STRONG
Reaching New Heights: Strengthening Health Professions Research at a Majority Hispanic-Serving Institution is an interdisciplinary initiative to strengthen biomedical, clinical, behavioral, and social sciences (collectively termed “biomedical”) research within health professions at UTRGV.
The project is funded by a grant award (1UC2AI188568-01) from the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) STrengthening Research Opportunities for NIH Grants (STRONG): Structured Institutional Needs Assessment and Action Plan Development for Resource Limited Institutions (RLIs).
The STRONG initiative is led by the College of Health Professions (Michael Lehker, PI) and is in collaboration with the School of Nursing, School of Social Work, and the Department of Psychological Science.
For more information about the STRONG initiative and its components, click on the related links on the left or contact us at STRONG@utrgv.edu.