Building a Diverse Workforce and Thinkforce to Reduce Health Disparities

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 fro...

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Published in:	International journal of environmental research and public health Vol. 18; no. 4; p. 1569
Main Authors:	Yanagihara, Richard, Berry, Marla J, Carson, Monica J, Chang, Sandra P, Corliss, Heather, Cox, Marc B, Haddad, Georges, Hohmann, Christine, Kelley, Scott T, Lee, Eun Sook Yu, Link, Bruce G, Noel, Jr, Richard J, Pickrel, Julie, Porter, James T, Quirk, Gregory J, Samuel, Temesgen, Stiles, Jonathan K, Sy, Angela U, Taira, Deborah A, Trepka, Mary Jo, Villalta, Fernando, Wiese, Thomas E
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Switzerland MDPI 07-02-2021
Subjects:	Biomedical Research Humans Maryland Minority Groups Research Personnel Workforce Maryland thinkforce heterogeneity mentoring RCMI workforce diversity best practices
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Summary:	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.
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ISSN:	1660-4601 1661-7827 1660-4601
DOI:	10.3390/ijerph18041569