#1 Train each other how to treat each other

Listen to Regina Greer-Smith, pioneer and master of research without fear. Strong women leading research. Engagement, dissemination, implementation.

Proem

Remember where you were when Martin Luther King was assassinated when the planes hit the Twin Towers? These events shape us and connect us as a community, as a society, as a world. Remember where you were when your Mom/Dad/Sib died suddenly. These events in life mold and bind us individually and across communities. Think about the 400,000+ deaths of COVID-19. Sometimes, we live through events, and years pass before we know the profound impact they have on us. For me, attending the Fair Housing Rally in Cicero, IL, in 1966 was such an event. Martin Luther King was there. I didn’t meet him, but my parents’ civil rights activism that brought us there affected me deeply.

Introducing Regina Greer-Smith

I didn’t meet my guest, Regina Greer-Smith, at that Fair Housing Rally, but we were both present. Regina Greer-Smith, MPH, helped to build and maintain collaborations between communities and stakeholders that enable improved healthcare outcomes with the goal of increasing participation rates in research and clinical trials. She was a member of the inaugural Advisory Panel on Patient Engagement and several PCORI-funded…