TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY

Grant No: G12 RR 03059

URL: http://www.tuskegee.edu/Global/category.asp?C=35027

Principal Investigatorn cipal a Dr.Tsegaye Habtemariam Dean Resume Brief Full CV CVMNAH Tuskegee University Tuskegee, Alabama 36088 Phone: (334) 727-8174  Fax: (334) 727-5276 E-mail: habtemart@tuskegee.edu		Program Director Cesar D. Fermin Assoc. Dean Resume Brief Full CV CVMNAH Tuskegee University Tuskegee, Alabama 36088 Phone: (334) 724-4540 Fax: (205) 724-4672 E-mail: fermin_c@tuskegee.edu

RCMI Goals

* Support and Expand Biomedical Research Functions of the University

* Attract and retain minority scientists with a passion to help underserved communities

* Expand biomedical research infrastructure to ensure development of program goals

* Mentor, guide, evaluate and steer promising junior scientists into independent academic paths

* Support training for biomedical sciences graduate programs, in particular the Integrative Biosciences PhD program

* Promote mechanisms to institutionalize the Center for Biological Research (CBR) RCMI program

* Engage the community where the center is located, to disseminate information with potential for reducing health disparities in the black belt counties of Alabama

Areas of Investigation

* Health Disparity

* HIV/AIDS

* Bioinformatics

* Computational Epidemiology

* Cancer

* Signaling

* Autoimmunity

* Toxicology

Center Resources, Special Instruments, and/or Services

* Digital Microscopy

* Image Analysis and Deconvolution

* High resolution TEM

* Scanning Electron Microscopy

* Morphometry

* Cell Culture Unit

* Molecular Biology Laboratory

* Animal Husbandry, Anatomical & Necropsy