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<p class="MsoNormal">HDR@UCR is part of the Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI) program. RCMI program develops and strengthens the research infrastructure necessary to conduct state-of-the-art biomedical research and foster the next generation
of researchers from underrepresented populations. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">As part of the RCMI U54 Centers, we are seeking subject-matter experts willing to serve as reviewers of pilot project proposals from across the RCMI Consortium.
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<p class="MsoNormal">If you are interested in areas of Biomedical Research, please send us your email address, what type of external funding you’ve had (e.g., NIH, NSF, private foundations), and what area of research are you able to review in.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Best regards,</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Handwriting";color:black">Maribel Velarde</span></b><b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Executive Assistant </span></i></b><b><i><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Dr. Monica Carson, Division Chair</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Isaac Owusu-Frimpong, FAO</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Division of Biomedical Sciences</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#2F5496">UCR School of Medicine</span></b><b><span style="color:#2F5496"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">900 University Ave/Webber Hall 1212<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Riverside, CA 92521</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Office: 951-827-9150 Fax: 951-579-4118</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#2F5496">Maribel​.Velarde</span></u><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:Linda.Shaw@medsch.ucr.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#2F5496">@medsch.ucr.edu</span></a></span><span style="color:#2F5496"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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