In this episode of the Alliance Podcast, recorded live at the Alliance 2025 Annual Conference, Alliance Podcast Task Force member Andrea Zimmerman, EdD, CHCP, sits down with presenters Maura H. Davis and Ruth Adewuya, MD, CHCP, MEHP Fellow.

A 2023 Gallup poll estimates 7.2% of Americans self-identify as LGBTQIA.¹ This translates to about 23 million individuals — up two-fold from the 2012 Gallup poll where 3.5% of respondents shared that they identified as such.

A reflection on the Alliance 2023 Annual Conference Keynote Lecture by Dr. Russell J. Ledet

Though it’s common knowledge that there is a lack of diversity in clinical trials, a glance at the actual statistics on the subject is still quite startling. A recent study published in THE LANCET Regional Health found that of 4.76 million trial participants in the U.S., 79.7% were White; 10% were Black; 6% were Hispanic/Latino; 1% were Asian; and fewer than 1% were American Indian.