Recent 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

Dr. Jessy Dévieux Receives FIU-RCMI Supplement

Dr. Jessy Dévieux, Professor, Department of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work, has received an FIU-RCMI supplement to address health...

Dr. Jason Mitchell Receives FIU-RCMI Supplement

Dr. Jason Mitchell, Associate Professor, Department of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work, has received an FIU-RCMI supplement to...

Drs. Hospital & Howard Visit Our Community Partner, UHI Medical

Our own Dr. Michelle Hospital and Dr. Melissa Howard, #FIURCMI Community Engagement Core Faculty, visited our community partner, @UHImedical, to discuss their Community Research Engagement Grant and...

FIU-RCMI Research in Progress Seminar featuring Dr. Raymond Balise

The FIU-RCMI Research Infrastructure Core hosted a Research in Progress Seminar entitled, SCAN360: A Web Platform for Studying Cancer, HIV and Other Diseases Across Florida, featuring Dr. Raymond...

ACE Project Blog

ACE PROJECT GRADUATE STUDENT RECEIVES TRAVEL AWARD

ACE Project second-year Graduate Student, Benjelene Sutherland, in the Cognitive Neuroscience program, was awarded the Spring and Summer 2022 Edward and Rita Girden Cognitive Neuroscience...

ACE PROJECT GRADUATE STUDENT RECEIVES NIAAA/NIDA EARLY CAREER INVESTIGATOR AWARD

ACE Project Graduate Student Julie Cristello received an Early Career Investigator Award from the National Institute of Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse (R13AA022858). This will fund her participation...

ACE PROJECT HOSTS WEBINAR ON E-CIGARETTE USE FOR M-DCPS SSCs

ACE Project graduate students, Benjelene Sutherland and Katharine Crooks, provided a webinar on e-cigarette use/vaping to Miami-Dade County Public Schools Student Success Centers (M-DCPS SSCs)....

FIU-RCMI News Archive

Newsletters

The Weekly Research Digest provides researchers with a list of upcoming training and funding opportunities, both within and external to FIU, along with recent health disparities articles and news.

Weekly Research Digests

The Monthly Newsletter includes updates on FIU-RCMI activities and highlights the accomplishments of FIU-RCMI affiliated researchers.

Notice of Public Meetings

10/10/19- Search & Screen Committee Public Meeting Notice on 11/07/2019

11/14/19- Search & Screen Committee Public Meeting Notice on 12/12/2019

12/20/2019- Search & Screen Committee Public Meeting Notice on 01/09/2020

1/14/2020 & 1/21/2020- Search & Screen Committee Public Meeting Notice on 1/21/2020, 1/22/2020, & 1/23/2020

1/23/2020- Search & Screen Committee Public Meeting Notice on 1/27/2020

2/25/2020- Search & Screen Committee Public Meeting Notice on 3/3/2020, 3/5/2020, & 3/10/2020

3/20/2020- Search & Screen Committee Public Meeting Notice on 3/24/2020

3/31/2020- Search & Screen Committee Public Meeting Notice on 4/7/2020 & 4/9/2020

4/6/2020- Search & Screen Committee Public Meeting Notice on 4/17/2020

4/20/2020- Search & Screen Committee Public Meeting Notice on 4/28/2020