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5 The National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities
Pages 72-77

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... NCMHD plays two key roles within the NIH minority health and health disparities program and Strategic Plan. First, as a newly created center, NCMHD oversees extensive funding programs directed at research infrastructure and capacity, including institutional endowment awards, the Centers of Excellence Program, and the Loan Repayment Programs.
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From page 73...
... NCMHD has established two distinct programs: the Health Disparities Research Loan Repayment Program and the Extramural Clinical Research Loan Repayment Program for Individuals from Disadvantaged Backgrounds. Both programs repay up to $35,000 per year for education loan
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From page 74...
... The Extramural Clinical Research Loan Repayment Program for Individuals from Disadvantaged Backgrounds is designed to attract health professionals from low-income families into clinical research (including, but not limited to, health disparities research)
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From page 75...
... RIMI's primary goal is to strengthen the integration of teaching and research at predominantly minority-serving academic institutions, through support of faculty training, especially as it relates to research in areas that address the elimination of health disparities, student training, educational experiences that will encourage students and faculty to conduct health disparities research, and academic infrastructure. The MHIRT Program, formerly the Minority International Research Training Program, provides opportunities for approximately 300 U.S.
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From page 76...
... Resources and Capacity of the NCMHD Given its dual missions as a grant-making center and as an apparent coordinator and manager of the trans-NIH minority health and health disparities program and the Strategic Plan, NCMHD considers its financial base and staffing resources to be inadequate. Although NCMHD's budget and staffing have increased since its creation, its leadership and Advisory Council still regard these
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From page 77...
... . Science Leadership and Presence Within the NCMHD A critical need for the coordination and management of the minority health and health disparities research program and the Strategic Plan involves the presence of distinguished science leadership and expertise in minority health and health disparities within, and available to, NCMHD for the trans-NIH research program and the Strategic Plan.
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