The overall goal of the SHERC is to increase basic biomedical, clinical, and behavioral research at NAU to address health disparities and advance health equity among diverse populations of the southwestern United States.

Texas Southern is working to enhance its biomedical research capability through continuous infrastructure building and development. All investigators will receive competitive extramural support for biomedical research, particularly on diseases that disproportionately impact underrepresented minorities (URMs). By fostering an environment conducive to scientific inquiry, we can promote new basic science research focused on diseases affecting minority populations and provide enhanced mechanisms for the development of collaborations and partnerships with community-based organizations.

The overall objective of the Health Disparities Research Center at UCR is to build capacity in community-based research across all of the communities we serve in Inland Southern California. The center brings together broad interdisciplinary approaches including environmental, biomedical, and social science methods, to study health disparities. Our training and development activities are available to graduate, postdoctoral, and new principal investigators, as well as to established STEM researchers.