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RTI's mission is to ensure that our discoveries, innovations, and research findings ripple throughout society to improve the human condition. Our 2001 Annual Report provides highlights of our work to turn knowledge into practice and, in the process, improve the lives of people around the world.

RTI's mission is to ensure that our discoveries, innovations, and research findings ripple throughout society to improve the human condition. Our 2002 Annual Report provides highlights of our work to turn knowledge into practice and, in the process, improve the lives of people around the world.

In 2003, RTI broadened its services as well as its international reach. We worked in new locations, engaged new clients, and added 235 new staff members. The 2003 Annual Report describes the exciting and challenging projects and accomplishments of 2003 that helped us fulfill our mission to improve the human condition.

In 2004, RTI researchers provided solutions to complex environmental problems, continued to search for promising new medicines, helped countries create better education and local governance systems, and made plans to spin off a portion of our thermoelectrics group to commercialize a promising new technology.

The impact of RTI's research is felt around the globe. Our annual report highlights some of our most significant achievements during 2005, describing how we are improving the human condition by turning knowledge into practice.

For more than 48 years, RTI has been committed to making a positive impact in the world by conducting social and scientific research that improves the human condition. In 2006, we continued that tradition though our implementation of projects in more than 40 countries and in the United States.

Through nearly 50 years of experience and objective research, RTI has honed our social, economic, statistical, chemical, biological, environmental, electronic, and engineering knowledge. We have applied that knowledge to solve problems and generate information that drives decisions, policies, and practices around the globe.

Since our founding in 1958, thousands of dedicated RTI staff members have pledged themselves to our mission of conducting research and providing technical services that improve the human condition. We owe every achievement in FY2008 to the teamwork and technical innovation of our staff, and we honor their dedication to the pursuit of independent inquiry, objectivity, and excellence across an extraordinary range of projects.

For more than 50 years, RTI has provided government and private sector clients with independent, objective research and technical expertise—science-based solutions they can trust. This annual report provides highlights of RTI's trusted solutions and global experience in fiscal year 2009.

Our 2010 annual report shines a light on selected projects, achievements of our staff members, and our corporate responsibility program.

The 2010 Sustainability Report describes RTI's current initiatives and future plans for improving energy efficiency and environmental sustainability across our corporate offices and throughout our business practices.

In an increasingly complex world, it’s all too common to think that complicated solutions are needed to address the research and societal challenges we face. At RTI, we take a different approach. Our people look for smart solutions—solutions that are science-based, multidisciplinary, practical, cost-effective, and designed specifically to address the need at hand. For more than 53 years, our smart people have been developing smart solutions for clients in governments, businesses, and private foundations. We welcome the opportunity to do the same for you.

Ask RTI researchers about their work and you learn quickly how much it means to them . . . and why. We are driven by the challenge of solving complex problems, the potential to advance the state of science and technology, and the opportunity to improve lives around the world. What we do each and every day—whether we’re working in an office, in a laboratory, or on location in the field—reveals who we are and what makes us different. At the end of the day, we believe in our work. It matters to us, it matters to our clients, and we believe it matters to the world.

In this report, we review goals established in 2010 related to energy consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, water consumption, and waste management, and we discuss our progress toward these goals. We also present our goals and plans for 2013 and outline outreach and management activities that will support sustainability practices across our operations.

RTI International is a leader in 3D integration technology, having developed a wide range of 3D process capabilities and achieved successful demonstrations of 3D-integrated IC stacks, advanced silicon (Si) interposer wafers, and 3D passive device structures. In one such illustration, RTI, in collaboration with a major U.S. defense contractor, demonstrated the first mixed-signal 3D-integrated bulk CMOS IC stack for infrared imaging applications. RTI has been conducting research and development in 3D integration since 1999, building on decades of experience in the development of advanced microfabrication and packaging technologies.

RTI International pioneered the use of address-based sampling for surveys and was awarded the 2011 Warren Mitofsky Innovators Award by the American Association for Public Opinion Research. RTI continues to develop the methodology and leverage its innovations to support federal, state, and commercial clients.

Adolescent risk behavior research focuses on evidence-based models and rigorous evaluation designs to test innovative strategies. RTI International offers an exceptional combination of evaluation research methods and substantive expertise pertaining to adolescent risk behavior, including teen pregnancy, dating violence, delinquency, and substance use prevention.

RTI International provides technologies and solutions to advance practices in cement and concrete applications. Ongoing collaborative programs with both commercial and government partners focus on all aspects of cement and concrete engineering and management, including long-term performance, performance evaluation and prediction, life-cycle cost analysis, and the environmental and sustainability aspects and implications of concrete and cement materials. We also offer material testing, evaluation, specification and mixture design, and optimization for both traditional and innovative materials.

RTI has an established track record in advanced gasification research. We have carried out various pilot-scale demonstrations of novel, sorbent-based syngas desulfurization technologies, as well as multi-contaminant control processes. We are also developing membrane materials/processes and catalytic processes for the conversion of coal to substitute natural gas, hydrogen, chemicals/fuels, and electricity. Our experience in coal gasification is also being leveraged into research programs devoted to biomass conversion and biofuels production.

RTI International is home to one of the premier wafer bumping and wafer-level packaging research and fabrication facilities in the United States. Our experts in material and electronic technologies have over 15 years of research, development, and implementation experience in all areas of bump interconnect technologies. From material characterization to prototype and proof of concept, to pilot-line and small-scale production, we tailor our capabilities to meet each client’s unique requirements.

To protect the nation’s most vulnerable and at-risk children, RTI International is conducting a groundbreaking national study to help policy makers understand the characteristics and needs of children and families in the child welfare system. Sponsored by the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, two National Surveys of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW) are the first representative studies of children and families involved in the U.S. child welfare system. RTI has worked with ACF since 1997 to conduct these studies.

RTI International is a respected leader in aerosol physics and chemistry, with experience garnered over 40 years of research covering the theoretical and empirical understanding of aerosols across a broad range of sizes, compositions, chemistries, and environments. Our expertise ranges from fundamental, theoretical properties of aerosols to practical applications that solve specific problems for our clients.

RTI International is advancing agriculture worldwide with our knowledge of environmental sciences, pollution control technologies and practices, food security, food safety and risk assessment, agricultural economics, and biofuels and microbial technology development. RTI’s outreach programs communicate effective environmental management practices to the agricultural community.

Through combined expertise in aerosol filtration, gas adsorption, and microbiology, RTI International offers unmatched capabilities and professional experience in air cleaner testing, evaluating the efficiency of air cleaning equipment for the removal of particles, gases, and bioaerosols.

RTI provides analytical support and consultation to pharmaceutical, chemical, and biotechnology companies. Our analytical services range from lead discovery chemistry to cGMP release of finished products. RTI’s familiarity and compliance with regulatory requirements of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and other agencies enable our clients to have complete confidence in the quality and acceptability of all analytical data.

RTI offers four distinct hair reference materials, manufactured under strict quality control procedures, for forensic testing laboratories. These matrix-matched calibrators enhance the supportability of forensic data by allowing laboratories to include external reference materials with drugs of abuse at near cut-off/threshold concentrations in their analytical procedures.

In an effort to strengthen accountability, fiscal management, and service provision at the local government level, the U.S. Agency for International Development launched the Armenia Local Government Program– Phase 3 (LGP3). In 2005, RTI began implementing LGP3, expanding the predecessor program’s successful training and best practices from 12 to 38 Armenian cities and four municipal associations.

Bios of RTI International statisticians who have been recognized by their peers as having made outstanding contributions to the field of statistics: Paul Biemer, James Chromy, Ralph Folsom, Phillip Kott, Karol Krotke, and Rick Williams

EGRA results in Africa provide information on whether students have mastered key reading skills necessary for fluent reading and comprehension. Overall, EGRA results from Africa show that most students have not yet acquired a basic level of reading proficiency by the end of grade 2 (or beginning of grade 3) to allow them to transition from learning to read to reading to learn in later grades.

EGRA’s relative ease of application and potential for providing rapid and accurate information on foundational reading skills has resulted in ministries of education and other education stakeholders’ use of the tool for various purposes.

Intervention research has demonstrated that HIV is preventable for women through safer drug use and sexual practices. However, women who live in poverty experience unique social contexts that may challenge their attempts to reduce drug use and HIV risk, which also jeopardizes their children. RTI International has successfully developed, implemented, and evaluated innovative interventions that target these hard-to-reach populations in the United States, South Africa, and Russia.

RTI International provides bioanalytical services to support pre-clinical and clinical studies. Our experienced scientists offer a full range of LC/MS/MS and GC/MS bioanalytical services, from method development, method validation, and GLP sample analysis, to identifying metabolites in biological matrices and impurities in drug products. RTI’s familiarity and compliance with regulatory requirements of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and other agencies enable our clients to have complete confidence in the quality and acceptability of all analytical data.

Growth, health, temperament, occupation—every human life is a complex interaction between genetics and the environment. Bioinformatics and computational biology, two highly related fields, combine methods from applied mathematics, informatics, statistics, advanced computer science, and artificial intelligence to seek new understanding of important natural phenomena.

Understanding how drugs, chemicals, or environmental stressors influence the onset, progression, or resolution of disease greatly relies on an integrated understanding of exposure, dose, and response. For decades, scientists at RTI International have been studying the influence of drugs, chemicals, and stressors on specific genes or proteins and metabolic processes. RTI offers services in developing biomarkers for preclinical and clinical applications, as well as for use in epidemiological studies to understand geneenvironment interactions.

Drawing on decades of experience in advanced gasification research and catalyst development, RTI is conducting R&D to help make biomass-to-liquid fuel processes technically and economically viable. Our scientists are developing process technologies to remove tar, ammonia, and sulfur from biomass gasification-derived syngas and are developing catalysts for converting syngas into transportation fuels. We are also researching pyrolysis—an attractive alternate method for converting biomass into transportation fuels that utilizes the existing infrastructure for fuel production and distribution.

RTI International provides full-scale biospecimen collection and management services—from initial study assessment and design to protocol implementation and specimen acquisition, processing, and storage. We design and implement the technical procedures and measures needed to collect and maintain high-quality biospecimens that can be used for a variety of downstream applications, including “omics technology.”

RTI International has nearly three decades of experience in pharmaceutical analysis and characterization in support of Investigational New Drug submissions and clinical trials. Clients include a number of institutes within the National Institutes of Health and commercial sponsors. Staff are skilled at troubleshooting complex problems and working with difficult test articles and products such as vaccines and other biologics.

RTI is qualified by the Division of Workplace Programs within the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration,as a supplier of
blind quality control (QC) urine samples for Federal workplace drug testing. we can custom-make reliable blind QC samples to meet your company’s needs.

RTI is assisting the Government of Botswana to improve the quality and quantity of HIV prevention services for MARPs under the Support for the HIV Response in Botswana with the Civil Society for HIV Prevention that Targets Most-At-Risk Populations (MARPS) project. The 5-year project funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development works along the highly trafficked corridor, primarily in the towns of Gaborone; Francistown; Kasane; Selebi-Phikwe; and Tlokweng, and aims to build the capacity of civil society organizations (CSOs) to deliver prevention services.

RTI is a leader in advising government and business on knowledge-based economic development and science parks. We bring together seasoned planners, policy analysts, management professionals, and economists with senior scientists and engineers—a range of expertise rarely found found in a single organization—to design, implement, and evaluate policies and practices that transform communities.

RTI is a world leader in advising governments, universities, and businesses on knowledge-based regional economic development and science parks. Our experience ensures that initiatives are designed, developed, and implemented to address the needs of a region and the objectives of the funders or sponsors.

Building on its work across Eastern Europe over the past 15 years, RTI International is assisting Kosovo in strengthening legislation for decentralized government, building local leaders’ management capacity, and meeting citizens’ service needs.

Graphical representation of the key events in the discovery and development of camptothecin.

Funded by the National Institute of Justice, RTI conducted the Campus Sexual Assault (CSA) Study to examine the prevalence, nature, and reporting of sexual assault on college campuses in an effort to inform the development of targeted intervention strategies.

At RTI International, our experts in health research recognize that cancer is not one disease, but many conditions with different causes and outcomes. Our multidisciplinary team of health professionals works with federal, state, academic, and private partners both nationally and internationally to understand the factors that increase cancer risk and to develop, employ, and promote effective strategies to reduce the burden of cancer and eliminate cancer health disparities.

RTI is developing technologies for capturing CO2 from fossil fuel–based combustion and gasification power plants. These include two novel processes for post-combustion capture: a sorbent-based technology and membrane-based technology. We are also developing a pre-combustion CO2 removal technology for the next generation of gasification-based power plants.

Catalyst and sorbent development is an integral part of RTI’s process R&D for the chemical, petroleum refining, transportation, and power production industries. We have developed sorbents to remove sulfur and heavy metals from synthesis gas and hydrocarbon gas streams, as well as novel catalysts for the conversion of fossil- and biomass-derived syngas to liquid fuels and chemicals. We offer comprehensive catalyst and sorbent synthesis, characterization, and testing services to industrial and government clients.

As part of efforts to advance the state of statistical science, RTI International has established the Center of Excellence for Complex Data Analysis (CoDA). Building on our core expertise in statistics, the CoDA Center brings together international experts to develop advanced statistical methods and address critical issues in the analysis of complex data.

Description of work under the Nigeria Leadership, Empowerment, Advocacy, and Development (LEAD) project, funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development and led by RTI International.

RTI has demonstrated that its MicroPEM sensor for measuring exposure to aerosols is well-suited to characterizing the indoor air pollution caused by biomass cookstoves. Armed with the advanced capabilities of this sensor, epidemiologists and health professionals can plan and implement a logical series of interventional studies to begin to clarify “how clean is clean” and set realistic emissions targets for improved cookstove designs.

RTI International conducts policy assessments, program evaluations, and research studies on the needs, experiences, and outcomes of vulnerable children and families. Study methods encompass a combination of qualitative and quantitative approaches—including case studies, focus groups, systematic literature reviews and meta-analysis, administrative data and other secondary data analysis, and multivariate modeling. Our experts are at the forefront of research on child welfare, conducting studies that directly affect government policy.

RTI International provides independent, interdisciplinary research to evaluate the economic implications of climate change policy alternatives. RTI’s economic modeling and research capabilities deliver robust, objective analyses, and our work supports policy development and implementation efforts at every decision-making level, informing international negotiations, development of adaptation strategies, and the design of domestic offset programs.

RTI International provides independent, interdisciplinary research to evaluate the economic implications of climate change policy alternatives. RTI’s economic modeling and research capabilities deliver robust, objective analyses, and our work supports policy development and implementation efforts at every decision-making level, informing international negotiations, development of adaptation strategies, and the design of domestic offset programs.

RTI International has extensive experience in designing and analyzing cluster randomized and quasi-experimental studies to evaluate program effectiveness in public health, education, and other social and public policy arenas.

From 1999 to 2010, RTI International served as the data coordinating center for a trial examining the efficacy of a community-level intervention to reduce HIV/STD incidence and high-risk behaviors in China, India, Peru, Russia, and Zimbabwe.

RTI International has been conducting research with the military for nearly three decades. We have significant familiarity working in military settings, a strong understanding of military culture, and a keen awareness of the physical and psychological issues faced by military personnel. RTI is currently conducting military studies that are critical to promoting both the physical and mental health of active duty military personnel.

Under the Local Governance Program in Morocco, RTI is working to strengthen government officials’ capabilities at every level in participatory planning, service delivery, transparency, and accountability to the public. LGP has worked with the Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, and the governments of seven provinces and 26 communes to make effective local governments a force, not a stumbling block, for sustainable development in Morocco.

RTI International has the skills, expertise, and knowledge to develop, implement and determine the efficacy and effectiveness of interventions with different populations of substance abusers. Since 1994, RTI has led a progression of key studies in community-based research.

RTI researchers gather and assess the best available research about health care treatments, health behaviors, and health policy to foster better decision making and improve patient care outcomes and quality of life. Since 1997, we have operated an Evidence-Based Practice Center on behalf of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), and we also serve as one of 13 members of AHRQ’s DEcIDE Network.

As an industry leader in survey research, RTI International offers clients expertise in a variety of data collection techniques and experience with diverse populations. Among the technologies now available for specialized data collection is computer audio-recorded interviewing (CARI). This innovation was first developed and used by RTI for quality control on the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well Being in 1999. Today, CARI has a growing variety of applications. These include providing performance feedback to interviewers, enhancing data quality, assessing questionnaire design, and estimating survey error.

Mutations in two genes, BRCA1 and BRCA2, account for 30% to 50% of hereditary breast cancer, and the prevalence of BRCA mutations in the general U.S. population is estimated to be between 1 in 800 (0.1%) and 1 in 300 (0.3%). RTI researchers are working with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to develop and evaluate a clinical decision support (CDS) tool for gene-based tests on breast cancer susceptibility and treatment.

Web-based education for forensic science professionals has never been more valuable. Rising expectations for quality and timely forensic science services have not come with rising budgets. Costs associated with travel and days away from work are impediments to the professional development of forensic science employees and ancillary professionals in need of affordable but effective forensic science training. RTI International has a solution that works.

Contracting vehicles simplify the procurement process and allow clients to quickly access services. RTI leads or is part of various consortia of specialized organizations that are formed to meet needs identified by clients such as the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), and other government agencies in specific sectors. These large contracts are global in scope and allow clients to issue task orders for country-specific or regional projects.

Research engineers at RTI are developing a process that could enable the United States to replace fossil fuels with domestically produced cellulosic biofuels. This technology has the potential to reduce the demand for imported petroleum and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This two-year project is being funded by the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E).

RTI offers our clients comprehensive experience in the implementation and management of coordinating centers for collaborative research networks. With a multidisciplinary staff including statisticians, epidemiologists, site and protocol managers, and data managers, we provide effective study design, high-quality data systems and management, site training and coordination, statistical analysis and reporting, and study logistics support.

RTI International understands the importance of cultural and linguistic appropriateness in study design and implementation. Our experienced survey and language methodologists translate survey materials, design and pretest cross-cultural instruments, and provide advice on reaching linguistically isolated populations. We have extensive experience conducting surveys and research in multiple languages, particularly Spanish, Chinese, and Korean. We are also leaders in cross-cultural research, having established a line of literature in peer-reviewed journals, professional conferences, and publications.

Society relies on computer-based information technology systems to manage critical infrastructure such as telecommunications, finance, transportation, health care, energy, and defense. As our reliance on these systems grows, so does the need to protect them from threats and manipulation. Cyber security research identifies where and why vulnerabilities exist and helps develop policy and strategy to reduce threats and mitigate risk. RTI International can apply investigational research methodologies to cyber security issues to improve understanding of the challenges surrounding protection of these vital systems.

As the data coordinating center (DCC) for a multisite research study, RTI International collaborates with the sponsor and with clinical investigators to design and implement clinical and behavioral epidemiological studies and clinical trials.

Building on over four decades of experience developing and operating high-quality, large-scale data management systems, RTI International offers its clients state-of-the-art tools for collaborative data acquisition and dissemination. Web-based data reporting supports the full-range of user infrastructures. Online analysis, data download, and reporting empower researchers and managers. Visual reporting communicates clear and powerful messages to clients and the public.

RTI International has specialized in reproductive and developmental toxicity studies for more than 30 years. RTI offers expertise in assessing the effects of pharmaceuticals, chemicals, pesticides, and nanomaterials on reproduction and development. We can help you design specialized studies to support product development programs, regulatory submissions, and risk assessment.

RTI conducts a wide range of research in the life sciences, with an emphasis on programs in human health, agriculture, and the environment. We apply interdisciplinary expertise in biological, chemical, environmental, agricultural, social, and forensic sciences to provide solutions to societal needs.

For more than 20 years, RTI has conducted surveys related to the DoD Lifestyle Assessment Program (DLAP) under the guidance of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) and the TRICARE Management Activity. These surveys assess the prevalence of alcohol, illicit drug, and tobacco use, as well as negative consequences associated with substance use and critical assessments of emotional stress and other issues.

For nearly 30 years, RTI has conducted surveys related to the DoD Lifestyle Assessment Program under the guidance of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) and the TRICARE Management Activity. In 2006, a new survey expanded the population base beyond the active duty force to incorporate the Guard/Reserve components of the military.

RTI International is a leader in metabolism, disposition, and pharmacokinetic studies of pharmaceuticals and other xenobiotics in mammalian systems. With more than 25 years of experience conducting DMPK studies, our highly trained scientific staff offer innovative approaches to unique development issues. From protocol development through data interpretation, all studies are directed by senior DMPK scientists.

Recently, there has been an emergence of national-level assessments that test the skills children need to acquire in the early grades. These assessments fill a gap by providing information on the rate at which children acquire critical foundation literacy and numeracy skills.

For over 50 years, RTI has worked with private sector organizations and governments around the world to foster private sector growth, job creation, and increased standards of living.

RTI International provides a seamless integration of natural and social sciences expertise to analyze ecosystem services. This integrated approach is essential for understanding the complex interactions between human and natural systems and for analyzing the goods and services society receives from ecosystems. We apply this expertise to help our clients optimize the design of environmental and natural resource management policies.

RTI International provides a seamless integration of natural and social sciences expertise to analyze ecosystem services. This integrated approach is essential for understanding the complex interactions between human and natural systems and for analyzing the goods and services society receives from ecosystems. We apply this expertise to help our clients optimize the design of environmental and natural resource management policies.

The EdData II project, sponsored by the United States Agency for International Development, provides survey expertise to help national and local governments as well as the donor community to assess education status and to design methods for improvement.

The EdData II project, sponsored by the United States Agency for International Development, provides survey expertise to help national and local governments as well as the donor community to assess education status and to design methods for improvement.

The EdData II project, sponsored by the United States Agency for International Development, provides survey expertise to help national and local governments as well as the donor community to assess education status and to design methods for improvement.

For more than three decades, RTI International has conducted quality education survey, evaluation, and analytic research for public- and private-sector clients. Our rigorous studies assess and improve the quality of education programs and practice throughout the United States, with a view to informing public policy and improving educational opportunities and outcomes for children and adults.

Working in 12 municipalities, the USAID-funded Crime and Violence Prevention Project (CVPP) is helping build the capacities of national and local governments, civil society organizations, and high-risk communities to better understand crime and violence patterns. The project also implements interventions that increase citizen security and offer alternatives to vulnerable youth.

Credible and regular elections play a central role in determining the political and economic trajectory of a country. While there is popular consensus that elections should be free and fair, there has been little agreement about how to define those qualities and even less about how to measure them. RTI International has developed the Election Administration Systems Index (EASI)—an innovative index to gauge how well elections are administered in a country.

RTI conducts election research in the United States and internationally through telephone, face-to-face, Web, and mail surveys. We have experience developing and evaluating training programs, and we offer expertise in electoral reform and civic education. Additionally, we apply GIS and spatial analysis techniques to improve the ballot casting process and study voting behavior across many geographic scales.

Early efforts to measure electronic health record (EHR) adoption and use among clinicians have been hampered by problems with inconsistent definitions, terminologies, and target populations, as well as poor quality measurements. RTI International researchers have recently conducted two projects to learn more about how best to measure the rate of adoption of EHRs by U.S. medical group office practices and hospitals and the factors that influence the rate of adoption.

RTI International provides independent, interdisciplinary research to support the development, implementation, and evaluation of energy and water conservation policies. Our engineers, economists, and policy analysts have the modeling and research capabilities to deliver robust, objective analyses of the technical, economic, and achievable potential for energy and water efficiency initiatives. For more than 20 years, we have conducted research to support decision making at every level of the program design and implementation process, ensuring the success of demand-side management (DSM) strategies worldwide.

RTI International provides independent, interdisciplinary research to support the development, implementation, and evaluation of energy and water conservation policies. Our engineers, economists, and policy analysts have the modeling and research capabilities to deliver robust, objective analyses of the technical, economic, and achievable potential for energy and water efficiency initiatives. For more than 20 years, we have conducted research to support decision making at every level of the program design and implementation process, ensuring the success of demand-side management (DSM) strategies worldwide.

RTI International develops innovative process technologies in the areas of syngas, biomass and biofuels, CO2 capture, shale gas, and industrial water, for industrial and government clients. Our research supports national and worldwide goals of reliable, sustainable, economically viable, and secure energy supplies. Our researchers address some of the most challenging energy-related problems faced by the electric power, chemical, petrochemical, gas processing, and transportation fuels industries. Whether designing pilot-scale gas cleaning systems or conducting laboratory-scale reactor testing on novel catalyst formulations, RTI researchers perform applied R&D to deliver high-quality results, adding value for our clients, while aligning with RTI’s mission of turning knowledge into practice.

RTI engineers help clients achieve their goals through the identification, development, application, and transfer of leading-edge technologies. Our expertise spans the energy, health, environment, and electronics markets. We have proven capabilities to successfully execute early- and late-stage R&D programs, and to lead programs from initial R&D to prototyping to commercialization.

RTI has developed an enhanced insert for biomass cookstoves to improve combustion efficiency and reduce harmful emissions. As opposed to a new stove design, this add-on approach provides controlled, supplemental air injection to improve the combustion of an existing stove. This allows the many thousand inefficient cookstoves already in use to be upgraded. In initial tests of RTI’s approach applied to a “rocket” stove design, particulate emissions were reduced by more than 85% as compared to the traditional three-stone fire used in many countries.

RTI International is known for excellence in performing trace measurements of a wide array of environmental sample matrices, including ambient air, workplace and industrial air, animal and plant tissues, soils and sediments, hazardous wastes, water, and physiological fluids. Researchers in RTI’s Environmental Chemistry Department provide technical support in environmental sampling and analyses to state and federal agencies and commercial clients. With a staff of experienced scientists and state-of-the-art laboratories and equipment, RTI provides data of the highest quality to enable our clients to make the best decisions about their programs.

RTI International is a world leader in environmental and health services. Our expertise in environmental research, management, and analysis enables our government clients to make scientifically based decisions about environmental policy and regulatory development and assists our private sector clients with permitting, compliance, and management concerns.

RTI International has been providing model- and design-based solutions to environmental problems for over 50 years in support of government and industry. RTI’s environmental statisticians collaborate with scientists and engineers from other disciplines to form a team that has a deep understanding of environmental problems and policies.

RTI International is a research development and technical services organization that has been providing model- and design-based environmental solutions for over 30 years in support of the agricultural community. Our environmental statisticians collaborate with scientists and engineers from other disciplines to form a team that has a deep understanding of the environmental problems faced by modern agriculture.

RTI’s epidemiological research is helping to illuminate the complex interactions of the environment, exposure, and disease. Our approach to understanding exposure/disease relationships is multidisciplinary, allowing us to offer a wide range of studies requiring data and specimen collection and analysis.

RTI has in-depth expertise in designing and carrying out successful surveys of commercial businesses, government agencies, health care organizations, and educational institutions and the employees, patients, faculty, staff, and students associated with them. Our experience includes the full range of activities—study design, sample design, instrument development and evaluation, pretests and pilot studies, mail surveys, telephone surveys, face-to-face field surveys, record abstraction, focus groups, health registries, and mixed-mode designs. Several of our recent establishment survey projects are highlighted here.

RTI evaluated the Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative, conducting conducted a comprehensive cross-site evaluation and supporting consortia of local evaluators who conducted independent evaluations. The goal of these complementary evaluation strategies was to assess the effectiveness of collaborative community efforts to promote safe schools and facilitate healthy child and adolescent development.

RTI has been working in Africa for more than 50 years. Our expertise throughout Africa covers the fields of conflict management, mitigation and reconstruction, democratic governance, education, environmental management, health, information and communication technologies, and public finance. We maintain a corporate office in Nairobi, Kenya.

RTI International has worked in Asia for more than 35 years as a leading contract organization in the fields of public management and governance, education, health, environmental management, public finance, and information and communication technology.

RTI has been working in Europe and Eurasia since 1992, having become a leading contract organization for clients such as USAID, the World Bank, and several United Nations agencies, as well as other regional and international organizations and foundations. Our expertise covers the fields of conflict management, mitigation, and reconstruction; democratic governance; education; environmental management; health; information and communication technology; and public finance.

RTI has been working in Europe and Eurasia since 1992, having become a leading contract organization for clients such as USAID, the World Bank, and several United Nations agencies, as well as other regional and international organizations and foundations. Our expertise covers the fields of conflict management, mitigation, and reconstruction; democratic governance; education; environmental management; health; information and communication technology; and public finance.

Since 1982, RTI International has supported improvements in health, water and sanitation, energy, and the environment in India. To better serve our clients and increase linkages with local partners and organizations, RTI is working to establish a permanent presence in the country.

RTI has provided technical assistance, training, and research in Latin America and the Caribbean since the mid-1980s to clients such as USAID, the World Bank, IDB, and foundations. Our expertise includes governance and economic growth, decentralization, municipal strengthening, education, health, environmental management, public finance, public-private leveraging, and information and communication technology.

RTI has provided technical assistance, training, and research in Latin America and the Caribbean since the mid-1980s to clients such as USAID, the World Bank, IDB, and foundations. Our expertise includes governance and economic growth, decentralization, municipal strengthening, education, health, environmental management, public finance, public-private leveraging, and information and communication technology.

RTI International has been working in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) for more than 25 years. RTI provides technical assistance and research services for donors and governments across the region in local governance, economic growth, education, health, environmental management, public finance, and information and communication technology. RTI’s United Arab Emirates office in Abu Dhabi serves as a hub for environmental engineering work.

RTI International has been working in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) for more than 25 years. RTI provides technical assistance and research services for donors and governments across the region in local governance, economic growth, education, health, environmental management, public finance, and information and communication technology. RTI’s United Arab Emirates office in Abu Dhabi serves as a hub for environmental engineering work.

RTI International’s Exposure Analysis Research Group brings together scientists in analytical chemistry, biological chemistry, biostatistics, and field-based studies. Our team works to understand the environmental contributors to human and ecological exposure to contaminants. This requires the development and application of determinative methods for a wide range of contaminant categories in relevant media. Our research includes in vivo animal studies and the broader environmental measurements important to indoor air pollution from outdoor and indoor sources, including contaminants derived from consumer products and product usage.

RTI International is a leader in the research, development, and prototyping of innovative materials, microstructures, and devices. Our labs are equipped with a wide variety of fabrication tools and processing capabilities.

RTI International’s approach to public sector finance reflects our long-standing commitment to improve the financing of services provided by local governments. We provide cutting edge technical assistance that builds on our extensive experience in developing, transitional, and postconflict environments.

For more than two decades, RTI International has been analyzing and evaluating the effects of policies and regulations affecting food and agriculture to improve the health and well being of our nation. Our multidisciplinary research capabilities include regulatory impact and policy analysis, model development, database design and maintenance, risk analysis, program evaluation, consumer behavior research, consumer and industry surveys, field data collection, and food marketing studies.

RTI International and its Center for Forensic Sciences support forensic science laboratories and practitioners who seek to improve their technical and administrative performance. Our experience and expertise in research, consulting, and technical services is made more valuable by the simplicity of our business systems, which makes it easy for clients, subcontractors, and vendors to partner with us. Our focus on continuing education, technology assistance, and criminal justice research creates many opportunities to directly assist forensic scientists and managers.

RTI International has conducted research on violence, forensic science, and justice systems for more than 30 years. Our researchers use rigorous, multidisciplinary approaches to advance basic and applied forensics knowledge and inform national and international policy, practice, and programs. Capabilities span numerous forensic science research areas, including workplace drug testing, performance testing, postmortem forensic toxicology, forensic operations and reporting systems, data collection and analysis, and drug testing in various biological matrices, such as urine, hair, and oral fluids.

The Forensic Technology Center of Excellence (FTCOE) is a cooperative agreement with the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) that supports the implementation of new forensic technology by end users. Services are customized to support forensic service providers such as crime laboratories, corrections and court agencies, and other criminal justice practitioners to combat crime.

At RTI International, we recognize that women play a critical role in promoting stability and democracy, contributing to a vibrant market economy, and addressing health and education challenges around the world. Through rigorous research and evidence-based programs, we help communities in the United States and other countries combat the problem of gender-based violence (GBV) as a critical step toward realizing the full potential of women as leaders and agents for positive change.

RTI International has conducted research and led programs to understand, prevent and respond to gender-based violence in the United States, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America. Working on behalf of U.S. agencies and other clients, we design, implement, and evaluate interventions. By collaborating closely with governments and NGOs and developing public-private partnerships, we strive to build capacity and ensure programs and results are sustainable.

Human growth, development, health, and temperament—these aspects are influenced by complex interactions between genetics and the environment. At RTI, our collaborative research teams draw on multidisciplinary expertise to conduct genomic studies that illuminate these interactions—from data collection, statistics, and bioinformatics to emerging technologies in proteomics and metabolomics.

From February 2008 to its scheduled end in March 2013, the Girls’ Improved Learning Outcomes (GILO) Project has evolved from direct provision of training, technical support, classroom furniture, and IT equipment to selected primary and preparatory schools in four (4) governorates of Upper Egypt to Cairo-based technical assistance to muderiyas, idaras and central ministry for the national roll-out of MOE’s Early Grade Reading Program. In addition, GILO has provided ongoing technical assistance to MOE decentralization.

RTI provides a full range of geographic information system (GIS) services to support public health, healthcare economics, and epidemiological research.

RTI has been committed to improving global health for more than 50 years. We meld our long history in behavioral and clinical research and interventions with experience implementing global public health programs and improving environmental health worldwide.

Creating new health interventions that address unmet needs in the developing world is critical for improving global health. RTI International provides an infrastructure to help our clients design and implement product development programs for drugs and medical devices. RTI works closely with multidisciplinary teams drawn from both the public and private sectors to help clients achieve their development goals. RTI has broad experience in product assessment and commercialization; drug and device development; clinical and regulatory strategy; and social, economic, and behavioral research.

Health interventions in under-served and under-resourced communities world-wide often work around the deficiencies in a country’s health system to improve service delivery. RTI is strengthening the pillars of countries’ health systems—governance, finance, and operations—around the world to sustain the impact of such interventions to ensure better health outcomes for citizens.

Health interventions in under-served and under-resourced communities world-wide often work around the deficiencies in a country’s health system to improve service delivery. RTI is strengthening the pillars of countries’ health systems—governance, finance, and operations—around the world to sustain the impact of such interventions to ensure better health outcomes for citizens.

Health interventions in under-served and under-resourced communities world-wide often work around the deficiencies in a country’s health system to improve service delivery. RTI is strengthening the pillars of countries’ health systems—governance, finance, and operations—around the world to sustain the impact of such interventions to ensure better health outcomes for citizens.

RTI International has been a leader in local governance for over 30 years, with sustained governance programs in almost 50 countries worldwide. We continue to expand our horizons to develop innovative approaches that respond to the challenges of rapidly changing situations and promote stability.

Brochure highlights RTI's experience and approach to governance, public management and economic growth.

In 2005, RTI International began implementing the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID’s) Strategic Alliances for Social Investment (Alianzas) program to develop partnerships among public, private, and nongovernmental organizations, to increase access to and improve basic education, nutrition, and health services.

Under the TAMS contract, RTI will provide the CDC National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion with “as-needed” services such as assistance conducting assessments, studies, research and demonstration projects, consultation and technical assistance, health education activities, and related support services.

RTI International has built a team that brings to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency the essential building blocks for a successful STREAMS II program: experience, excellence, and best practices. From bench-scale through field-scale research and tool development, our team is prepared to respond with knowledgeable, efficient, high-quality solutions.

RTI International is a leader in statistics, health, social policy, and survey research. Headquartered in Research Triangle Park, NC, and with a local office in Atlanta, GA, RTI is just a short distance from the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD). We offer NCBDDD a full range of public health, epidemiologic, and laboratory research support and a long-term collaborative relationship.

RTI International supports the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) in its mission to prevent work-related injury and illness through a focused program of research and prevention. RTI and its partners offer multidisciplinary teams with a broad range of expertise to support two NIOSH IDIQ contracts: “Analytical and Technical Support Services” and “Technical Support for Epidemiologic and Exposure Assessment Studies.”

RTI has worked with CDC since our founding in 1958. We hold several task order contracts with CDC and are preapproved to work under several GSA schedules. RTI is also a member of the Association for Prevention Teaching and Research. This guide describes these contractual mechanisms and how to access them.

RTI International has worked with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and its predecessor organizations for more than 35 years and has projects supporting all EPA offices. We bring to this collaboration a multidisciplinary team of expert engineers and scientists to address real-world environmental problems through high-quality research and technical services. Through our long history of providing technical and research support to EPA, we have gained a thorough understanding of the Agency’s technical and research programs, organizational structure, and contract operations. Our research framework is grounded in best management practices that ensure quality, timeliness, and cost-efficiency. We have extensive experience managing multiyear, multitask contracts that encompass laboratory-, pilot-, and field-scale research; development of methods, technologies, and tools; and technical support.

Health services research at RTI International is an interdisciplinary enterprise combining expertise in economics, health care policy and administration, sociology, epidemiology, public health, social psychology, statistics, and survey methods.

RTI International conducts rigorous, multidisciplinary research to promote effective communication, informed decision-making, and healthy behaviors. We design and test health information and educational interventions by applying our expertise in health literacy, message development, and health IT. We also apply our expertise to design and conduct research across a broad range of public health, communication, and other social science topics for public agencies, nonprofit organizations, and private-sector entities.

RTI International conducts rigorous, multidisciplinary research to promote effective communication, informed decision making, and healthy behaviors. We apply our expertise to design, develop, implement, and evaluate health communication interventions, programs, and campaigns for public agencies, nonprofit organizations, and private-sector entities.

RTI International established and managed the Health Information Security and Privacy Collaboration, providing guidance and support to ensure effective collaboration and cooperation, manage intersections and overlaps between projects, and facilitate maximum knowledge transfer and dissemination of results.

Health information and communications technologies are becoming central to reforming health systems, measuring clinical progress, and improving patient and population health around the world. RTI International uses multidisciplinary teams of clinical and technical experts to provide high-quality and innovative research and development, technical services, and policy analysis in health IT to governments and industry worldwide.

Health information and communications technologies are becoming central to reforming health systems, measuring clinical progress, and improving patient and population health around the world. RTI International uses multidisciplinary teams of clinical and technical experts to provide high-quality and innovative research and development, technical services, and policy analysis in health IT to governments and industry worldwide.

Health information technology (health IT) enables the capture, analysis, sharing, and use of health information in new and innovative ways. As substantial investments are made in implementing and supporting clinical and public health information systems, it is critical to evaluate the impact of these technologies on care quality, safety, efficiency, and cost. RTI International takes a multidisciplinary approach to evaluating the impact of health IT. RTI creates teams of researchers with experience in clinical informatics, public health, quality measurement, health services research, economics, statistics, and policy analysis to assess how health IT affects both stakeholders and processes—from engaging patients to delivering care to practicing public health.

As federal and state governments invest in health information technology (health IT) adoption and use, research and analysis on policies and programs supporting these efforts is critical. To meet this need, RTI International offers a range of services in health IT policy analysis and implementation research.

RTI's health promotion researchers study health behavior and its many determinants in the social and physical environments in which people live. We study cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and other preventable diseases, as well as behaviors that can be promoted through interventions addressing immunization, nutrition, physical activity, smoking cessation, and other health issues.

More than 70% of the world’s population lives in low-resource countries where access to health care is limited. Many healthcare technology organizations have either avoided these areas or entered and fallen short of goals, often because they lack accurate information or insight. RTI International has been working successfully in these low-resource areas for more than 40 years. We perform thorough analyses on wide-ranging clinical, environmental, and economic issues and offer healthcare technology assessment services that can inform your most critical business decisions.

RTI conducts HIV research and provides comprehensive technical assistance for HIV programs, policy, advocacy, and systems strengthening. We work with and on behalf of U.S. federal agencies, international health ministries, local governments, donors, foundations, and other clients seeking to prevent the spread of HIV in the United States and around the world.

RTI's expertise in homeland security issues spans multiagency coordination and response, bioterrorism preparedness, health security, epidemiology, criminology and law enforcement, cyber security, economic analysis and modeling, immigration and population studies, data mining and predictive analytics, and survey research and geospatial modeling.

Given the complexity and uncertainties surrounding shale development exploration, developing strategies and policies related to these potential impacts can be challenging. RTI International has completed a prototype for a Web-based decision support system that explicitly considers a wide range of decision variables, including economic and infrastructure interests, environmental integrity, and public health. This prototype has been developed for North Carolina and can be expanded to other geographic areas of interest.

RTI International has the multifaceted knowledge and experience to help public health officials, policy makers, and other immunization and vaccinology stakeholders unravel the complicated network of factors that affect vaccine development and use in real-world settings. Our capabilities span the basic sciences, policy and program evaluation, economics, epidemiology, statistics, and surveys. We have analyzed the economic impact of specific vaccines and technologies, evaluated policies and programs to improve immunization rates, and investigated factors associated with vaccine use and safety concerns.

In the past decade or so, RTI has been accumulating results-based information on how to produce specific learning outcomes. The documentation covers projects RTI has implemented, projects it has evaluated, and projects it has used as inspiration.

RTI is applying our technical knowledge, in-country experience, and collaboration skills to better understand and solve the critical health and environmental problems created by indoor use of biomass cookstoves in developing countries. Working with the scientific community and U.S. federal agencies, and investing our own funds, we are tackling the technical, economic, and societal challenges that make this issue so complex.

Determining what language will be used to teach children is one of the most important decisions that ministries of education make. The language(s) used in the classroom dramatically affects children‘s opportunity and ability to learn. Yet, this decision is often made without a careful consideration of implications for learning outcomes.

RTI is promoting the devolution process of the health sector in the Philippines by strengthening health systems management, financing, and service delivery in over 550 Local Government Units, located in 23 provinces across the country's three major island groups.

RTI is a leader in metabolism and pharmacokinetic studies of pharmaceuticals and other xenobiotics in mammalian systems. With more than 30 years of experience conducting drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics (DMPK) studies, our highly trained scientific staff offers innovative approaches to unique development issues.

Since the emergence of avian influenza (H5N1) in China during the 1990s, health officials worldwide have expressed concern about the potential threat of pandemic illness. Tapping our broad expertise in the health, social, and statistical sciences, RTI International has conducted numerous studies involving influenza and other vaccine-related subjects for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the National Institutes of Health, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and other federal agencies.

For more than two decades, RTI International has helped developing countries use information and communication technology (ICT) to achieve development results.

RTI designs, implements, and evaluates education and training strategies that use ICT. RTI also conducts research and evaluation of ICT in education and training programs in order to apply evidence-based approaches in all areas of practice.

Most health information originates at the point of patient care. Electronic medical record systems can help improve the quality of care and the quality of data for decision makers at all levels. RTI is a leader in helping countries to realize this potential.

Good health information is essential for health systems strengthening. Information and communication technology (ICT) provides powerful tools to improve the quality and use of health information at all levels, from point-of-care to national policy dialogue.

Good health information is essential for health systems strengthening. Information and communication technology (ICT) provides powerful tools to improve the quality and use of health information at all levels, from point-of-care to national policy dialogue.

Before policy makers decide what steps to take to improve the nation’s drug use problem, they must know the reality. RTI International’s expertise in survey research provides that knowledge for informed decisions. The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) is the federal government’s primary source of national data on the use of alcohol, tobacco, and illicit substances. While providing annual national and state-level prevalence estimates, the survey also focuses on related topics, such as mental health, substance dependence and abuse, and the need for treatment. Sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), NSDUH has been conducted successfully by RTI since 1988.

Innovation is now the currency for competitive advantage, and not just in the Silicon Valley or Research Triangle. Businesses, nonprofit organizations, and governments everywhere must seek out and integrate creative ideas to survive and thrive. RTI uses state-of-the-art approaches to help you find, leverage, link—or create—sources of innovation to transform your community. That’s innovation—deployed.

Innovation is the currency for competitive advantage. So how do you optimize value from your R&D investments? What are the most promising market opportunities for your innovations, and who are the major players in those spaces? Most important: How can you effectively connect with potential commercial partners? With over 40 years of experience building partnerships around emerging technologies, RTI provides the all-important bridge from the lab to the marketplace. That’s innovation—enabled.

Innovation is the currency for competitive advantage. So where will your next big idea come from? Will the solution you need be just around the corner, or half a world away? RTI extends your vision and reach so that you can identify growth opportunities in unexpected places and build the partnerships needed to stay ahead of the competition. That’s innovation—explored.

RTI International has been working for over 12 years to prevent and control vector-borne diseases such as malaria. We are currently implementing five Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) programs.

One of the greatest challenges we face is the cost-effective and environmentally sound management of waste. From a sustainability perspective, the generation of waste is an inefficient use of natural resources, and millions of dollars are spent annually by cities to manage these wastes. RTI International helps governments and organizations worldwide make decisions about sustainable waste management. We design and implement strategies that consider the life-cycle environmental, cost, and social impacts. We also support the development of policies and regulations for municipal, industrial, agricultural, and hazardous wastes management.

building on previous work to identify a general model of coordinated response in crisis events, RTI studied events surrounding the July 2005 attacks in London. Results demonstrated that London’s approach to coordination—characterized by a high level of preplanning, joint exercises, and regular improvement through constant use—helped to minimize the effects of common coordination barriers during the response.

RTI delivers advisory and training services to all levels of government and civil society. Our emphasis is on institutional development through the transfer of analytical tools and methods, and the involvement of local communities and private-sector counterparts. We often work in multidisciplinary teams that cut across traditional sector boundaries—including education, health, stabilization and governance, economic growth, and water and environmental management.

RTI delivers advisory and training services to all levels of government and civil society. Our emphasis is on institutional development through the transfer of analytical tools and methods, and the involvement of local communities and private-sector counterparts. We often work in multidisciplinary teams that cut across traditional sector boundaries—including education, health, stabilization and governance, economic growth, and water and environmental management.

RTI International supports education development around the world by strengthening education policy, management, and practice to achieve measurable improvement in teaching and learning. From our well-established reputation in strengthening education systems to our innovative work in Early Grade Reading Assessment (EGRA), RTI is improving education quality, relevance, and efficiency.

RTI International supports education development around the world by strengthening education policy, management, and practice to achieve measurable improvement in teaching and learning. From our well-established reputation in strengthening education systems to our innovative work in Early Grade Reading Assessment (EGRA), RTI is improving education quality, relevance, and efficiency.

RTI International has combined 20 years of experience applying virtual reality technology to research, edutainment, and education with our expertise conducting nutrition and labeling research to develop the iSHOPPE software, a virtual tool for understanding consumer purchase decisions.

LVI provides real-time 3D intracardiac echo imaging, enabling more intuitive volume views to improve procedural outcomes.

For more than 20 years and extending over 5 consecutive programs funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), RTI International has worked to create a foundation for effective and accountable democratic governance in Indonesia. The most recent contract -- Local Governance Support Program (LGSP) -- is aimed at fostering an environment in which local governments are responsive to citizens' needs by delivering services and governing in an effective and transparent manner.

RTI International provides a full-service, multidisciplinary solution to the complex challenges of reducing climate change impact and advancing a green economy. RTI has expertise across key sectors—energy, agriculture and forestry, waste, transportation, and industrial—and our economic and environmental modeling techniques deliver the rigorous data analysis required for low-emission development strategies and evaluations. We have experience developing analyses at various geographic levels, from local to global, and a proven track record of working with local experts to build capacity in economic and environmental modeling.

RTI International has demonstrated the ability to move promising lead compounds quickly and effectively through the formulation-optimization, preclinical, and clinical studies required for regulatory approval of new therapeutics. To accomplish these high-quality and timely outcomes, we bring the necessary combination of effective planning, management, and technical and regulatory expertise to the drug development process. We have over 30 years of combined experience managing pharmaceutical research and development within multi-stakeholder environments.

MANDATE’s overarching goal is to produce an interactive, computer-based, quantitative model that compares the potential number of lives saved across maternal and neonatal technologies.

RTI conducts and supports all phases of research in maternal and child health, including data coordination and management, survey design and implementation, and program evaluation. Our work supports decision making not only by the federal agencies that develop and implement health care programs, but also by insurers, employers, and individuals.

With nearly 30 years of experience conducting military studies, RTI International has the expertise, technology, and skills necessary to help the Department of Defense (DoD) meet the complex challenges of ensuring medical readiness and providing quality health care for our military forces. Our experience working in military settings, coupled with our understanding of the military culture, enables our personnel to plan and execute effective research in response to the needs of the DoD and the military services.

RTI conducts R&D on advanced gas separation membranes and membrane-based separation processes for removing contaminants from industrial process gas streams, including synthesis gas and post-combustion flue gas. We have a dedicated team of scientists and engineers and state-of-the-art laboratory facilities for synthesis, characterization, and evaluation of membranes. RTI also offers membrane process simulation software for modeling multicomponent gas separation processes.

RTI International has long served as a flexible fabrication and prototyping facility for development of novel microelectromechanical devices. Our R&D focus is to develop new materials and structures and identify new applications for next-generation microdevices. We have developed unique devices that will miniaturize or replace current state-of-the-art components, providing increased functionality in smaller packages. Furthermore, our capabilities include packaging and electronics integration to produce fully functional prototype systems.

RTI builds capacity for sustained community-based sanitation improvement in Asia

The metabolome is the complement of low-molecular-weight compounds present in the cells, tissues, or biological fluids of an organism in a particular physiological state. Metabolomics involves the study of how the balance of these compounds and their related biochemical pathways alter under the different physiological states that result from development or aging, environmental exposure, disease progression or treatment, or intervention.

RTI International provides technical support in the areas of microanalysis, microscopy, and proficiency testing, and applied research in fibrous and particulate materials, to a variety of commercial clients and state and federal agencies. With a staff of experienced scientists and state-of-the-art laboratories and equipment, we can expertly tailor our approach to each client’s needs.

Microbicides show promise in protecting people from HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Since 2000, RTI International has contributed to microbicide research by applying a holistic, multidisciplinary approach to studying the many issues associated with microbicide development and future use.

RTI International is a leader in the design and conduct of basic and applied research in microbiology, molecular biology, and aerobiology. We serve a variety of government agencies—including the Department of Defense, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. EPA’s National Risk Management Research Laboratory, the National Exposure Research Laboratory, and U.S. EPA’s Office of Solid Waste—as well as industry and private-sector clients. All rely on RTI to provide broad-scale research and services and to develop responsive, scientifically defensible solutions to their most challenging issues.

RTI provides technical support in the areas of microanalysis and microscopy to pharmaceutical and other commercial clients, as well as state and federal agencies. With a staff of experienced scientists and state-of-the-art laboratories and equipment, we conduct rigorous testing and analysis---enabling our clients to have complete confidence in the quality of our results.

RTI International is a leader in the research and development of innovative materials, microstructures, and devices for microsystem integration and packaging. RTI’s extensive experience in back-end-of-line processing makes us an ideal partner for the development or implementation of 3D microstructures on passive and active IC wafers in the areas of wafer-level vacuum packaging, monolithic device integration, and vacuum microelectronics. Fully integrated fabrication and analytical facilities, staffed with full-time engineers and researchers, allow RTI to support a diverse project base developing new technologies and solutions for our clients.

Our national defense strategy draws on the collective expertise of military personnel and government civilians to form a total force. Alongside stand the spouses, children, and families who support these personnel and mission readiness. A number of challenges involving health and well-being, workforce development, and education require research-based solutions that better meet the readiness needs of today and tomorrow. RTI International provides research support for the Department of Defense and other U.S. government agencies to improve force readiness and the lives and working conditions of military personnel and their families.

RTI offers a full spectrum of services to address the unique needs of the mining industry—including site assessments, remediation, environmental research, economic assessments, and stakeholder/community outreach and involvement.

RTI International develops pioneering mobile computing applications for field surveys, personal health interventions, education assessments, teaching and learning, disease surveillance, and other needs. Our mobile apps support a wide range of tablets, smartphones, and other mobile devices, and run on a variety of mobile operating systems.

RTI International provides federal and private-sector clients with independent, objective, and scientifically rigorous research and technical services. Adherence to high standards ensures that we provide high-quality results and work products that our clients can trust. We routinely publish our research findings in peer-reviewed journals, enhancing the reach and credibility of our work and our clients. At RTI, we combine the intellectual talents of leading scientists and researchers in more than 130 disciplines to form world-class research and project teams resulting in creative, cost effective research and services.

One of the greatest challenges municipalities face is the cost-effective and environmentally sound management of waste. From a sustainability perspective, the generation of waste is an inefficient use of natural resources, and millions of dollars are spent each year to manage these wastes. The Municipal Solid Waste Decision Support Tool (MSW DST) enables users to gather credible, science-based, objective information for evaluating strategies to make more informed and defensible decisions.

RTI International’s NLITe technology is an advanced nanofiber material for energy-efficient illumination technologies, including solid-state lighting. Through judicious control of material properties at the nanoscale, NLITe provides exceptional optical performance that can increase the light output and improve the color quality of illumination devices. NLITe has received a 2011 R&D 100 Award recognizing it as one of the most technologically significant products of the year.

The Nanomaterial Registry is a publicly available, Web-based tool for the nanomaterial community. It is an authoritative, fully curated database of the biological and environmental implications of nanomaterials. Using an established, minimal information standard on characterization, the Registry allows users to search and visually compare nanomaterial data, while also finding similarities between seemingly disparate nanomaterials.

Nanotechnology offers the potential to solve some of humanity’s most vexing challenges and is a critical driver of future economic growth worldwide. With its broad range of prospective uses, nanotechnology offers the promise of transformational change in virtually every industry, from aerospace and energy to healthcare and agriculture. RTI International’s nanomaterials research focuses on the preparation, functionalization, characterization, and integration of nanoparticles and nanofibers into high-performance materials.

RTI International provides a wide range of services that support investigations using nanomaterials in drug discovery and development and for establishing safety and risks. These include synthesis of nanomaterials such as labeled nanoparticles; characterization of dose formulations; determination of pharmacokinetics, metabolism, and distribution of nanoparticles; and toxicity assessments.

The unique properties of nanomaterials are being exploited by commercial, government, and academic laboratories to add value to existing products and enable new product development. These technical advances must be balanced with the potential human health and environmental adverse effects. RTI International offers the necessary tools and expertise to responsibly assess the benefits and risks of nanotechnology and related emerging technologies.

RTI International helps clients develop safe and effective medications to treat disorders of the central nervous system and assess the neurtoxicological potential of commodity chemicals. Staff scientists design and conduct behavioral studies consistent with our clients’ goals. Contract services include evaluation of structure-activity relationship and therapeutic efficacy of novel compounds for drug development, substance abuse liability assessment, and behavioral toxicology testing.

RTI International is serving as a Regional Comprehensive Metabolomics Resource Core (RTI RCMRC) through an award from the NIH Common Fund. The RTI RCMRC is one of three cooperative agreement centers funded to work in a U24 consortium. Goals include establishing national standards for metabolomics research and reporting, facilitating translational and clinical research using metabolomics, and training and educating future researchers.

The ability of the government and private organizations to convey complex information clearly and simply is critical during a nuclear incident. In the event of a public emergency, nuclear utilities and government agencies will lead many aspects of the country’s response. RTI International—with its breadth and depth of expertise, scientific objectivity, and high standards for excellence—provides a comprehensive solution that integrates and analyzes multimedia data from numerous disparate sources to aid in crisis response decision makings.

The ability of the government and private organizations to convey complex information clearly and simply is critical during a nuclear incident. In the event of a public emergency, nuclear utilities and government agencies will lead many aspects of the country’s response. RTI International—with its breadth and depth of expertise, scientific objectivity, and high standards for excellence—provides a comprehensive solution that integrates and analyzes multimedia data from numerous disparate sources to aid in crisis response decision makings.

RTI supports a wide range of research and consulting needs for oil and gas industry firms—from broad strategic and planning studies to site-specific assessments. Our engineers and scientists understand the emissions, emissions control technologies, process operations, and process optimization opportunities for the petroleum industry. We have developed methods specifically for assessing sites contaminated—or potentially contaminated—by petroleum-related chemicals.

The RTI Omnibus III Team offers Navy Medicine the essential skills for a successful Omnibus III: Experience, excellence, and best practices across the full range of requirements. From basic and applied research to support services and tool development, the RTI Team is prepared to respond with knowledgeable, efficient, quality solutions.

Better management of water losses could increase the number of households receiving safe water, produce positive health and economic benefits, and improve service sustainability. RTI International recently developed a computer model to assist utility managers, regulators, ministries, and donors to determine optimal water losses and plan loss reduction programs.

RTI International has provided drug discovery and chemistry support services for the pharmaceutical and biotech sectors for over 50 years. We are fully committed to furnishing quality, expert service to help our clients search for new and better drugs and disease therapies and further scientific progress.

RTI International has been a leader in exposure assessment with a focus on particulate matter. The synergistic research program adds capabilities for determining the relationships among the physical and chemical properties of aerosols, toxic gases, other environmental factors, and a person’s behaviors that determine their exposure. Our resources provide a broad perspective that is essential to understanding the exposures in occupational and non-occupational environments that cause adverse health outcomes, especially among susceptible cohorts.

RTI International provides quality support for all particulate matter air monitoring operations, from sampler set-up and training to data processing and management. Using advanced facilities and instrumentation, RTI’s experienced scientists perform rigorous analysis and provide logistical support tailored to client monitoring network needs.

New technologies offer greater opportunities for patients to participate directly in their own care. RTI International is researching and developing patient-centered technologies that improve health outcomes, access to health resources, and affordability. RTI’s multidisciplinary teams are working at the cutting edge of research to leverage the power of mobile health applications, interactive web communities, decision support tools, and communication tools to improve healthcare delivery. We use techniques ranging from user-centered design to complex evaluation methodologies to advance individual health and health care.

New technologies offer greater opportunities for patients to participate directly in their own care. RTI International is researching and developing patient-centered technologies that improve health outcomes, access to health resources, and affordability. RTI’s multidisciplinary teams are working at the cutting edge of research to leverage the power of mobile health applications, interactive web communities, decision support tools, and communication tools to improve healthcare delivery. We use techniques ranging from user-centered design to complex evaluation methodologies to advance individual health and health care.

Mobile devices have become increasingly efficient for data collection and analysis. RTI International’s Personal Health Intervention Tool (PHIT) uses the latest technology to manage self-reported data, including a library of validated health assessments, and deliver recommendations based on algorithms developed by domain experts. The PHIT platform can be applied to facilitate research or interventions for dozens of health or developmental issues, including diabetes, HIV, learning disabilities, and post-traumatic stress disorder.

RTI International offers established capabilities in in vitro molecular pharmacology in support of target development and cell-based assay design, development, and validation, with a focus on the central nervous system. We also perform cell-based assays in support of drug discovery screening programs and hit-to-lead characterization. In addition, we have the molecular biology expertise to enable cDNA cloning, mutagenesis, and expression of targets of interest in heterologous and homologous systems.

RTI is a leader in R&D of innovative materials, microstructures, and devices for microsystem integration and packaging. Our extensive experience in back-end-of-line processing makes us an ideal partner for developing or implementing post-CMOS wafer processes in the areas of multi-level metallization schemes, high density metal-metal interconnects for 3D integration, and monolithic device integration. Fully integrated fabrication and analytical facilities, staffed with full-time engineers and researchers, allow us to support diverse projects.

RTI International can turn data into actionable insights through predictive analytics. Predictive analytics enables us to use historic and real-time data to make predictions of future events, inform decisions that will lead to optimal outcomes, and classify new observations that can guide actions and target interventions.

Through USAID’s Georgia HIV Prevention Project (GHPP), RTI works with a variety of national and community partners to prevent HIV infection among high risk groups in the country, including injecting drug users, men who have sex with men, female sex workers, and their sexual partners.

RTI International’s Center for Forensic Sciences, an established provider of proficiency testing services, offers an international oral fluid PT program. Oral fluid as a testing matrix is increasingly becoming the standard in criminal justice, clinical, and workplace drug-testing venues. As such, proficiency in testing oral fluid samples will continue to grow in importance for judicial and administrative processes, and laboratories testing such samples will be under increasing pressure to ensure the accuracy of their results.

RTI International offers unmatched capabilities and professional experience in the evaluation of aerosol penetration of protective garments. Our unique facilities combine an aerosol wind tunnel with in-depth expertise in aerosol generation, measurement, and analysis. RTI’s Protective Garment Testing Program supports the military and first responder communities by measuring the level of aerosol protection afforded by their protective clothing.

Medicaid agencies are the largest health care purchasers for Americans. Along with State Children’s Health Insurance Programs, they provide insurance for over 25% of the nation’s children. These agencies face difficult challenges to participating in health IT/HIE that prevent them from achieving the cost, efficiency, and quality improvements that such participation can offer.

When undertaking new research, your first task will likely be developing the methodology and selecting the instruments for measurement. Reliable and valid measurements are needed for meaningful research findings and form the foundation of a successful research program. RTI International’s psychometricians are ready to apply measurement tools and solutions to help put your research study on solid footing.

RTI International’s strategy in seeking PPPs is backed by over 40 years of international development experience, working with multiple stakeholders to address various development challenges. RTI seeks to harness the strengths and interests of the private sector and to link them with government and citizen priorities, ultimately leading to improved social services and infrastructure.

RTI International’s strategy in seeking PPPs is backed by over 40 years of international development experience, working with multiple stakeholders to address various development challenges. RTI seeks to harness the strengths and interests of the private sector and to link them with government and citizen priorities, ultimately leading to improved social services and infrastructure.

An interdisciplinary team of researchers forms RTI International’s Quality Systems Program, helping clients plan, implement, and assess environmental data collection activities. These scientists have expertise in environmental sampling, measurement quality assurance and quality control, chemistry, engineering, and quality systems and standards. They also have substantial international experience, including training and technical assistance with air quality monitoring in Africa and Asia.

Random-digit-dial surveys with both landline and cell telephone numbers are a costefficient method of representing nearly all eligible persons or households in a study’s target population. RTI International is a leader in designing, fielding, and weighting random-digit-dial (RDD) surveys, having conducted many RDD telephone surveys and contributed to cutting-edge RDD methodology in the scientific literature.

Rawabi, or “the hills” in English, is the first Palestinian planned community and it will take root 9 kilometers outside Ramallah. Between July and September 2008, RTI engaged with prominent Palestinian leaders of industry, education, and government; collected data; interviewed business stakeholders; mapped the assets of the region; and analyzed several industry sectors in which Palestine has a comparative advantage. At the end of this process, RTI produced a comprehensive economic growth strategy for Rawabi based on emerging realities in Palestine and the global economy.

EGRA is designed to easily and accurately measure how well children in the early grades of primary school are acquiring key reading skills, and if not, what areas of instruction need to be improved. EGRA results can tell us whether boys and girls are progressing equally toward achieving reading fluency and compre-hension and therefore whether they are on target to transition from “learning to read” to “reading to learn.”

RTI International is combining its expertise in hydrology, model development, and advanced geographic information systems technology to create a new generation of flexible tools—such as the Regional Watershed Risk Analysis Platform (R-WRAP)—for evaluating risks to water resources and to the communities that depend on those resources.

RTI International uses science to promote the health and well-being of children and families. We are particularly interested in children at risk due to known stressors such as poverty; involvement in the child welfare system; and parental deployment, incarceration, or substance abuse. Without intervention, many of these children face a high risk of negative outcomes. We strive to break this cycle by researching the causes and prevention of child problem behaviors including violence, substance abuse, sexual risk taking, poor school performance, and mental health problems.

Intimate partner violence (IPV) and sexual violence (SV) endanger the health and well-being of women and men throughout the world. Yet despite a considerable amount of research into this public health and safety problem, researchers continue to be challenged in their efforts to effectively measure the prevalence and nature of IPV and SV. RTI International has been conducting research on crime, violence, justice systems, prevention, and behavioral health for over 30 years, and we conduct a variety of studies specifically related to IPV and SV.

Understanding how drugs, chemicals, or environmental stressors influence the onset, progression, or resolution of disease greatly relies on an integrated understanding of exposure, dose, and response. For decades, scientists at RTI International have been studying the influence of drugs, chemicals, and stressors on specific genes or proteins and metabolic processes. RTI offers services in developing biomarkers for preclinical and clinical applications, as well as for use in epidemiological studies to understand geneenvironment interactions.

RTI and Eastman Chemical Company have developed a novel, high-temperature technology package for removing various contaminants contained in syngas derived from coal and petroleum coke. Developed with support from the National Energy Technology Laboratory of the U.S. Department of Energy, this technology has been extensively field tested at Eastman’s Kingsport, Tennessee, gasification facility.

For more than 15 years, RTI has provided technical assistance and research services to numerous clients and communities throughout China. Our research strategy emphasizes collaboration with Chinese partners as we engage in studies that meet the highest standards of scientific rigor and objectivity to address current and future health, environmental, energy, education, and sustainability issues. Our projects and programs emphasize practical solutions through the transfer of analytical tools and methods, dissemination of best practices, and collaborative applied research to test and apply new technologies.

For more than 15 years, RTI has provided technical assistance and research services to numerous clients and communities throughout China. Our research strategy emphasizes collaboration with Chinese partners as we engage in studies that meet the highest standards of scientific rigor and objectivity to address current and future health, environmental, energy, education, and sustainability issues. Our projects and programs emphasize practical solutions through the transfer of analytical tools and methods, dissemination of best practices, and collaborative applied research to test and apply new technologies.

Our corporate office in San Salvador, El Salvador, is fully equipped to respond to clients’ and programs’ needs, build stronger relationships with local partners and organizations, and diversify markets and practice areas in LAC. The office provides operational support in finance and accounting, human resources management, ICT, procurement, and registration and security support for RTI’s projects in the region.

Our corporate office in San Salvador, El Salvador, is fully equipped to respond to clients’ and programs’ needs, build stronger relationships with local partners and organizations, and diversify markets and practice areas in LAC. The office provides operational support in finance and accounting, human resources management, ICT, procurement, and registration and security support for RTI’s projects in the region.

RTI Health Solutions (RTI-HS), a business unit of RTI International, provides scientifically rigorous research and consulting services to pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device companies. Our research professionals include experts in health economics, patient-reported outcomes, outcomes strategy, market access, survey research, health preference assessment, epidemiology, risk management, drug safety, pharmacovigilance, biometrics, and clinical development.

For 25 years, RTI has provided technical assistance to numerous clients and communities throughout Indonesia. Our demand-driven, community-focused strategy emphasizes transparency and public participation, and capacity building for sustainability. RTI’s programs encourage local ownership and public-private commitment to local development and service delivery.

Overview of RTI's history, research focus, global capabilities, university connections, and financial strength, as well as a select list of our clients.

The RTI Internship Program is the collection of all internship, co-op, practicum, and other related types of experiential learning placements (both paid and unpaid) at RTI. Each intern’s experience is uniquely tailored to the type of internship, department placement, project assignments, and work environments such as laboratories, offices, and field sites. RTI is committed to the development of students by providing internship opportunities in diverse scientific research and business support areas, allowing students to explore their career pathways and scientific fields of interest.

RTI International partners with HHS to protect the health of all Americans. Our experience and expertise, available through the PSC IDIQ, span the broad fields of health, education and child care, employment, and environmental research.

RTI International holds a Master Ordering Agreement in all four domains of AHRQ’s National Resource Center for Health IT, including program management, guidance, assessment, and planning; technical assistance and program-related studies; dissemination, communication, and marketing; and health IT portal infrastructure, management, and support.

For over a decade, RTI International has provided technical assistance and research design and support in Ukraine to help partners in government and civil society establish a robust democracy and solve critical social, economic, and health-related challenges. RTI’s experience in Ukraine spans decentralization, ministerial and local government capacity building, municipal finance and management, association building, and participatory strategic planning.

Ukrainian translation of RTI Ukraine Regional Office brochure.

In 2009, RTI’s experts launched an expanded HIV Program to broaden the range and quality of RTI’s programs for key populations affected by HIV. People at the highest risk for transmission and acquisition of HIV and people living with HIV are at the center of our work as we design locally relevant and sustainable programs that meet the needs of these populations.

Innovation is the currency for competitive advantage. What does that mean for you and your organization? Maximize the impacts from your innovation activities by partnering with RTI. We work at the intersection of innovation and opportunity to provide keen insight, analysis, and connections to identify growth opportunities, commercialize emerging technologies, and transform communities.

When scientific expertise and regulatory compliance are crucial to your ability to do business, you want a laboratory with a demonstrated history of high performance and technical expertise. RTI International has supported the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program (EDSP) since its inception. Our thorough understanding of EDSP requirements makes us the ideal choice for conducting your firm’s EPA-mandated assays and tests. We offer a full range of in vitro and in vivo toxicology screening and testing and expert consulting services, including OSRI review, data gap analysis, and study recommendations.

The 5-year USAID/PEPAM Program (2009–2014), funded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID), seeks to improve sustainable access to water supply and sanitation (WSS) and promote better hygiene in targeted rural and periurban areas of Senegal.

The 5-year USAID/PEPAM Program (2009–2014), funded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID), seeks to improve sustainable access to water supply and sanitation (WSS) and promote better hygiene in targeted rural and periurban areas of Senegal.

SIMPACT is a Web-based decision support tool that identifies life needs related to employee turnover and helps you take action to improve employee retention. SIMPACT puts emphasis on the whole individual, leveraging both work and non-work life needs, to identify focus areas for retention initiatives. Other tools are onesided and only examine workplace retention drivers.

State and local agencies often face difficulties when designing health promotion and prevention activities because they lack local, area-specific data pertaining to counties, groups of counties, health service areas, and other administrative units. Most states and local areas do not possess the economic resources or infrastructure to collect this volume of data via a direct survey approach. RTI International leverages advances in statistics and computing power to offer a viable, affordable alternative that permits the production of valid and reliable estimates for small areas.

Robust and effective public health, health care, and social services systems protect and promote society’s health and well-being. SHORE examines the components of these systems and the relationships among them to better understand how organizational behavior leads to programmatic success or failure, innovation, and system change. RTI International conducts research that examines effectiveness and impact, performance measurement, adoption and implementation, innovation and change, and organizational dynamics in health care and public health programs.

RTI International is harnessing social media and emerging technologies for the advancement of social research. We offer expertise in survey methodology, advanced technology, and communications and are leading the development of survey methods in this new age. We have conducted more than three million surveys on mobile devices and are studying how new forms of communication and social interaction—like Facebook and Twitter—can best be used to provide answers instantly and efficiently. RTI is developing methods to rigorously evaluate the potential value and possible pitfalls of emerging data sources to turn knowledge into practice.

RTI conducts research across the areas of health, education, global climate change and the environment, and social and economic policy. We develop objective information to meet the needs of government and private-sector clients around the world. Our studies range from small, focused evaluations to large-scale longitudinal surveys and complex methodological research efforts. No matter the size, we produce high-quality data that can serve as the basis for sound policy, effective programs, and best commercial practice.

Description of RTI's experience forming public-private partnerships to aid in local development.

RTI International is dedicated to helping clients develop appropriate animal models for efficacy and safety testing of their compounds. Employing these models for early pharmacology testing reduces the amount of time spent in preclinical development. RTI designs specialty studies and develops unique animal models to ensure the most rapid route to Investigational New Drug (IND) submission. Our experienced staff design, customize, and perform specialty studies for the development of novel compounds as well as preclinical testing to assess the safety of formulated drug products.

RTI International is conducting a Department of Defense (DoD)–funded study investigating the extent and patterns of co-occurring spousal violence, child maltreatment, and substance abuse in Army families and assessing the coordination among service providers working with these families. Our researchers are using their understanding of the inner workings of military life and their expertise in data design, collection, and analysis to support the development of improved response to troubled families.

RTI International offers research data collection and data management services at our state-of-the-art, access-controlled Research Operations Center. We deploy sophisticated systems and processes for interviewing, quality monitoring, respondent locating, sample mapping, data capture, and fulfillment.

RTI statisticians possess expert knowledge and skill in many facets of statistical design and analysis. We apply a variety of innovative statistical methodologies to diverse programs in health and environmental studies, as well as to both government- and private-sector-based program evaluations.

RTI International offers advanced expertise in statistical genetics, genomics, and bioinformatics. Our researchers are experienced in an array of innovative genomics technologies and targeted analytical methods that can maximize genomic discovery. Whether the need is full project execution or support for a single aspect of an ongoing study, RTI can be an integral part of the collaboration.

RTI International researchers at the Women’s Global Health Imperative (WGHI) are helping develop and test an intervention designed to prevent to prevent intimate partner violence in urban slum communities in Bangalore, the capital city of Karnataka, India.

RTI International offers substance abuse liability assessment services to help clients develop safe and effective medications for treating disorders of the central nervous system. Our experienced neurobehavioral pharmacology researchers work closely with the pharmaceutical industry to design thorough, confidential evaluation approaches that are tailored for specific new molecular entities.

RTI International researchers at the Women’s Global Health Imperative (WGHI) are helping to create safe, enabling, institutional environments for women to discuss safety concerns and gender-based violence in Bangalore, the capital city of Karnataka, India.

Through the Expanding Access to Quality HIV Prevention, Care, and Support Services in the Ugandan Military Project, funded by the U.S. Department of Defense HIV/AIDS Prevention Program (US-DHAPP), RTI is supporting Uganda’s military families by implementing innovative approaches that address risk factors and behaviors associated with contracting HIV.

RTI International supports a wide range of HIV/AIDS epidemiological and clinical activities both in the United States and globally. Our diverse capabilities allow us to conduct research and provide technical assistance in HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and treatment.

RTI International is dedicated to understanding and improving all stages of the survey research process: development of the research design, instrument construction , translation, survey management, quality assessment and control, non-response, weighting, adaptive/responsive design, final analysis, and reporting of survey results. Our expertise enables clients and researchers to effectively design studies, implement data collection strategies, and analyze data. RTI’s Center for Survey Methodology consists of two programs: Digital Technology & Society (DTS) and Program for Research in Survey Methodology (PRISM). DTS focuses on the technological issues and innovations that influence the changing world of surveys and social research while PRISM focuses on methodological issues related to the survey process.

RTI International has more than 50 years of experience designing, conducting, and reporting on surveys. Our work secures RTI’s solid reputation as a leading independent research institute specializing in services that incorporate the latest technology and innovations in survey research while delivering high-quality data, products, and guidance. Our experience, personnel, and resources (domestic and international) enable us to provide guidance and undertake surveys of any size or population while controlling cost and maintaining data quality.

RTI International’s survey expertise is supported by an organizational commitment to embrace innovation. RTI exemplifies this commitment through an initiative in the online virtual world Second Life, where our virtual interviewing facility provides the opportunity and functionality to design and implement data collection efforts with a global population of Second Life users.

We have extensive experience designing samples for surveys, both cross-sectional and longitudinal, that involve a wide variety of populations and examine a range of issues from drug abuse to affordable housing. We are recognized as a leader in the development of innovative tools for survey sampling, including software for sample selection, weighting, imputation, and survey data analysis.

RTI International is a world leader in designing and conducting research surveys to deliver the high-quality data so critical to the success of clients in both public and private sectors. RTI’s highly skilled researchers use advanced data collection systems and techniques for surveys of all sizes and of any population while controlling cost and maintaining data quality. The technologies we employ are offered in a mature development and hosting environment that meets National Institute of Standards and Technology standards for information security.

Improperly managed human waste can contaminate drinking water and food sources, leading to diarrheal disease that kills 1.5 million children a year. More than 2.5 billion people remain without improved sanitation. RTI International is addressing this challenge by moving from traditional subsidy-based programs that give people toilets to market-based interventions that are proving to be more sustainable, cost-effective, and scalable.

Through the introduction and scale-up of key malaria prevention and control measures by RTI International and local partners, significant progress is being made in the fight against malaria in Mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar.

Graphical representation of events in the development of taxol, beginning with its discovery by Drs. Monroe Wall and Mansukh Wani of RTI International.

RTI International is leading a consortium of global health experts to provide technical assistance, capacity building, and workforce training to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Center for Global Health in support of its mission to eradicate disease and improve health care delivery worldwide.

RTI International held the previous TSAWP contracts and has provided continuous technical support to the EPA Office of Water’s assessment and watershed protection efforts since 1982. This experience gives us extensive insight on how to best support EPA’s implementation of the Clean Water Act, develop and measure science-based performance indicators, and present our findings at an understandable level to Congress, the public, and other key stakeholders.

RTI provides independent, interdisciplinary assessments of the economic contributions of innovation programs and new technologies to society’s economic, public health, and environmental welfare. Our work supports clients by providing robust quantitative accountability measures, assessing policy alternatives, and articulating the value of technology programs at the interface of complex issues.

RTI International has a wealth of experience in teen pregnancy prevention, including program evaluation, substantive expertise pertaining to primary prevention and programs for pregnant and parenting teens, training and technical assistance on adaptation of evidence-based programs, and performance measures. RTI’s capabilities in rigorous evaluation design, data collection, and state-of-the-art analysis have been applied to randomized controlled trials, large multi-site evaluations, media campaigns, and qualitative research about teen pregnancy prevention efforts.

When quality and compliance are crucial to your ability to do business, you need a research organization with a demonstrated history of high performance and technical expertise. RTI International is the ideal choice for conducting your REACH-required guideline assays and testing. Our toxicologists have years of testing experience, with special expertise in developmental and reproductive toxicology. We offer a full range of in vitro and in vivo toxicology testing and can provide expert consulting services, including dossier review, data gap analysis, and study recommendations.

Agricultural science and biotechnology are today poised to lead a technological revolution in fields ranging from crop science and food security to drug development, renewable energy, and environmental bioremediation. The Center for Agricultural and Environmental Biotechnology, launched by RTI International, is a research consortium based in North Carolina that will help lead this agri-technological revolution. The Center conducts advanced research to unlock genetic and environmental resources that will help create a healthier, more secure, and sustainable future.

RTI International worked with the Naval Health Research Center to collaboratively write and design "The Docs." This 200-page graphic novel was designed to psychologically prepare Navy Corpsmen for their first and subsequent deployments to Afghanistan and to help inactive Servicemen who may still be wrestling with postcombat issues. "The Docs" realistically portrays common concerns faced by our military personnel in war zones and serves as a discussion tool for lessening the stigma associated with combat/operational stress.

RTI International has conducted research on crime, violence, justice systems, and behavioral health for over 30 years. In 2004, RTI convened the Girls Study Group for the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to explore trends, causes, and risk factors related to girls’ delinquency. Findings will inform policy, improve communication and understanding, and support the development of more effective delinquency prevention and intervention programs designed specifically for girls.

RTI designs and conducts multidisciplinary research that improves the physical, social, and emotional well-being of women, children, and families. We have research contracts and grants funded by the CDC, Administration for Children and Families, Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Department of Education, Office of Population Affairs, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

According to the World Health Organization, tobacco is the single most preventable cause of death in the world today, and, by 2030, the death toll will exceed 8 million a year. RTI International is a recognized innovator in planning and implementing large-scale multidisciplinary evaluations of public health interventions and tobacco use prevention and control programs. We combine our expertise in economics, program evaluation, and survey research to help find solutions to this pressing global health problem.

According to the World Health Organization, tobacco is the single most preventable cause of death in the world today, and, by 2030, the death toll will exceed 8 million a year. RTI International is a recognized innovator in planning and implementing large-scale multidisciplinary evaluations of public health interventions and tobacco use prevention and control programs. We combine our expertise in economics, program evaluation, and survey research to help find solutions to this pressing global health problem.

RTI International provides trace inorganic bioanalytical method development, validation, and transfer services for state and federal agencies, as well as pharmaceutical and commercial clients. With a staff of experienced scientists and state of the art laboratories and equipment, RTI also solves complex and unique impurity characterization challenges.

Genetics, biology, and the social and physical environment all influence a person’s ability to function physically, socially, and psychologically. How these factors combine to interact with one another can affect an individual’s behavior and response to preventive and treatment interventions. Individual differences in these factors contribute to differences in behavioral outcomes and the ability to benefit from standard interventions. RTI International’s Transdisciplinary Science and Translational Prevention Program seeks to identify the mechanisms underlying both behavioral problems and intervention intractability. Ultimately, this research will inform prevention practice and policy, resulting in significant cost savings and improved quality of life.

With RTI International’s help, teachers across many countries in Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, and elsewhere are changing what they teach and how they teach, making learning to read cognitively engaging and motivating. Moreover, they are getting kids to read.

RTI International is a leader in survey design, data collection, and analysis. We have successfully combined data collection expertise with innovations and advances in technology to support transportation survey initiatives at national, state, and local levels.

Under the TEAMS IDIQ vehicle, RTI and our team of subcontractors provide the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs/TRICARE Management Activity (TMA) a broad array of complementary program management support resources and capabilities.

Tuberculosis threatens public health worldwide, with nearly 1.5 million dying of tuberculosis each year. To address the scope and complexity of the global tuberculosis problem, RTI International uses its multidisciplinary experience and skills in drug development, epidemiology, policy, and health economics.

RTI International, as a subcontractor to the State University of New York Center for International Development, works to connect good-governance champions at every level of Ugandan society to promote public participation in the political process, strengthen institutional transparency and accountability, and improve public service delivery.

RTI International has long been at the forefront of health and readiness research for the U.S. military. With nearly 30 years of experience conducting the Department of Defense’s Surveys of Health-Related Behaviors Among Military Personnel, we have extensive knowledge of military data collection logistics, survey approval processes, and processes for gaining access to military personnel. Study results help leaders to better understand the nature, causes, and consequences of substance abuse and health practices in the military and to evaluate and guide programs and policy.

The new USP general chapters <232> and <233> set forth limits and methods for elemental impurities determined by ICP-MS. RTI International performs both limits and quantitative tests for elements included in <232>. We have validated instrumentation, trace metals preparation facilities, and cGMP quality assurance practices in place to meet all your USP testing requirements.

RTI International is at the forefront of efforts to address water supply and water quality issues in the United States and around the world. RTI delivers innovative solutions to complex water resource problems by combining expertise in hydrology, ecology, engineering, economics, and information technology. We have significantly advanced the state of the art in hydrologic simulation with the release of our new Watershed Flow and ALLocation (WaterFALL™) model.

RTI International has conducted projects in water and sanitation planning, utility management, local government service delivery and financing, environmental health, and water resource management. We have built a reputation for excellence in program design, implementation, and evaluation with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Asian Development Bank (ADB), The World Bank, United Nations agencies, and private sector clients.

RTI International’s watershed modeling tool and decision-support platform, WaterFALL, enables interactive, quantitative investigation of water availability at multiple geographic scales. WaterFALL employs an updated version of a well-established hydrologic model, the Generalized Water Loading Function (GWLF), which has been modified to run on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s enhanced National Hydrography Dataset (NHDPlus) network. Scenario features built into WaterFALL provide an easy-to-use assessment tool for answering a variety of water quantity–based questions across the continental United States quickly and with limited additional data input.

The TRICARE Management Activity (TMA) provided health care for active duty military and their beneficiaries through a number of health care programs. The aim of this research was to evaluate the efficacy of a scientifically based behavioral weight loss intervention program that included multiple levels of participant interaction/support for the beneficiary through several modalities. RTI supported TMA in a complex program of research: a scientific weight loss behavioral intervention study incorporated within a real-world demonstration program that was offered to all eligible beneficiaries, without fees and charges to the participants other than their own individual time and commitment.

Several recent USAID-funded projects have targeted improving reading outcomes in primary school. Based on project results, there is growing consensus that in effective classrooms, teachers are knowledgeable; they have materials that support teaching and learning; and they have adequate time to teach reading.

For more than 50 years, RTI has provided government and private-sector clients with independent, objective research and technical services. We adhere to the highest professional standards and provide our clients with science-based solutions they can trust.

As part of our efforts to improve the reproductive health of vulnerable women around the globe, RTI International operates the Women’s Global Health Imperative (WGHI) program. The investigators at WGHI conduct rigorous epidemiologic, biomedical, and socio-behavioral research to identify and intervene on factors that affect women’s health outcomes. These research findings are used, in turn, to inform the design and implementation of new programs, monitoring and evaluation systems, and health policies.

For over 15 years, RTI International has helped governments, education and training providers, businesses, and civil society organizations work together to provide citizens with pathways to prosperity through employment and career advancement opportunities, as well as provide companies with the skilled employees needed to increase their competitiveness and respond to shifting markets.