Models of Interinstitutional Partnerships between Research Intensive Universities and Minority Serving Institutions (MSI) across the Clinical Translational Science Award (CTSA) Consortium
Year: 2013
Type: article
Abstract: Health disparities are an immense challenge to American society. Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSAs) housed within the National Center for Advancing Translational Science (NCATS) are designed to accelerate the translation of experimental findings into clinically meaningful practices and bring new therapies to the doorsteps of all patients. Research Centers at Minority Institutions (RCMI) program at the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) are designed to build capacity for biomedical research and training at minority serving institutions. The CTSA created a mechanism fostering formal collaborations between research intensive universities and minority serving institutions (MSI) supported by the RCMI program. These consortium-level collaborations activate unique translational research approaches to reduce health disparities with credence to each academic institutions history and unique characteristics. Five formal partnerships between research intensive universities and MSI have formed as a result of the CTSA and RCMI programs. These partnerships present a multifocal approach; shifting cultural change and consciousness toward addressing health disparities, and training the next generation of minority scientists. This collaborative model is based on the respective strengths and contributions of the partnering institutions, allowing bidirectional interchange and leveraging NIH and institutional investments providing measurable benchmarks toward the elimination of health disparities.
DOI: 10.1111/cts.12118
Institutions: Atlanta Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Morehouse School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, University of California, Los Angeles, Georgetown University, Georgetown-Howard Universities Center for Clinical and Translational Science, Meharry Medical College, Emory University, Woodruff Health Sciences Center, UCLA Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Weill Cornell Medicine, City University of New York, Hunter College, Howard University
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funders: Kaiser Permanente, Emory University, Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, Atlanta Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Georgia Clinical and Translational Science Alliance, National Institutes of Health, National Center for Research Resources, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
Awards: Basic and Translational Research Center for Reducing Health Disparities, RCMI Translational Research Network (RTRN), Atlanta Clinical and Translational Science Institute (UL1), Morehouse School of Medicine Center of Excellence Research Endowment Program, G3269860992, UCLA Clinical and Translational Science Institute, G492747762, Georgetown-Howard Universities Center for Clinical and Translational Science (GHU, Atlanta Clinical and Translational Science Institute (ACTSI) Renewal, The Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (VICTR) UL1, Morehouse School of Medicine G12 Multidisciplinary Biomedical Research Center, Clinical and Translational Science Center, RCMI Infrastructure for Clinical and Translational Research (RCTR) (U54), The Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (VICTR), G782900636, Biomedical Infrastructure for Health Disparities Research, Meharry RCMI Program in Women's Health Research, Center for Accelerating Excellence in Translational Science (AXIS)
OpenAlex ID: W2107955406