BMS on Collecting and Operationalizing Self-Identified Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Data

Jessica Brescher, MPH, has almost 20 years of clinical trial experience in pharmaceuticals and medical devices. At Bristol Myers Squibb, in addition to being a Sr Clinical Scientist, she co-leads an initiative to allow patients to self-identify their sexual orientation, gender identity and intersex status in their clinical trials. Ms Brescher is also a Doctoral Student at Drexel University, where her research focus is the ethical inclusion of sexual and gender diverse patients in clinical research. Her commitment to diversity and representation as a moral imperative underlies the passion she brings to all her work.

Lorena Kuri is currently serving as Head of Diversity Strategy for R&D, where she is responsible for driving the Diversity in Clinical Trials enterprise strategy, with the objective of recruiting a Patient population that is more reflective of the real world and aligned with the epidemiology of the disease studied. She holds a BA in International Business from Tec de Monterrey, a Masters in Strategic Management and Human Capital from Universidad Anahuac and a D&I Certificate from Cornell. She is a founder and board member of SGM Alliance, a non profit that looks into improving Health Equity for Sexual and Gender Minorities. She is an active Red Shoe Movement Ambassador and member of WOCIP (Women of Color in Pharma) where she previously held a board role.

Donna Sattler is a Diversity and Inclusion advocate, leading internal and external industry initiatives to improve health equity by implementing inclusive standard data collection and analysis strategies to engage marginalized populations. Ms Sattler has supported Data Management and Statistical Programming roles for over 22 years. As a clinical data standards specialist, she has demonstrated an understanding of clinical trial tools and processes, gaps in those processes, and created opportunities to make improvements for better data standards harmonization and compliance across the enterprise. Core Competencies: CDISC/CDASH & SDTM Standards implementation, data integration, compliance tools, project management, mentor, coach and line management. PROUD LGBTQIA+ ally. Disability Advancement Working Group lead team member, driving patient and communities’ initiatives. Industry partnerships: CDISC, Pharma SUG, PhUSE, DIA: Planning and Academic Committees & working groups. Currently an active member of CDISC: CAC Member, CDASH Co-Lead and SOGI working group member.