Abstract In congruence with the mission of the NIMHD funded RCMI program, the Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) has continued to address health equity. In alignment with the MSM Strategic Plan, the Administrative Core (Admin. Core) will develop and strengthen the research infrastructure necessary to achieve this goal. The Admin. Core will continue to provide coordination and logistical support for four Cores [Research Infrastructure Core (RIC), Investigator Development Core (IDC), Community Engagement Core (CEC) and a Recruitment Core], plus 3 research projects. It will also continue to support health equity related research, intellectual activities (e.g., lectures and seminars), workshops and research retreats, while continually broadening our community partnerships across Georgia through the initial fostering of multidisciplinary translational teams (MDTT). This describes addressing all sides of health disparities in a team-based structure ultimately leading to health equity. We will leverage the U54 resources at hand, other MSM resources into rural communities to expand our program impact into the rural communities using our MDTT concept of coordinated basic, clinical, and community research. And we will develop structures so that other researchers can access this platform bringing to bear all aspects of MSM’s capability on those communities. Thus, in this cycle the U54 Admin. Core will be redesigned to provide oversight, coordination, support, and logistics for the various cores to expand the CTRHD ability to emphasize cutting edge translational research through MDTT’s in both our current urban communities as well as expanding our reach into rural communities. This will be accomplished through further linking MSM’s basic, clinical, and community researchers and research, and enhancing our ability to build the next generation of health disparities researchers. The CTRHD will achieve the above through the following aims and specific objectives: SA1: Support administrative and logistical support to all CTRHD cores, projects, and oversight for all CTRHD activities and partnerships; SA2: Supervise and evaluate the impact of the CTRHD and its cores for enhancing MSM’s mission of health equity research; increasing productivity of investigators; and MSM’s overall success in obtaining extramural research funding. SA3: Coordinate with the RCMI Coordinating Center with other RCMI institutions, NIH/NIMHD and other NIH funded centers and programs across Georgia (i.e., GaCTSA).