How cultural awareness should change clinical research - and researchers

This week our guest is Professor Guru Aithal, Deputy Director of the NIHR Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre and a world-leading researcher in gastrointestinal and liver disorders. Professor Aithal talks to Matt Hurst from Research & Innovation about how science and his own personal experiences have shaped his views on why every researcher needs to build trust with ethnic communities. In a wide-ranging conversation Professor Aithal gives his perspective on the lasting legacy of historic unethical research practices, the impact of Black Lives Matter, COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and health inequalities. He draws on his own research in the UK and in India into the impact of diet on gastrointestinal health and also the significant inequality in rates of premature death from liver disease in different populations. For more information about Professor Aithal's research please visit: www.nottinghambrc.nihr.ac.uk/research/gastrointestinal-liver You can listen to interviews with more of our leading scientists, clinicians and academics by subscribing to The Clinical Research Podcast on your favourite Podcast app. If you enjoyed this episode then please rate, review and subscribe. This will help others to find our Podcast and raise awareness of clinical research. Do it for the science.