Keynote: Creating Community Connections to Enhance Clinical Research

Tuesday, November 11, 2025

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CT

Location:225 CD

Keynote Speaker(s)

J. Nikki McKoy, MPH, MBA (she/her/hers)

Sr. Director
RTI International, Georgia

Moderator(s)

Nirali Dholaria, MS (she/her/hers)

PhD Graduate Student- Pharmaceutical Sciences
Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, New Jersey

The presentation will cover why community engagement is essential to successful clinical research and how to implement community engagement practices to improve research metrics.

Learning Objectives:

Define general community engagement principles and practices
Identify key elements of community engagement that can improve trial and research metrics
Understand how to implement community engagement practices to improve trial and research metrics