Mission Statement

The Office of Minority Health Research Coordination of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) has established a communication network of current and potential biomedical research investigators and technical personnel from traditionally under-served communities: African American, Hispanic American, American Indian, Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian, and other Pacific Islanders. The major objective of the network is to encourage and facilitate participation of members of underrepresented racial and ethnic minority groups in the conduct of biomedical research in the fields of diabetes, endocrinology, metabolism, digestive diseases, nutrition, kidney, urologic and hematologic diseases. A second objective is to encourage and enhance the potential of the underrepresented minority investigators in choosing a biomedical research career in these fields. An important component of this network is promotion of two-way communications between network members and the NIDDK.

Through the NMRI, NIDDK will elicit recommendations for strategies to enhance the opportunities and implement mechanisms for support of minority investigators in biomedical research. The NMRI will advance scientific knowledge and contribute to the reduction and eventual elimination of racial and ethnic health disparities.




Last Updated: 05/11/2010

• Network of Minority Research Investigators Annual Meeting
  April 19-20, 2012
• NMRI Membership Criteria Form
• NMRI Newsletters
• NMRI Questionnaire Form
  and Results
• NMRI Mentor/Mentee Program

Register for the NMRI 10th Annual Workshop

Registration for the NMRI 10th Annual Workshop is now open. Should you have any questions regarding registration please contact Ms. Winnie Martinez, martinezw@mail.nih.gov.


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The Network of Minority Research Investigators (NMRI) is sponsored by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), which is part of the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA. General inquiries may be addressed to Office of Communications and Public Liaison, NIDDK, NIH, Building 31, room 9A04 Center Drive, MSC 2560, Bethesda, MD 20892-2560, USA.