PMID- 34202383 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210803 LR - 20230301 IS - 1660-4601 (Electronic) IS - 1661-7827 (Print) IS - 1660-4601 (Linking) VI - 18 IP - 13 DP - 2021 Jun 25 TI - The Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI) Consortium: A Blueprint for Inclusive Excellence. LID - 10.3390/ijerph18136848 [doi] LID - 6848 AB - The Research Centers in Minority Institutions, (RCMI) Program was established by Congress to address the health research and training needs of minority populations, by preparing future generations of scientists at these institutions, with a track record of producing minority scholars in medicine, science, and technology. The RCMI Consortium consists of the RCMI Specialized Centers and a Coordinating Center (CC). The RCMI-CC leverages the scientific expertise, technologies, and innovations of RCMI Centers to accelerate the delivery of solutions to address health disparities in communities that are most impacted. There is increasing recognition that the gap in representation of racial/ethnic groups and women is perpetuated by institutional cultures lacking inclusion and equity. The objective of this work is to provide a framework for inclusive excellence by developing a systematic evaluation process with common data elements that can track the inter-linked goals of workforce diversity and health equity. At its core, the RCMI Program embodies the trinity of diversity, equity, and inclusion. We propose a realist evaluation framework and a logic model that integrates the institutional context to develop common data metrics for inclusive excellence. The RCMI-CC will collaborate with NIH-funded institutions and research consortia to disseminate and scale this model. FAU - Ofili, Elizabeth O AU - Ofili EO AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4663-1767 AD - Community Health and Preventive Medicine and the RCMI Coordinating Center, Departments of Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA. FAU - Sarpong, Daniel AU - Sarpong D AD - Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities for Research and Education, College of Pharmacy, Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA 70125, 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 - Tchounwou, Paul B AU - Tchounwou PB AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-3407-6674 AD - RCMI Center for Health Disparities Research, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS 39217, USA. FAU - Fernandez-Repollet, Emma AU - Fernandez-Repollet E AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1918-0609 AD - Center for Collaborative Research in Health Disparities, Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR 00936, USA. FAU - Malouhi, Mohamad AU - Malouhi M AD - RCMI Center for Health Disparities Research, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS 39217, USA. FAU - Idris, Muhammed Y AU - Idris MY AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-3899-3728 AD - Community Health and Preventive Medicine and the RCMI Coordinating Center, Departments of Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA. FAU - Lawson, Kimberly AU - Lawson K AD - Community Health and Preventive Medicine and the RCMI Coordinating Center, Departments of Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA. FAU - Spring, Nadine H AU - Spring NH AD - Community Health and Preventive Medicine and the RCMI Coordinating Center, Departments of Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA. FAU - Rivers, Brian M AU - Rivers BM AD - Community Health and Preventive Medicine and the RCMI Coordinating Center, Departments of Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA. LA - eng GR - U54 MD007585/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States GR - U54 MD012388/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States GR - U01GM132771/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - U54 MD007579/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States GR - U54 MD007597/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States GR - U54 MD007598/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States GR - U54 MD013376/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States GR - U54 MD007590/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States GR - U54 GM104940/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - U54 MD007605/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States GR - U54 MD007592/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States GR - U54 MD015946/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States GR - U24MD015970/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States GR - U54 MD015929/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States GR - U13 MD014961/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States GR - U54 MD012392/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States GR - U54 MD012397/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States GR - U54 MD007586/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States GR - U54 MD007600/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States GR - UL1TR002378/TR/NCATS NIH HHS/United States GR - U54 MD007595/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States GR - U54 MD007601/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States GR - U54 MD007584/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States GR - U54 MD007582/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States GR - U54 MD012393/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States GR - U54 MD013368/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20210625 PL - Switzerland TA - Int J Environ Res Public Health JT - International journal of environmental research and public health JID - 101238455 SB - IM MH - Ethnicity MH - *Health Equity MH - Humans MH - *Minority Groups MH - Racial Groups MH - Workforce PMC - PMC8296926 OTO - NOTNLM OT - RCMI OT - health equity OT - inclusive excellence OT - realist evaluation OT - workforce diversity COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. The funders had no role in the design of the study; in the collection, analyses, or interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript, or in the decision to publish the results. EDAT- 2021/07/03 06:00 MHDA- 2021/08/04 06:00 PMCR- 2021/06/25 CRDT- 2021/07/02 01:13 PHST- 2021/06/07 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/06/11 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/06/17 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/07/02 01:13 [entrez] PHST- 2021/07/03 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/08/04 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/06/25 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - ijerph18136848 [pii] AID - ijerph-18-06848 [pii] AID - 10.3390/ijerph18136848 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Jun 25;18(13):6848. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18136848.