Abstract
The Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI) Program was congressionally mandated in 1985 to build research capacity at institutions that currently and historically recruit, train, and award doctorate degrees in the health professions and health-related sciences, primarily to individuals from underrepresented and minority populations. RCMI grantees share similar infrastructure needs and institutional goals. Of particular importance is the professional development of multidisciplinary teams of academic and community scholars (the “workforce”) and the harnessing of the heterogeneity of thought (the “thinkforce”) to reduce health disparities. The purpose of this report is to summarize the presentations and discussion at the RCMI Investigator Development Core (IDC) Workshop, held in conjunction with the RCMI Program National Conference in Bethesda, Maryland, in December 2019. The RCMI IDC Directors provided information about their professional development activities and Pilot Projects Programs and discussed barriers identified by new and early-stage investigators that limit effective career development, as well as potential solutions to overcome such obstacles. This report also proposes potential alignments of professional development activities, targeted goals and common metrics to track productivity and success.
Highlights
Achieving long-term health and wellness in communities that suffer disproportionately from racial, ethnic, environmental, and social and/or economic inequalities and inequities demands building institutional capacity and enhancing infrastructure on many levels
The newly funded Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI) Coordinating Center will serve as a communications hub to facilitate the scheduling of regular meetings of the Investigator Development Core (IDC) Consortium and to coordinate continued interactions, resource sharing and problem solving to achieve the collective goals of advancing the careers of underrepresented minority investigators and those conducting minority health and health disparities research
Expertise and talent of the RCMI IDC Consortium, there is every expectation that performance outcomes will improve and productivity measures will increase at individual RCMI Centers and in the overall RCMI Program
Summary
Achieving long-term health and wellness in communities that suffer disproportionately from racial, ethnic, environmental, and social and/or economic inequalities and inequities demands building institutional capacity and enhancing infrastructure on many levels.
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