Yale-TCC Consortium
Research - New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Yale-TCC Consortium Employees
Yale-TCC Consortium Details
The Yale Transdisciplinary Collaborative Center (Yale-TCC) consortium is comprised of dedicated stakeholders working together to build capacity for precision medicine research in the Caribbean. Health, policy, and community experts from Barbados, Puerto Rico, Trinidad & Tobago, the U.S. Virgin Islands, New York, and New Jersey work together to facilitate meaningful participation in research efforts to address long-standing disparities in hypertension and diabetes among African descent and Hispanic populations. Consortium members are invited to:• help identify research priorities in the region• design, implement, and evaluate studies and research policies• disseminate information• build their professional networksOur organizational structure includes five working groups and a fellows program:• our governing board provides strategic direction for the consortium as a whole• our collaborative learning work group facilitates training and educational opportunities• our consortium well-being work group hosts unifying, engaging social activities• our data-sharing work group provides advice on sharing and integrating research data• our implementation work group offers guidance on the selection and implementation of projects• our fellows manage the communication and activities for each work groupYale-TCC is funded by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD).
