Building a Diverse Workforce and Thinkforce to Reduce Health Disparities

Richard Yanagihara, Marla J. Berry, Monica J. Carson, Sandra P. Chang, Heather Corliss, Marc B. Cox, Georges Haddad, Christine Hohmann, Scott T. Kelley, Eun Sook Yu Lee, Bruce G. Link, Richard J. Noel, Julie Pickrel, James T. Porter, Gregory J. Quirk, Temesgen Samuel, Jonathan K. Stiles, Angela U. Sy, Deborah A. Taira, Mary Jo Trepka, Fernando Villalta and Thomas E. Wiese
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Richard Yanagihara: University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
Marla J. Berry: University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
Monica J. Carson: University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
Sandra P. Chang: University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
Heather Corliss: San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182, USA
Marc B. Cox: University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968, USA
Georges Haddad: Howard University, Washington, DC 20059, USA
Christine Hohmann: Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD 21251, USA
Scott T. Kelley: San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182, USA
Eun Sook Yu Lee: Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, Tallahassee, FL 32307, USA
Bruce G. Link: University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
Richard J. Noel: Ponce Health Sciences University, Ponce, PR 00716, USA
Julie Pickrel: San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182, USA
James T. Porter: Ponce Health Sciences University, Ponce, PR 00716, USA
Gregory J. Quirk: University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, PR 00936, USA
Temesgen Samuel: Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, AL 36088, USA
Jonathan K. Stiles: Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA
Angela U. Sy: University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
Deborah A. Taira: University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
Mary Jo Trepka: Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA
Fernando Villalta: Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN 37208, USA
Thomas E. Wiese: Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA 70125, USA

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 4, 1-15

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.

Keywords: RCMI; mentoring; workforce diversity; thinkforce heterogeneity; best practices (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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