision

To advance health equity and eliminate bias and racism in research across the research enterprise, Duke Health, regionally, and nationally.

Mission

• Provide resources and expertise for researchers to promote equity, anti-bias and anti-racism across all aspects of the research process.

• Shift the research culture toward proactive and robust planning and execution of equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility strategies in clinical and translational science.

• Facilitate the integration of traditionally underserved populations in clinical research.

The Duke CTSI Center for Equity in Research, established in early 2021, is addressing the profound challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and racial reckoning that unfolded during the summer of 2020. These challenges highlighted, among many things, a common thread around equity in health and research that has been a CTSI priority for years.

EIR Consultation Form

EIR provides consultation services for researchers, research teams, community partners, health system stakeholders, and staff within various CTSA pillars. These one-time sessions offer guidance for proactively integrating equity into specific research, population health, community health, and healthcare quality improvement projects. As an additional service to researchers, consultations may include key material reviews to ensure research documents reflect equity-based values.