The National Center for Research Resources provides grants to establish Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMIs). This program enhances the research capacity and infrastructure at minority colleges and universities that offer doctorates in health professions or health sciences. The eighteen RCMI locations along with contact information are provided below:
ALABAMA - TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY
RCMI Program Director: Dr. Cesar D. Fermin
t. 334-727-8786
f. 334-724-4672
cfermin@tuskegee.edu
CALIFORNIA - CHARLES R. DREW
UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE
RCMI Program Director: Dr. Richard S. Baker
t. 323.563.5911
f. 323.563.4889
rbaker2@ucla.edu
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - HOWARD UNIVERSITY
RCMI Program Director: Dr. William Southerland
t. 202.806.9711
f. 202.806.5784
wsoutherland@howard.edu
FLORIDA - FLORIDA A&M UNIVERSITY
RCMI Program Director: Dr. Karam Soliman
t. 850.599.3301
f. 850.599.3347
karam.soliman@famu.edu
GEORGIA - CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY
RCMI Program Director: Dr. Shafiq A. Khan
t. 404.880.6795
f. 404.880.8065
skhan@cau.edu
GEORGIA - MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
RCMI Program Director: Dr. Craig Bond
t. 404.752.1862
f. 404.752.1978
bond@msm.edu
HAWAII - UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII
RCMI Program Director: Dr. Richard Yanagihara
t. 800.732.7702
f. 800.732.7544
yanagiha@pbrc.hawaii.edu
MARYLAND - MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
RCMI Program Director: Dr. Juarine Stewart
t. 443.885.4025
f. 443.885.8215
jstewar2@jewel.morgan.edu
MISSISSIPPI - JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY
RCMI Program Director: Dr. Abdul K. A. Mohamed
t. 601.979.2153
f. 601.979.2058
abdul.k.mohamed@ccaix.jsums.edu
NEW YORK - CITY COLLEGE, CUNY
RCMI Program Director: Dr. Jerry Guyden
t. 212.650.8449
f. 212.650.7986
jerry@scisun.sci.ccny.cuny.edu
NEW YORK - HUNTER COLLEGE, CUNY
RCMI Program Director: Dr. Robert P. Dottin
t. 212.772.5171
f. 212.772.5466
dottin@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu
PUERTO RICO - UNIVERSIDAD
CENTRAL DEL CARIBE
RCMI Program Director: Dr. Eddy Rios-Olivares
t. 787.798.4050
f. 787.798.6836
erios@uccaribe.edu
PUERTO RICO - UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO
MEDICAL SCIENCES CAMPUS
RCMI Program Director: Dr. Emma Fernandez-Repollet
t. 787.763.9401
f. 787.758.5206
efernandez@rcm.upr.edu
PUERTO RICO - PONCE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
RCMI Program Director: Dr. Yasuhiro Yamamura
t. 787.841.5150
f. 787.841.5159
yy11@coqui.net
TENNESSEE - MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE
RCMI Program Director: Dr. James Townsel
t. 615.327.6847
f. 615.327.6179
jtownsel@mail.mmc.edu
TEXAS - TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY
RCMI Program Director: Dr. Barbara Hayes
t. 713.313.4277
f. 713.313.4219
hayes_be@tsu.edu
TEXAS - UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, EL PASO
RCMI Program Director: Dr. Eppie Rael
t. 915.747.6886
f. 915.747.5908
erael@utep.edu
TEXAS - UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, SAN ANTONIO
RCMI Program Director: Dr. Joe L. Martinez, Jr.
t. 210.458.4279
f. 210.458.7846
jmartinez@utsa.edu
RCMI CLINICAL RESEARCH CENTERS
AND CONTACT INFORMATION
CALIFORNIA - CHARLES R. DREW UNIVERSITY OF
MEDICINE AND SCIENCE
Program Director: Dr. Keith C. Norris
t. 323.249.5702
f. 323.357.0747
knorris@ucla.edu
GEORGIA - MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Program Director: Dr. Elizabeth Ofili
t. 404.752.1192
f. 404.752.1840
ofilie@msm.edu
HAWAII - UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII
Program Director: Dr. David Easa
t. 808.983.6233
f. 808.983.6240
davide@kapiolani.org
PUERTO RICO - UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO,
MEDICAL SCIENCES CAMPUS
Program Director: Dr. Julio Benabe
t. 787.759.0306
f. 787.759.0305
jbenabe@rcm.upr.edu
TENNESSEE: MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE
Program Director: Dr. David Grandison
t. 615.327.6353
f. 615.327.5835
dgrandison@mmc.edu