Scott
Perkins
Student
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Scott Perkins is a second-year student at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University. He has research interests in ophthalmology, healthcare data science, health system analytics, machine learning, and using data to improve quality, equity, and accessibility of care. Scott previously graduated from The College of Wooster.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Background: Enhancing diverse participation in research and specimen collection, especially in historically underrepresented populations, is essential to attaining personalized medicine. The Cleveland Clinic BioRepository (CC-BioR) opened in October 2021 in Cleveland’s Fairfax neighborhood, where >90% of residents are Black. Leveraging this new opportunity to increase diverse engagement in research, 7 health professional students from Case Western Reserve University (Medicine, Nursing, Dentistry, Social Work, Speech-Language Pathology) collaborated with Cleveland Clinic’s Research Access…