SGMA

SGMA, pronounced “Sigma,” establishes and leads population standards across the global healthcare ecosystem.

We develop standards, governance frameworks, and implementation guidance to ensure no population is invisible in the data or systems meant to serv

08/03/2026

A proud moment for SGMA at .

Dr. Lauren B. Beach, J.D., Ph.D. and Dr. Kemi Williams, PhD, MBA presented SGMA’s two poster abstracts to a tremendous turnout, with thoughtful discussions and encouraging engagement throughout the session.

Posters presented:
• Making the Invisible Visible: Translating SOGI Advocacy Into Systematic Industry Implementation for HIV Trials
• HIV Exclusion Without Justification in Non-HIV Clinical Trials: A Five-Therapeutic-Area Analysis

Thank you to everyone who stopped by to engage with our work. We’re excited by the conversations these findings are starting—and this is only the beginning.

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07/31/2026

SGMA’s first appearance at … and what a debut.

Two poster presentations. An incredible turnout. Meaningful conversations. Powerful feedback. We received tremendous interest in our work, and the response reinforced exactly why Population Standards matter.

And yes… we all showed up in white.

This week in Rio, SGMA proudly presented:

📌 HIV Exclusion Without Justification in Non-HIV Clinical Trials: A Five-Therapeutic-Area Analysis

📌 Making the Invisible Visible: Translating SOGI Advocacy Into Systematic Industry Implementation for HIV Trials

Both abstracts ask the same fundamental question: Who gets counted in the evidence—and who doesn’t?

I’m incredibly proud of our team:
Lauren Beach, Kemi Williams, and myself, with Zubin, whose creativity and work were with us every step of the way.

A heartfelt thank you to the Delgado Davenport Charitable Trust for making our participation at AIDS 2026 possible. Your support helped bring this work to a global audience.

And to all of our co-authors across both abstracts—thank you for your expertise, collaboration, and commitment to advancing more inclusive clinical research. This work is stronger because of you.

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07/23/2026

Meet the Board | Brenda Crabtree-Ramírez, MD

SGMA is proud to welcome Brenda Crabtree-Ramírez, MD, to our Advisory Board.

Dr. Crabtree is an internationally recognized infectious disease physician-scientist, Professor in the HIV Program at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), and senior researcher at the Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán in Mexico City.

As Principal Investigator for CCASAnet within the global IeDEA consortium and leader of the Mexico City ACTG research site, she has dedicated her career to advancing HIV clinical trials, improving care for people living with HIV, and strengthening the evidence that guides treatment worldwide.

Her expertise in HIV research, epidemiology, and clinical trial design will help advance SGMA’s mission to develop Population Standards that ensure clinical research and healthcare generate evidence that truly represents the populations they serve.

Welcome, Dr. Crabtree. Together, we’re building Standards That See Everyone.

07/17/2026

People are not only excluded from clinical research at the front door. Sometimes, exclusion is built into the fine print.

Every study establishes rules for who can participate. Some are carefully justified. Others are copied forward from older studies, long after anyone has examined whether they remain scientifically or clinically appropriate.

When a population is excluded without a clear justification, that population can disappear from the evidence.

Population Standards matter because evidence is only as strong as the populations it includes.

Learn more at populationstandards.org

07/15/2026

The accepted manuscript for SGMA’s commentary in The Lancet HIV is now available to read and download on our website.

Invisible Populations: SOGI Data and HIV Drug Safety was published in The Lancet HIV earlier this month. For readers who do not have journal access, we have made the authors’ accepted manuscript available free of charge.

This version contains the authors’ final accepted content before the publisher’s copyediting and typesetting. When referencing this work, please cite the final published article in The Lancet HIV.

Read the accepted manuscript and access the published article at sgma.global/publications.

07/13/2026

Honoring Dr. Michael Wohlfeiler 💛

Some people help build an organization. Others help shape the vision that defines it.

Today, we’re honored to recognize Dr. Michael Wohlfeiler, a founding member of SGMA, as our Emeritus Board Member.

For more than three decades, Dr. Wohlfeiler has been a leader in HIV medicine, advancing patient care, clinical research, and the standards that have improved countless lives. His contributions have helped shape the field, but his influence on SGMA has been just as meaningful.

From the very beginning, he believed that every population deserves to be counted, included, and represented in the research that shapes their care. That belief continues to guide everything we do.

Thank you, Dr. Wohlfeiler, for your leadership, your wisdom, and your unwavering commitment to communities too often left out of the evidence. Your legacy will continue to inspire our work for years to come.

💛 Thank you for standing for standards.

07/08/2026

A new name.
A broader vision.
The same commitment to improving healthcare and clinical research.

Over the coming days we’ll be sharing what Population Standards are, why they matter, and how they’re helping build a stronger foundation for research.

This is only the beginning.

Standards That See Everyone.

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07/16/2025

BREAKING NEWS: The Kigali Manifesto on the Inclusion of PLHIV in Clinical Research is here. And we’re launching it LIVE at the world’s biggest HIV/AIDS conference: .

People living with HIV have been blindly excluded from clinical research for far too long. We’re here to change that.

Be part of the global movement and sign the petition!

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06/30/2025

SGM Alliance is teaming up with Clinical Research Fastrack to offer a scholarship for individuals in the SGM Communities (i.e., LGBTQ+) pursuing a career in clinical research. While we’re celebrating Pride Month this June, we believe every day is a chance to elevate and support the SGM community. That’s why we’re offering this scholarship beyond June, ensuring more opportunities year-round.

We want to help those who face barriers and need it most. Our panel of select judges will announce the winner in Q4.

Know someone who might be the perfect candidate? Have them apply now on our website!

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