In February 2002, a consortium of 18 RCMI institutions convened to discuss creation of the RCMI Translational Research Network, RTRN. They envisioned a network that would conduct, for the first time in history, highly structured multi-site studies focusing on minority populations at minority institutions generating results that could be translated to major health benefits from all patients.
RTRN is funded by the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) and co-funded by the National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Founding RTRN Institutions
•Charles R. Drew University •City College of New York •Clark Atlanta University •Florida A&M University •Howard University •Hunter College-CUNY •Jackson State University • Meharry Medical College •Morehouse School of Medicine •Ponce School of Medicine •Texas Southern University •Tuskegee University •Universidad Central Del Caribe •University of Hawaii at Manoa •University of Puerto Rico-Medical Sciences Campus •University of Texas at El Paso •University of Texas at San Antonio •Xavier University of Louisiana