# Community Engagement Core

> **NIH NIH U54** · MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · 2022 · $353,127

## Abstract

The Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) vision as detailed in our current Strategic Plan is “leading the creation and
advancement of health equity”. To accomplish this vision, and ultimately health equity, new structures are required.
More rapid translation of research discoveries has been facilitated through a “team-based approach” to address the
health of the people and communities. This means bringing biomedical, clinical, and behavioral investigators and others
together in Multidisciplinary Translational Teams (MDTT’s) focused on a health disparity that bring to bear their
combined expertise to address populations health translating discoveries into practical solutions. MSM RCMI Program
has been successful at developing research infrastructure including researchers. This application has been developed to
bring the expertise of the RCMI Program Cores, with Community and Clinical researchers and partners to build
Multidisciplinary Translational Teams across the T spectrum targeted at more rapid translation of health disparities (e.g.,
Cancer, Stroke, Infectious Diseases, Cardiometabolic Disease, Reproductive Health) by expanding the baseline research
infrastructure established by Morehouse School of Medicine. The primary objectives are to build those teams through
research projects targeted at health disparities, and to develop a pipeline of developing research teams at MSM, and to
increase the level of involvement of investigators in conducting MDTT research at MSM. The U54 Center for
Translational Research in Health Disparities (CTRHD) consists of five Cores (Administrative, Research Infrastructure,
Investigation Development, Community Engagement, and Recruitment); Three Research Projects; an evaluation
component attached to the Administrative Core, and a Pilot Project Program attached to the Investigator Development
Core. With these assets and activities, the CTRHD will accomplish its goal through the following Aims:
AIM 1: Transform Our Institution. Build processes and structures facilitating development of competitive
multidisciplinary translational teams (MDTTs), allowing MSM to emerge as the preeminent, research-intensive, minority
serving academic health center in the nation.
AIM 2: Transform the MSM Research Environment. Develop collaborations allowing MSM faculty to do cutting edge
translational health disparities research.
AIM 3: Transform the Community of Scientists. Promote and accelerate training and mentoring capabilities at MSM,
leading to the next generation of leaders in health disparities multidisciplinary translational research.
 AIM 4. Transform Our Community. Facilitate integration of Basic Research with Community Engagement.
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## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10636983
- **Project number:** 3U54MD007602-35S1
- **Recipient organization:** MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
- **Principal Investigator:** RONALD Lloyd BRAITHWAITE
- **Activity code:** U54 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $353,127
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 1997-07-07 → 2023-05-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10636983

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10636983, Community Engagement Core (3U54MD007602-35S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10636983. Licensed CC0.

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