Multi-site Collaboration

RTRN is supporting multi-site research collaborations.  Researchers at the 18 RCMI centers are collaborating to generate new study ideas and pooling both their intellectual and technological resources to address health disparities.


Duke/RTRN Clinical Network Feasibility Award

• Meredith Nahm, M.S. - Duke Translational Medicine Institute

• M. Edwina Barnett, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A, C.C.B.M.I, F.A.C.P

• RTRN Data Technology Coordinating Center

• M. Theresa Perry, M.S. - RTRN Data Technology Coordinating Center

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA): Advance Translational (T1T2) Research

• Collaborative Community Engagement Research

  • Dr. Keith Norris – Charles Drew University (RTRN Principal Investigator)

  • Loretta Jones – Charles Drew University (RTRN Liaison)

  • Dr. Donna Antoine-LaVigne – Jackson State University/Jackson Heart Study (RTRN Liaison)

  • Dr. Nell Forge – Charles Drew University (RTRN Liaison)

• RTRN Small Grants Program

  • Dr. Keith Norris – Charles Drew University (RTRN Principal Investigator)

  • Dr. Richard Yanagihara – University of Hawaii (RTRN Co-Principal Investigator)

• Accelerating Translational Research across the RCMI Translational Research Network (RTRN) by providing integrated tools and an environment for sharing and mining large datasets

  • Dr. Keith Norris – Charles Drew University (RTRN Principal Investigator)

  • Dr. James Perkins – Jackson State University/RTRN Data Technology Coordinating Center (RTRN DTCC Principal Investigator)

  • M. Theresa Perry - Jackson State University/RTRN Data Technology Coordinating Center (Project Lead)

• U24 – Resource Discovery (eagle-i)

  • Dr. James Perkins – Jackson State University/RTRN Data Technology Coordinating Center (RTRN DTCC Principal Investigator)