Strengthening and Sustaining Inter-Institutional Research Collaborations and Partnerships

Jerris R Hedges¹, Karam F A Soliman², William M Southerland³, Gene D'Amour⁴, Emma Fernández-Repollet⁵, Shafiq A Khan⁶, Deepak Kumar⁷, Cecilia M Shikuma⁸, Brian M Rivers⁹, Clayton C Yates¹⁰, Richard Yanagihara¹¹, Winston E Thompson¹², Vincent Craig Bond¹³, Sandra Harris-Hooker¹⁴, Shelia A McClure¹⁵, Elizabeth O Ofili¹⁶

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¹ Department of Medicine and Surgery, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA.
² Department of Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, Tallahassee, FL 32307, USA.
³ Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, Howard University, Washington, DC 20059, USA.
⁴ Office of the President, Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA 70125, USA.
⁵ Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, PR 00936, USA.
⁶ Department of Biological Sciences, Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, GA 30314, USA.
⁷ Julius L. Chambers Biomedical/Biotechnology Research Institute, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC 27707, USA.
⁸ Department of Medicine and Hawaii Center for AIDS, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA.
⁹ Cancer Health Equity Institute, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Biology and Center for Cancer Research, Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, AL 36088, USA.
¹¹ Department of Pediatrics, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA.
¹² Department of Physiology and Obstetrics & Gynecology, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA.
¹³ Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry & Immunology, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA.
¹⁴ Department of Pathology & Anatomy, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA.
¹⁵ Office of Research Development, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA.
¹⁶ Department of Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA.

PMID: 33800316
PMCID: PMC7967451
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18052727

Strengthening and Sustaining Inter-Institutional Research Collaborations and Partnerships

Jerris R Hedges et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021.

. 2021 Mar 8;18(5):2727.

doi: 10.3390/ijerph18052727.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine and Surgery, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA.
² Department of Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, Tallahassee, FL 32307, USA.
³ Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, Howard University, Washington, DC 20059, USA.
⁴ Office of the President, Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA 70125, USA.
⁵ Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, PR 00936, USA.
⁶ Department of Biological Sciences, Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, GA 30314, USA.
⁷ Julius L. Chambers Biomedical/Biotechnology Research Institute, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC 27707, USA.
⁸ Department of Medicine and Hawaii Center for AIDS, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA.
⁹ Cancer Health Equity Institute, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Biology and Center for Cancer Research, Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, AL 36088, USA.
¹¹ Department of Pediatrics, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA.
¹² Department of Physiology and Obstetrics & Gynecology, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA.
¹³ Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry & Immunology, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA.
¹⁴ Department of Pathology & Anatomy, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA.
¹⁵ Office of Research Development, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA.
¹⁶ Department of Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA.

PMID: 33800316
PMCID: PMC7967451
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18052727

Abstract

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.

Keywords: RCMI; collaborations; inter-institutional; partnerships.

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