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NIHR video appeal for people from BAME backgrounds to take part in COVID-19 Research - May 2020

  • Funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
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Grant number: C19-IUC-498

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • Funder

    UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)

  • Principal Investigator

    Prof. Nita Forouhi

  • Research Location

    United Kingdom

  • Lead Research Institution

    MRC Epidemiology Unit

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Research to inform ethical issues

  • Research Subcategory

    Research to inform ethical issues in Research

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Not applicable

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Unspecified

  • Vulnerable Population

    Minority communities unspecified

  • Occupations of Interest

    Unspecified

Abstract

Professor Nita Forouhi of our Nutritional Epidemiology programme helped to organise, and featured in, a video appeal by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) for more people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds to take part in COVID-19 research studies. Alongside Professor Forouhi the video featured British actors, comedians and broadcasters Omid Djalili and Sanjeev Bhasker, and American Oscar winning actor Whoopi Goldberg, as well as Professors Kamlesh Khunti and Azhar Farooqi from the University of Leicester. The appeal was shared widely on social media, with the Omid Djalili's twitter video viewed more than 125,000 times, and was reported in more than two hundred local and regional UK print and online news outlets.