PMID- 36612513 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230309 LR - 20240322 IS - 1660-4601 (Electronic) IS - 1661-7827 (Print) IS - 1660-4601 (Linking) VI - 20 IP - 1 DP - 2022 Dec 23 TI - Building Research Infrastructure: The Development of a Technical Assistance Group-Service Center at an RCMI. LID - 10.3390/ijerph20010191 [doi] LID - 191 AB - As one of the Research Centers for Minority Institutions (RCMI), the Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative (SHERC) worked over the first five-year period of funding to foster the advancement of Early Stage Investigators, enhance the quality of health disparities research, and increase institution research capacity in basic Biomedical, Behavioral, and/or Clinical research; all priorities of RCMIs. In year 4, the Technical Assistance Group-Service Center (TAG-SC) was created to help achieve these goals. The TAG-SC provides one-on-one investigator project development support, including research design, data capture, and analysis. Successful implementation of the TAG-SC was tracked using Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap), a secure, web-based software platform allowing for immediate tracking and evaluation processes. In the first two years, 86 tickets were submitted through the REDCap system for methodological support by TAG-SC experts (faculty and staff) for assistance with health-equity related research, primarily SHERC and externally funded Social/Behavioral research projects. The TAG-SC increased the research capacity for investigators, especially within the SHERC. In this manuscript, we describe the methods used to create the TAG-SC and the REDCap tracking system and lessons learned, which can help other RCMIs interested in creating a similar service center offering an innovative way to build methodological infrastructure. FAU - Lininger, Monica R AU - Lininger MR AD - Department of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA. AD - Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA. FAU - Kirby, Christine AU - Kirby C AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1809-352X AD - Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA. FAU - Laurila, Kelly A AU - Laurila KA AD - Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA. AD - Center for Health Equity Research, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA. FAU - Roy, Indrakshi AU - Roy I AD - Center for Health Equity Research, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA. FAU - Coder, Marcelle AU - Coder M AD - Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA. AD - Center for Health Equity Research, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA. FAU - Propper, Catherine R AU - Propper CR AD - Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA. AD - Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA. FAU - Trotter, Robert T 2nd AU - Trotter RT 2nd AD - Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA. FAU - Baldwin, Julie A AU - Baldwin JA AD - Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA. AD - Center for Health Equity Research, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA. LA - eng GR - U54 MD012388/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States GR - U54MD012388/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20221223 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 - *Biomedical Research/methods MH - *Minority Groups MH - Software PMC - PMC9819411 OTO - NOTNLM OT - REDCap OT - behavioral and social sciences OT - early stage investigator OT - methodological support OT - research infrastructure COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2023/01/09 06:00 MHDA- 2023/01/11 06:00 PMCR- 2022/12/23 CRDT- 2023/01/08 01:10 PHST- 2022/10/28 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/12/07 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/12/19 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/01/08 01:10 [entrez] PHST- 2023/01/09 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/01/11 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/12/23 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - ijerph20010191 [pii] AID - ijerph-20-00191 [pii] AID - 10.3390/ijerph20010191 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Dec 23;20(1):191. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20010191.