Yvette has a conversation with Dr. Fitzroy Dawkins, a medical
oncologist and hematologist, about his quest to become more
influential in shaping clinical trials in the African American
community. With the sordid history of medical testing in the
African American community, there is a significant reluctance by
the African American community to participate in clinical trials.
Dr. Dawkins reflects on the Tuskegee experiment as one such
diabolical example. For that reason and others, Dr. Dawkins
consistently advocates for the training of more Black physicians
skilled in the science and art of clinical trials so they can
better serve their communities and, along with him, advocate for
more clinical trials focused on the cancers that affect the African
American community.