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Jamila R. Rashid, PhD, MPH, Robert F. Spengler, ScD, Robin M. Wagner, PhD, Cindi Melanson, MPH, CHES, Elizabeth L. Skillen, PhD, Robert A. Mays, Jr., PhD, MSW, Suzanne Heurtin-Roberts, PhD, MSW and Judith A. Long, MD

At the time of the research, Jamila R. Rashid and Robin Wagner were with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. Suzanne Heurtin-Roberts was with the Office of Minority Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD. Robert F. Spengler, Cindi Melanson, and Elizabeth L. Skillen are with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta. Robert A. Mays is with the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD. Judith A. Long is with the Philadelphia VA Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, Department of Veterans Affairs, Philadelphia, PA.

Correspondence: Correspondence should be sent to Jamila R. Rashid, PhD, MPH, HHS, Office of Minority Health, 1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 600, Rockville, MD 20852 (e-mail: jamila.rashid{at}hhs.gov). Reprints can be ordered at http://www.ajph.org by clicking on the "Reprints/Eprints" link.

Despite efforts to the contrary, disparities in health and health care persist in the United States. To solve this problem, federal agencies representing different disciplines and perspectives are collaborating on a variety of transdisciplinary research initiatives. The most recent of these initiatives was launched in 2006 when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Office of Public Health Research and the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Minority Health brought together federal partners representing a variety of disciplines to form the Federal Collaboration on Health Disparities Research (FCHDR).

FCHDR collaborates with a wide variety of federal and nonfederal partners to support and disseminate research that aims to reduce or eliminate disparities in health and health care. Given the complexity involved in eliminating health disparities, there is a need for more transdisciplinary, collaborative research, and facilitating that research is FCHDR's mission.