PMID- 33800316 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210423 LR - 20240130 IS - 1660-4601 (Electronic) IS - 1661-7827 (Print) IS - 1660-4601 (Linking) VI - 18 IP - 5 DP - 2021 Mar 8 TI - Strengthening and Sustaining Inter-Institutional Research Collaborations and Partnerships. LID - 10.3390/ijerph18052727 [doi] LID - 2727 AB - Inter-institutional collaborations and partnerships play fundamental roles in developing and diversifying the basic biomedical, behavioral, and clinical research enterprise at resource-limited, minority-serving institutions. In conjunction with the Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI) Program National Conference in Bethesda, Maryland, in December 2019, a special workshop was convened to summarize current practices and to explore future strategies to strengthen and sustain inter-institutional collaborations and partnerships with research-intensive majority-serving institutions. Representative examples of current inter-institutional collaborations at RCMI grantee institutions are presented. Practical approaches used to leverage institutional resources through collaborations and partnerships within regional and national network programs are summarized. Challenges and opportunities related to such collaborations are provided. FAU - Hedges, Jerris R AU - Hedges JR AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9963-8033 AD - Department of Medicine and Surgery, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA. FAU - Soliman, Karam F A AU - Soliman KFA AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0600-1085 AD - Department of Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, Tallahassee, FL 32307, USA. FAU - Southerland, William M AU - Southerland WM AD - Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, Howard University, Washington, DC 20059, USA. FAU - D'Amour, Gene AU - D'Amour G AD - Office of the President, Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA 70125, USA. FAU - Fernandez-Repollet, Emma AU - Fernandez-Repollet E AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1918-0609 AD - Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, PR 00936, USA. FAU - Khan, Shafiq A AU - Khan SA AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1010-313X AD - Department of Biological Sciences, Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, GA 30314, USA. FAU - Kumar, Deepak AU - Kumar D AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0418-5116 AD - Julius L. Chambers Biomedical/Biotechnology Research Institute, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC 27707, USA. FAU - Shikuma, Cecilia M AU - Shikuma CM AD - Department of Medicine and Hawaii Center for AIDS, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA. FAU - Rivers, Brian M AU - Rivers BM AD - Cancer Health Equity Institute, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA. FAU - Yates, Clayton C AU - Yates CC AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5420-9852 AD - Department of Biology and Center for Cancer Research, Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, AL 36088, USA. FAU - Yanagihara, Richard AU - Yanagihara R AD - Department of Pediatrics, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA. FAU - Thompson, Winston E AU - Thompson WE AD - Department of Physiology and Obstetrics & Gynecology, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA. FAU - Bond, Vincent Craig AU - Bond VC AD - Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry & Immunology, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA. FAU - Harris-Hooker, Sandra AU - Harris-Hooker S AD - Department of Pathology & Anatomy, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA. FAU - McClure, Shelia A AU - McClure SA AD - Office of Research Development, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA. FAU - Ofili, Elizabeth O AU - Ofili EO AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4663-1767 AD - Department of Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA. LA - eng GR - U01GM132771/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - U54 MD007582/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States GR - U13MD014961/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States GR - UL1 TR002378/TR/NCATS NIH HHS/United States GR - G12 MD007590/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States GR - U54MD007579, U54MD007582, U54MD007585, U54MD007590, U54MD007595, U54MD007597,U54MD007600, U54MD007601, U54MD007602, and U54MD012392./MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States GR - U54 MD007590/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States GR - U54MD007584, U54MD008149, U24MD015970, and R25MD007589./MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20210308 PL - Switzerland TA - Int J Environ Res Public Health JT - International journal of environmental research and public health JID - 101238455 SB - IM MH - Humans MH - Maryland MH - *Minority Groups MH - *Research PMC - PMC7967451 OTO - NOTNLM OT - RCMI OT - collaborations OT - inter-institutional OT - partnerships COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2021/04/04 06:00 MHDA- 2021/04/24 06:00 PMCR- 2021/03/08 CRDT- 2021/04/03 01:05 PHST- 2020/12/07 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/02/06 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/03/01 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/04/03 01:05 [entrez] PHST- 2021/04/04 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/04/24 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/03/08 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - ijerph18052727 [pii] AID - ijerph-18-02727 [pii] AID - 10.3390/ijerph18052727 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Mar 8;18(5):2727. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18052727.