Proceedings of Research Centers at Minority Institutions (RCMI) Translational Science 2017 Conference

Dear Colleagues,

We are organizing a Special Issue of the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) for the publication of Proceedings of the Research Centers at Minority Institutions (RCMI) Translational Science 2017 Conference that was held from October 28, 2017 to November 02, 2017 at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, D.C., USA. IJERPH is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes articles and communications in the interdisciplinary area of environmental health sciences and public health. For detailed information on the journal, we refer you to http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph.

Building on the successes of previous RCMI international symposia on health disparities, the 2017 Translational Science Conference highlighted the importance of basic, clinical, and population science collaborations to address minority health and health disparities. The conference participants including biomedical scientists and engineers, health care practitioners, trainees, clinicians, pharmacists, nurses and other allied health care professionals, and community and industry partners, discussed and developed research strategies and approached to eliminating health disparities. They also examined career development opportunities and discussed the best methods and approaches to train the next generation of biomedical and clinical workforce, as well as to engage community partners and industry collaborations. The conference featured research sessions addressing key environmental, cultural, socioeconomic, bio-behavioral, genetic and other factors related to health disparities. Several important topics were covered, including the following:

• Behavioral and social sciences
• Biomedical informatics and computational biology
• Cancer health disparities research
• Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease
• Women, child and adolescent health
• Clinical and transitional science research
• Cellular and molecular biology of human diseases
• Complementary and alternative medicine
• Environmental health and toxicology
• Health literacy and health information technology
• HIV and AIDS and Infectious diseases
• Nanoscience and nanotechnology
• Neuroscience and health disparities
• Public health sciences

This Special Issue aims to showcase the excellence in research and scientific discoveries on the above-listed topics. Submission of full manuscripts of original research, comprehensive reviews and/or short communications on any of these topics presented at the conference is strongly encouraged. If you are interested in submitting a manuscript, please go online at www.ijerph.com to register and submit it by the deadline of July 15, 2018. Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere. All manuscripts will be thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. We anticipate publishing the Proceedings of this Special Issue in December 2018.

Prof. Dr. Elizabeth Ofili
Prof. Dr. Emma Fernandez-Repollet
Prof. Dr. Karam Soliman
Prof. Dr. William Southerland
Prof. Dr. Paul B. Tchounwou
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

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