| 1990: |
The Office of Research on Minority Health (ORMH) was established, with the encouragement of Congress, by the Director, National Institutes of Health (NIH). |
| 1991: |
The ORMH convened an advisory Fact-Finding Team (FFT) to conduct three
regional conferences with grassroots constituencies. The FFT issued
a report with 13 recommendations from the community that guided the
initial efforts of the ORMH. |
| 1992: |
The Minority Health
Initiative (MHI), the centerpiece of the ORMH agenda, was launched
and initially funded at $45 million. This multi-year biomedical
and behavioral research and research training program co-funds
through its partnerships: 1) interventions to improve prenatal
health and reduce infant mortality; 2) studies of childhood
and adolescent lead poisoning; HIV infection and AIDS; and alcohol
and drug use; 3) research in adult populations focused on cancer,
diabetes, obesity, hypertension, cardiovascular diseases, mental
disorders, asthma, visual impairments, and alcohol abuse; and
4) training for faculty and for students at the precollege,
undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral levels of instruction. |
| 1992: |
The ORMH initiated a study designed to present an overview of NIH
extramural research training programs for minority students and to
assess the feasibility of conducting a trans-NIH assessment of these
programs. |
| 1993: |
Public Law 103-43,
the Health Revitalization Act of 1993, established the ORMH
in the Office of the Director, NIH. |
| 1994: |
The National Conference on Minority Health Research and Research
Training was held in Chicago. |
| 1996: |
Conferences were held in Honolulu, Hawaii; Miami, Florida;
and Puerto Rico to inform ORMH constituencies of the progress made,
to solicit feedback on those achievements, and to obtain information
on the needs of minority populations. |
| 1997: |
The Advisory Committee on Research on Minority Health was established to
provide advice to the Director, ORMH, and to the Director, NIH,
regarding research and research training with respect to minority
health issues. |
| 1998: |
The first meeting of the Advisory Committee on Minority Health was held. |
| 2000: |
The ORMH celebrated its 10th anniversary. |
| 2000: |
The National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities was
established by the passage of the Minority Health and Health
Disparities Research and Education Act of 2000, Public Law 106-525,
which was signed by the President of the United States on November
22, 2000. |
| 2001: |
Dr. John Ruffin was sworn in as the first director of the National
Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities. |
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