Research Infrastructure Core Facilities at Research Centers in Minority Institutions
Part I—Research Resources Management, Operation, and Best Practices
Bibliographic Data
Funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI) Program fosters the development and implementation of innovative research aimed at improving minority health and reducing or eliminating health disparities. Currently, there are 21 RCMI Specialized (U54) Centers that share the same framework, comprising four required core components, namely the Administrative, Research Infrastructure, Investigator Development, and Community Engagement Cores. The Research Infrastructure Core (RIC) is fundamentally important for biomedical and health disparities research as a critical function domain. This paper aims to assess the research resources and services provided and evaluate the best practices in research resources management and networking across the RCMI Consortium. We conducted a REDCap-based survey and collected responses from 57 RIC Directors and Co-Directors from 98 core leaders. Our findings indicated that the RIC facilities across the 21 RCMI Centers provide access to major research equipment and are managed by experienced faculty and staff who provide expert consultative and technical services. However, several impediments to RIC facilities operation and management have been identified, and these are currently being addressed through implementation of cost-effective strategies and best practices of laboratory management and operation
Best practice · Business · Engineering management · Health services research · Implementation research · Knowledge management · Medical education · Political science · Psychological intervention · Public health · Public relations · Computer Science · Engineering · Ethics in Clinical Research · Health and Medical Research Impacts · Health Sciences Research and Education · Medicine · Nursing
Evaluating Research Centers in Minority Institutions
The Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI) Translational Research Network
Methodological Approaches to Understanding Causes of Health Disparities
Science Visioning in Minority Health and Health Disparities
Calling for a Bold New Vision of Health Disparities Intervention Research
The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Framework
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |