PROJECT SUMMARY: Dissemination, Implementation, and Community Engagement (DICE) Core The Dissemination, Implementation, and Community Engagement (DICE) Core recognizes the transformative potential of well-equipped and diverse teams of scholars, scientists, and clinicians collaborating with patients, advocates, and communities to drive meaningful and sustained progress in addressing rheumatic and musculoskeletal disease (RMDs), both in the Deep South and nationally. Led by a strong multi-disciplinary team with expertise in D&I science, community engagement, research recruitment, virtual/digital, and other novel strategies, the DICE Core will endeavor to make notable strides towards realizing health equity and enhancing health outcomes for underrepresented racial/ethnic groups and rural populations by pursuing the following aims: Aim 1: To Facilitate the Recruitment of Diverse People Living with RMDs for BIGDATA Research Projects. The DICE Core will aid in the adoption and implementation of evidence-based innovative strategies for engaging underrepresented race/ethnic and rural populations, ensuring their meaningful participation in RMD research studies. Via hybrid engagement methods, including online communities and registries, social media campaigns, and direct-to-patient recruitment approaches, DICE will promote inclusivity to reach these underrepresented groups. Aim 2. To Provide Comprehensive and Innovative Resources to the BIGDATA Research Community in Dissemination and Implementation (D&I) Science. We will offer comprehensive consultation and support to RMD researchers enabling them to effectively test interventions to implement, de-implement, and disseminate evidence-based interventions to improve outcomes for people living with RMD. Consultations will build on expertise in patient D&I theory, patient navigation, and training/ enrichment. These offerings will equip researchers with the knowledge and skills necessary to translate RMD research discoveries into practice. Aim 3. To Engage Communities to Promote Equity in Recruitment, Dissemination, Implementation and in other BIGDATA Research. In this cross-cutting aim, the DICE Core will function as a conduit for enabling bidirectional communication between RMD researchers and RMD communities by leveraging the collaboration of an overarching Patient Advisory Committee (PAC). In its entirety, the DICE Core will assume a pivotal role in equipping investigators aligned to NIAMS-mission and the BIGDATA subtheme of health equity and community engagement with the skills, assets, and virtual mechanisms to propagate research discoveries effectively as well as amplify the involvement and enlistment of historically marginalized groups. As we pursue the aims outlined by the DICE Core, we are dedicated to fostering equity, addressing health disparities, being culturally sensitive, and responsive to the unique needs of underrepresented populations living with RMD. We aim to bridge the gap between research ...