# Research Infrastructure Core

> **NIH NIH U54** · NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY · 2021 · $483,808

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY
The Southwest Heath Equity Research Collaborative (SHERC) Research Infrastructure Core (RIC) is
responsible for supporting SHERC and affiliated personnel to acquire, develop, implement and disseminate
cutting-edge interdisciplinary research methods and emerging technologies for all SHERC projects and all
community partners. The RIC will provide coordinated research design, methodological expertise, informatics,
and statistical support for each of the SHERC cores and projects. The RIC will also provide research
infrastructure support to community partners engaged in health equity collaborative research. The primary
function of the RIC is to ensure the success of all of the SHERC projects and faculty by making scientific
research design, methodological, and statistical resources available to investigators, trainees, faculty, and
community partners, to address health disparities in our region. The aims of the RIC are to: (1) Support
innovative acquisition and application of interdisciplinary and cutting-edge methods and emerging technologies
for all SHERC cores, projects, programs, investigators, and community partners through NAU resources and
(2) Enhance the quality and impact of biomedical, clinical, and behavioral research by providing external
methodological expertise for SHERC investigators, projects and programs through collaborations with other
NIH supported centers, RTRN institutions, and research partners. The RIC core resources include: 1)
personnel with expertise in methods and statistics, research design, development, and computation/data
analysis services for multidisciplinary health research projects and programs, 2) enhancement of core
laboratory facilities that are dedicated to interdisciplinary research programs to address health disparities, 3) a
rapidly developing health informatics infrastructure, and 4) a set of strong community partnerships that support
the overall mission of SHERC.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10207298
- **Project number:** 5U54MD012388-05
- **Recipient organization:** NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** ROBERT TALBOT TROTTER
- **Activity code:** U54 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $483,808
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2017-09-20 → 2022-09-19

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10207298

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10207298, Research Infrastructure Core (5U54MD012388-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-27 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10207298. Licensed CC0.

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