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. Nell Forge – Charles Drew University (Principal Investigator)

      This project will enhance the community engagement initiatives throughout the network’s activities and processes and to facilitate community-based partnerships at the 18 RCMI sites. This project will support the creation of community partnerships and increase the Network’s capacity for incorporating community in all its endeavors.  READ MORE

  • RTRN Small Grants Program

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

      This project will enhance the infrastructure and resources of the RTRN Small Grants Program to more effectively facilitate inter-institutional, cross-disciplinary and community-based collaborations and technology development at RCMI grantee institutions.  READ MORE

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

    • 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)

      Four RTRN Institutions:  Morehouse School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, University of Puerto Rico and Jackson State University/RTRN DTCC, along with 5 other national research universities and institutions, have formed the national resource discovery team funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.  READ MORE