PMID- 36554864
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20221226
LR  - 20231106
IS  - 1660-4601 (Electronic)
IS  - 1661-7827 (Print)
IS  - 1660-4601 (Linking)
VI  - 19
IP  - 24
DP  - 2022 Dec 17
TI  - Research Infrastructure Core Facilities at Research Centers in Minority 
      Institutions: Part I-Research Resources Management, Operation, and Best 
      Practices.
LID - 10.3390/ijerph192416979 [doi]
LID - 16979
AB  - 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.
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 - Malouhi, Mohamad
AU  - Malouhi M
AD  - RCMI Center for Health Disparities Research, Jackson State University, Jackson, 
      MS 39217, USA.
FAU - Ofili, Elizabeth O
AU  - Ofili EO
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4663-1767
AD  - Department of Clinical and Translational Sciences, Morehouse School of Medicine, 
      Atlanta, GA 30310, USA.
FAU - Fernandez-Repollet, Emma
AU  - Fernandez-Repollet E
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1918-0609
AD  - Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Puerto Rico Medical 
      Sciences Campus, San Juan, PR 00936, USA.
FAU - Sarpong, Daniel F
AU  - Sarpong DF
AD  - Office of Health Equity Research, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, 
      CT 06510, USA.
FAU - Yanagihara, Richard
AU  - Yanagihara R
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9347-8614
AD  - Department of Pediatrics & Department of Medicine, John A. Burns School of 
      Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA.
FAU - Aguilera, Renato J
AU  - Aguilera RJ
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3765-2793
AD  - RCMI Border Biomedical Research Center, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, 
      TX 79968, USA.
FAU - Ayon, Cecilia
AU  - Ayon C
AD  - School of Public Policy, University of California-Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, 
      USA.
FAU - Chen, Xiaoxin
AU  - Chen X
AD  - RCMI Center for Health Disparities Research, North Carolina Central University, 
      Durham, NC 27707, USA.
FAU - Dasmahapatra, Asok
AU  - Dasmahapatra A
AD  - RCMI Center for Health Disparities Research, Jackson State University, Jackson, 
      MS 39217, USA.
FAU - Gao, Song
AU  - Gao S
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-2361-3494
AD  - Center for Biomedical and Minority Health Research, Texas Southern University, 
      Houston, TX 77004, USA.
FAU - Hinton, Cimona V
AU  - Hinton CV
AD  - Department of Biological Sciences, Center for Cancer Research and Therapeutic 
      Development, Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, GA 30314, USA.
FAU - Holt, Robert
AU  - Holt R
AD  - Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN 
      37208, USA.
FAU - Kolesnichenko, Vladimir
AU  - Kolesnichenko V
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5497-7085
AD  - College of Pharmacy, Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA 70125, USA.
FAU - Powell, Michael D
AU  - Powell MD
AD  - Department of Clinical and Translational Sciences, Morehouse School of Medicine, 
      Atlanta, GA 30310, USA.
FAU - Merchant, Fatima
AU  - Merchant F
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8218-9454
AD  - Department of Engineering Technology, College of Technology, University of 
      Houston, Houston, TX 77004, USA.
FAU - Redda, Kinfe K
AU  - Redda KK
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-3526-8387
AD  - College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Florida Agricultural and 
      Mechanical University, Tallahassee, FL 32307, USA.
FAU - Roche-Lima, Abiel
AU  - Roche-Lima A
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-2246-6744
AD  - Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Puerto Rico Medical 
      Sciences Campus, San Juan, PR 00936, USA.
FAU - Shikuma, Cecilia M
AU  - Shikuma CM
AD  - Department of Pediatrics & Department of Medicine, John A. Burns School of 
      Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA.
FAU - Stevens, Jacqueline J
AU  - Stevens JJ
AD  - RCMI Center for Health Disparities Research, Jackson State University, Jackson, 
      MS 39217, USA.
FAU - Torres, Jose A
AU  - Torres JA
AD  - Department of Basic Sciences, Ponce Health Sciences University, Ponce, PR 00716, 
      USA.
FAU - Trotter, Robert T
AU  - Trotter RT
AD  - Center for Health Equity Research, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 
      86011, USA.
FAU - Wachira, James
AU  - Wachira J
AD  - RCMI Center for Urban Health Disparities Research and Innovation, Morgan State 
      University, Baltimore, MD 21251, USA.
FAU - Wang, Paul
AU  - Wang P
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8219-7051
AD  - Department of Radiology, Howard University, Washington, DC 20059, USA.
FAU - Wells, Kristen J
AU  - Wells KJ
AD  - Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182, USA.
FAU - White, Jason
AU  - White J
AD  - RCMI Center for Biomedical Research, Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, AL 36088, 
      USA.
FAU - Wu, Yanyuan
AU  - Wu Y
AD  - Department of Internal Medicine, Charles R. Drew University, Los Angeles, CA 
      90095, USA.
LA  - eng
GR  - U54 MD012388/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States
GR  - U54 MD007579/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States
GR  - U54 MD007600/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States
GR  - U54 MD007582/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States
GR  - U54 MD007598/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States
GR  - U54 MD007597/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States
GR  - U54 MD007601/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States
GR  - U54 MD007585/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States
GR  - U54 MD012392/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States
GR  - U54 MD007590/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States
GR  - U54 MD007595/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States
GR  - U54 MD007602/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States
GR  - U54 MD015946/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States
GR  - U54 MD012397/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States
GR  - U54 MD015929/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States
GR  - U54 MD007586/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States
GR  - U54 MD007605/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States
GR  - U54 MD012393/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States
GR  - T37 MD001376/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States
GR  - U54 MD007592/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States
GR  - U54 GM138062/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States
GR  - U24 MD015970/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States
GR  - T37 MD001368/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States
GR  - U24MD015970/NH/NIH HHS/United States
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
DEP - 20221217
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Int J Environ Res Public Health
JT  - International journal of environmental research and public health
JID - 101238455
SB  - IM
MH  - United States
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Biomedical Research
MH  - Minority Groups
MH  - National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
MH  - Minority Health
MH  - Research Personnel
PMC - PMC9779820
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - RCMI program
OT  - best practices
OT  - laboratory management and operation
OT  - research infrastructure core
COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2022/12/24 06:00
MHDA- 2022/12/27 06:00
PMCR- 2022/12/17
CRDT- 2022/12/23 01:30
PHST- 2022/10/11 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2022/12/04 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2022/12/14 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2022/12/23 01:30 [entrez]
PHST- 2022/12/24 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/12/27 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2022/12/17 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - ijerph192416979 [pii]
AID - ijerph-19-16979 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/ijerph192416979 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Dec 17;19(24):16979. doi: 
      10.3390/ijerph192416979.