Stephanie Rieder, MD, PhD

2025 Health Equity Research Grant

The Regents of the University of New Mexico

Project Summary
We seek to promote equitable access to clinical trials in gynecologic oncology through developing a comprehensive understanding of patient and institutional factors contributing to decisions regarding trial participation. This study will integrate perspectives from diverse stakeholders, including patients, providers, and ancillary staff, with ethnographic data collected at multiple academic and community sites across two states. Ultimately, we intend to incorporate novel clinical trial designs into a multicenter collaboration to facilitate access to and acceptability of cancer clinical trials for all gynecologic oncology patients.

Bio
Stephanie Rieder is an Assistant Professor of Gynecologic Oncology at University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center. She is also a medical sociologist, who conducts population based cancer research using qualitative and mixed methods. The primary focus of Dr. Rieder’s research is the promotion of equity in access to treatment and survivorship care among historically minoritized gynecologic oncology patients, with a particular focus on access and enrollment to cancer clinical trials. Her current study uses ethnography and mixed methods to elucidate specific challenges and facilitators to clinical trial enrollment within community hospital settings.