Science Speed Dating to Spur Inter-Institutional Collaborative Research

Sandra P. Chang (), Kathryn L. Braun, Richard Yanagihara, Hendrik De Heer, Yan Yan Wu, Zhenbang Chen, Marc B. Cox, Stacey L. Gorniak, Georges Haddad, Christine F. Hohmann, Eun-Sook Lee, Jonathan K. Stiles, Nicolette I. Teufel-Shone and Vivek R. Nerurkar
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Sandra P. Chang: Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology, John A Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
Kathryn L. Braun: Thompson School of Social Work & Public Health, Department of Publc Heath Studies, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
Richard Yanagihara: Department of Pediatrics, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96826, USA
Hendrik De Heer: Department of Health Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA
Yan Yan Wu: Thompson School of Social Work & Public Health, Department of Publc Heath Studies, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
Zhenbang Chen: Department of Biochemistry, Cancer Biology, Neuroscience and Pharmacology, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN 37208, USA
Marc B. Cox: Department of Biological Sciences and Border Biomedical Research Center, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79902, USA
Stacey L. Gorniak: Center for Neuromotor and Biomechanics Research, Department of Health and Human Performance, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, USA
Georges Haddad: Department of Physiology and Biophysics, College of Medicine, Howard University, Washington, DC 20059, USA
Christine F. Hohmann: Department of Biology, School of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD 21251, USA
Eun-Sook Lee: Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL 32301, USA
Jonathan K. Stiles: Department of Medicine, Microbiology, Biochemistry and Immunology, Clinical Research Center, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA
Nicolette I. Teufel-Shone: Center for Community Health and Engaged Research and Department of Health Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA
Vivek R. Nerurkar: Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology, John A Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA

IJERPH, 2025, vol. 22, issue 6, 1-10

Abstract: A principal strategic goal of the RCMI Coordinating Center (RCMI-CC) is to improve the health of minority populations and to reduce ethnic and geographic disparities in health by coordinating the development and facilitating the implementation of clinical research across the RCMI Consortium. To more effectively spur inter-institutional collaborative research, the RCMI-CC supports a Clinical Research Pilot Projects Program for hypothesis-driven clinical research projects proposed by postdoctoral fellows, early-career faculty and/or early-stage investigators from two or more RCMI U54 Centers. The purpose of this brief report is to summarize the Science Speed Dating sessions to facilitate cross-site collaboration at the RCMI Investigator Development Core (IDC) Workshop, held in conjunction with the 2024 RCMI Consortium National Conference. RCMI investigators and IDC Directors from 20 RCMI U54 Centers participated in two rounds of highly interactive small-group presentations of research ideas and resource needs in search of new collaborative and mentoring partnerships. Workshop participants expressed a high level of satisfaction with the speed-networking format and strongly agreed that the workshop was beneficial to their professional-development goals.

Keywords: RCMI; workforce development; collaboration; networking (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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