Welcome

The Research Center in Minority Institutions at Miami Dade’s Florida International University will focus on developing and sustaining a national, clinical and behavioral research program addressing health inequities and disparities primarily associated with HIV and COVID-19, Alzheimer’s disease and childhood cancer among minority populations. Our vision is a South Florida where all populations have an equal opportunity to live long, healthy and productive lives.

Points of Pride

million dollars in COVID-19 administrative supplemental awards

million dollars for Pilot Research Awards

thousand dollars in community funding supported by FIU-RCMI

external speakers hosted

transdisciplinary departments engaged with the FIU-RCMI

News

Announcing the 2024-25 FIU-RCMI CREG Awardees

We are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2024-25 Community Research Enhancement Grant (CREG) awards! This year’s awardees include: 1. Healthy Start Coalition of Miami-Dade2. Miami Music...

2024 FIU-RCMI Health Equity Symposium to Connect Researchers & Community Organizations

The FIU Research Center in Minority Institutions (FIU-RCMI) is geared up to host a significant gathering of faculty, staff, researchers, and community leaders for the annual FIU-RCMI Health Equity...

The National Kidney Foundation Awards Dr. Janet Diaz Martinez the NFK Health Equity Community Engagement Award

Janet Diaz-Martinez, PhD, RD, LDN, FIU-RCMI postdoctoral associate, was selected by the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) for the 2023 NFK Health Equity Community Engagement Award, for her...

FIU-RCMI Graduate Assistant, María Eugenia Contreras Pérez, Announced Among the Winners of the Stempel College Research Day 2024

María Eugenia Contreras Pérez, M.S., FIU-RCMI Graduate Assistant and Ph.D. student in Social Welfare, recently presented at the Stempel College Research Day 2024, where numerous fellow doctoral...

FIU-RCMI Receives Renewal Funding of $19.4M for Additional 5 Years

The National Institutes of Health renewed the FIU-RCMI for an additional five years to continue health disparities research and training. The $19.4 million grant is FIU's largest NIH award to date....

FIU-RCMI Publishes COVID-19 Virtual Town Hall Preliminary Findings

The FIU RCMI is pleased to present recently published work on “Virtual Town Halls addressing vaccine hesitancy among racial and ethnic minorities: Preliminary findings” in the Journal of the American Pharmacists Association. Please visit this link to read more: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.japh.2021.11.005