What is the goal of the RTRN?
The overarching goal of RTRN is to produce tangible health benefits for diverse minority populations across the country through a translational research network aimed at reducing health disparities. The Network design therefore was created to look at diseases and areas of health concerns that impact most minority and underserved communities— diseases such as cardiovascular disease and related diseases, neuroscience and mental health, metabolic diseases, cancer and HIV-AIDS. Researchers from each of the RCMI centers across the nation will have the opportunity to collaborate, transfer knowledge, and communicate with others conducting research in the same health area. Important to health disparities work are activities that engage community, provide education, and disseminate evidence-based findings. All research activities will be supported by the Data Technology Coordinating Center.
