title: Leading by Success: Impact of a Clinical and Translational Research Infrastructure Program to Address Health Inequities.
abstract: Building research infrastructure capacity to address clinical and translational gaps has been a focus of funding agencies and foundations. Clinical and Translational Sciences Awards, Research Centers in Minority Institutions Infrastructure for Clinical and Translational Research (RCTR), and the Institutional Development Award Infrastructure for Clinical and Translational Research funded by the US government to fund clinical translational research programs have existed for over a decade to address racial and ethnic health disparities across the USA. While the impact on the nation's health cannot be made in a short period, assessment of a program's impact could be a litmus test to gauge its effectiveness at the institution and communities. We report the success of a Pilot Project Program in the University of Hawaii RCTR Award in advancing careers of emerging investigators and community collaborators. Our findings demonstrated that the investment has a far-reaching impact on engagement with community-based research collaborators, career advancement of health disparity investigators, and favorable impacts on health policy.
authors: Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology, John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM), University of Hawaii at Manoa (UHM), 651 Ilalo Street, BSB 325AA, Honolulu, HI, 96813, USA. bshirami@hawaii.edu.
authors: Bruce
authors: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9833-0256
authors: B
authors: Shiramizu
authors: Pacific Health Research and Education Institute, Honolulu, HI, USA.
authors: Vicki
authors: V
authors: Shambaugh
authors: Pacific Health Research and Education Institute, Honolulu, HI, USA.
authors: Helen
authors: H
authors: Petrovich
authors: Department of Medicine, JABSOM, UHM, Honolulu, HI, USA.
authors: Todd B
authors: TB
authors: Seto
authors: JABSOM, UHM, Honolulu, HI, USA.
authors: Tammy
authors: T
authors: Ho
authors: Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work, UHM, Honolulu, HI, USA.
authors: Noreen
authors: N
authors: Mokuau
authors: JABSOM, UHM, Honolulu, HI, USA.
authors: Jerris R
authors: JR
authors: Hedges
keywords: Clinical research; Health disparity; Health inequity; Translational research