Sidney A. McNairy Mentorship Award presented to Dr. Seth Y. Ablordeppey at RCMI Consortium

Pinnacle to RCMI Grant’s impactful presence at the FAMU CoPPS, IPH since 1985

 

Above, flanked by RCMI colleagues, and FAMU CoPPS, IPH Faculty—Dr. Selina F. Darling-Reed and Dr. Karam F.A. Soliman, Dr. Ablordeppey received the prestigious 2025 Dr. Sidney A. McNairy Mentorship Award from the award’s namesake himself.

Bethesda, MD – At the recent RCMI Consortium, 2025 National Conference held March 16-19, FAMU CoPPS, IPH Interim Dean, Seth Y. Ablordeppey, Ph.D., received this year’s highly-respected Dr. Sidney A. McNairy Mentorship Award Sidney A. McNairy Jr. Awards for Inclusive Excellence – 2023 RCMI Consortium National Conference.

Overall Objective of the Annual Grantees Conference

The RCMI Consortium Annual Grantees Conference brought together RCMI U54 Centers Principal Investigators/Program Directors and other senior scientists from each center, research project leaders, pilot project awardees, community partners, NIH/MIMHD leaders and staff to exchange information, share scientific expertise and best practices, leverage research resources, and disseminate scientific advances in early-stage investigator mentorship and career development; community engagement; and program evaluation.

The 2025 CONFERENCE THEME was “Leading the Translation of Scientific and Research Advances into Culturally Competent, Measurable, and Sustained Improvements in Health Outcomes.”

RCMI CONSORTIUM GOAL STATEMENT: The RCMI Coordinating Center (CC) serves as a national resource to help RCMI U54 centers achieve their primary goals to: (1) enhance institutional research capacity to conduct world-class basic biomedical, behavioral, population and/or clinical patient-centered or health services research; (2) enable all levels of investigators at recipient institutions to become more successful in obtaining competitive extramural support, especially from NIH, for research on diseases and conditions that disproportionately impact populations that experience health disparities; (3) foster institutional environments conducive to research career development and enhancement for post-doctoral fellows, junior faculty members, and other early stage investigators; (4) enhance the tools for and conduct of research generally and specifically for improving minority health and reducing health disparities; (5) establish sustainable partnerships with community-based organizations to promote research efforts and the dissemination of research findings; (6) enhance the quality of all scientific inquiry and promote research on minority health and health disparities. The RCMI CC and RCMI U54 Centers, in cooperation with NIMHD, will collectively advance the science of minority health and health disparities through intellectual exchange and collaborative interactions that enhance research capacity and competitiveness at participating institutions. 

CONGRATULATIONS to our very own Dr. Seth Y. Ablordeppey in recognition of your tireless mentoring efforts with the production of Ph.D. graduates in the pharmaceutical sciences and beyond!