Under the leadership of Deepak Kumar, NCCU’s Julius L. Chambers Biomedical Biotechnology Research Institute's (JLC-BBRI) research facilities in Durham and Kannapolis, NC (North Carolina Research Campus-NCRC) conduct multidisciplinary and inter institutional research targeting health issues that disproportionately affect minority and underserved populations. With a focus on students, the Institute provides research experiences that enhance access to careers in the biomedical sciences. Deepak Kumar is also the principal investigator (PI) of the NIMHD U54 Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI) grant and directs the NCCU RCMI Center for Health Disparities Research (RCHDR).