Results in research: RTI International celebrates 60 years of living its mission.

PositionRESEARCH: NORTH CAROLINA: RTI INTERNATIONAL

For 60 years, RTI International's commitment to improving the human condition has positively impacted lives around the world. Since its beginning as a small nonprofit research institute nestled in the longleaf pines of Research Triangle Park, RTI has sought to address the world's most critical problems with science-based solutions in pursuit of a better future.

In its early years, RTI's projects honed in on areas of importance to North Carolina, including applied statistics and environmental research. Today, RTI's domestic work spans the country, informing health policy to improve all aspects of human health, addressing the opioid crisis using comprehensive, coordinated strategies and employing multi-method approaches to reform areas of criminal justice and more.

In 1961, RTI became international with its first project overseas in Nigeria. Today, as an organization of nearly 5,000 people, RTI implements and conducts research on hundreds of diverse projects in countries ranging from Guatemala and Indonesia to Nepal and Uganda.

Much of this international work has been funded by the United States Agency for International Development and is predicated on helping governments in developing nations build infrastructures--water quality, energy efficiency, agricultural production, sanitation, pollution, literacy and health care--and optimize the allocation of resources. RTI also works closely with private-sector clients, such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, on issues including HIV/AIDS prevention, air pollution exposure and neglected tropical diseases.

This type of work would not be possible without RTI's mindset of developing close client relationships to execute ideas that better people's lives. Last year, RTI experts in fields as varied as maternal and child health, unmanned aerial vehicles and food security implemented nearly 4,000 projects around the world, satisfying 1,200 public- and private-sector clients.

RTI seeks to continuously learn from its clients. The relationships developed across various sectors serve as catalysts that broaden RTI scientists' perspectives and understanding of major challenges, which opens doors for new ideas, technologies and multidisciplinary solutions. Today, our researchers develop innovation frameworks to help organizations achieve peak performance and work with others to advance early-stage technologies into the marketplace.

Although RTI's reach is global, its origins are local. They can be traced to...

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