The Texas Resource Center on Minority Aging Research (RCMAR)

德克萨斯州少数族裔老龄化研究资源中心 (RCMAR)

• 批准号: 10730104
• 负责人: Kyriakos S Markides
• 金额: $ 33.03万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MED BR GALVESTON
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-09-30 至 2028-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10730104
• 关键词: Advocate; Aging; Area; Behavioral; Communication; Databases; Development; Economics; Educational Activities; Educational workshop; Elderly; Ensure; Ethics; Evaluation; Faculty; Funding; Grant; Health; Hispanic Populations; Infrastructure; Institution; International; Knowledge; Latino Population; Lead; Leadership; Longevity; Medical Research; Mentors; Mexico; Minority; Minority Groups; Modeling; Outcome; Parents; Pilot Projects; Population Sciences; Procedures; Process; Reporting; Research; Research Activity; Research Personnel; Resources; Science; Scientist; Source; Southwestern United States; Teacher Professional Development; Texas; Training; Underrepresented Populations; Universities; Work; Writing; austin; career; education research; equity, diversity, and inclusion; faculty mentor; health disparity; improved; innovation; lectures; member; migration; minority health disparity; minority investigator; operation; peer coaching; programs; recruit; responsible research conduct; skills; social

The Leadership and Administrative Core (LAC) of the Texas RCMAR will be responsible for the overall direction and operation of the Center. Dr. Kyriakos Markides (UTMB) and Dr. Fernando Riosmena (UTSA) are Core Leaders and the Texas RCMAR overall MPIs. Dr. Soham Al Snih (UTMB) will serve as Associate Leader. The LAC will coordinate the proposed activities of the Center and assure that other cores, components, and affiliated institutions interact optimally to assure accomplishment of the center's objectives: 1) To enhance the diversity of the aging research workforce by mentoring scientists from underrepresented populations to help them develop sustained careers in behavioral, social, economic, and medical research with a focus on minority populations, primarily Hispanics/Latinos in Texas, the Southwestern United States, and Mexico, as well as health disparities in general; and 2) To develop infrastructure to promote advances in these areas and to increase the number of investigators in the area of health and aging of minority populations and health disparities. An Executive Committee will meet regularly to promote and maintain communication among RCMAR components and participating institutions. Special focus will be on mentoring minority investigators, with a primary focus on the Hispanic population of Texas, the Southwestern United States, and Mexico. Specific aims of the LAC are to: Aim 1. Create the infrastructure to support rigorous research in behavioral and social research on aging and health disparities in older adults, with an emphasis on diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA). Aim 1.a. Coordinate RCMAR activities and maintain an information flow of activities and decisions. Aim 1.b. Create mechanisms and procedures to ensure that RCMAR cores interact to maximum benefit. Aim 1.c. Interact with other NIA Center programs. Aim 2. Support the Analysis Core (AnC) and REC in their mentoring, education, and research activities. Aim 2.a. Work closely with the Research Education Component (REC) to oversee the solicitation, review, and selection of pilot studies for funding. Aim 2.b. Ensure that RCMAR researchers and pilot investigators will interact with colleagues at the parent institution and affiliated institutions. Aim 3. Evaluate Center progress toward continuous improvement. Aim 3.a. Recruit an Advisory Board consisting of at least five members, including advocates and scientific experts in health disparities and minority aging research. Aim 3.b. Work with the RCMAR Coordinating Center to develop and maintain a Program Emphasis and Outcomes Report. Aim 3.c. Maintain a RCMAR database that will keep track of the RCMAR Scientists’ activities as well as the activities of the REC and AnC and the Texas RCMAR overall. With the many Centers housed at UTMB and UTSA, and our national and international network of collaborators — as well as our partners at UT Austin, specifically the Center on Aging and Population Sciences (CAPS) and the Texas Aging and Longevity Consortium (TALC) — the Texas RCMAR will become a model of faculty development and an important source of new researchers, particularly in Migration, Aging, and Health.

德克萨斯州 RCMAR 的领导和行政核心 (LAC) 将负责整体事务 该中心的指导和运作由 Kyriakos Markides 博士 (UTMB) 和 Fernando Riosmena 博士 (UTSA) 负责。 是核心领导者，德克萨斯州 RCMAR 总体 MPI 博士 Soham Al Snih (UTMB) 将担任助理。 领导者将协调中心拟议的活动，并确保其他核心、组成部分、 和附属机构进行最佳互动，以确保实现中心的目标： 1) 加强 通过指导来自代表性不足人群的科学家来帮助老龄化研究人员的多样性 他们在行为、社会、经济和医学研究领域发展了持续的职业生涯，重点关注少数群体 人口，主要是德克萨斯州、美国西南部和墨西哥的西班牙裔/拉丁裔，以及健康状况 总体差异；以及 2) 发展基础设施以促进这些领域的进步并增加 少数民族人口健康和老龄化以及健康差异领域的调查人员数量。 执行委员会将定期举行会议，以促进和维持 RCMAR 各组成部分之间的沟通 和参与机构将特别关注对少数族裔法官的指导，主要关注的是 德克萨斯州、美国西南部和墨西哥的西班牙裔人口。 LAC 的具体目标是： 目标 1. 创建基础设施以支持老龄化行为和社会研究的严格研究 和老年人的健康差异，重点是多样性、公平性、包容性和可及性 (DEIA) 目标 1.a. 协调 RCMAR 活动并维持活动和决策的信息流。 1.b. 创建机制和程序以确保 RCMAR 核心相互作用以实现目标 1.c 的最大利益。 与其他 NIA 中心项目互动 目标 2. 支持其分析核心 (AnC) 和 REC。 目标 2.a. 与研究教育密切合作。 组件 (REC) 监督资助试点研究的征集、审查和选择。 RCMAR 研究人员和试点研究人员将与母机构和附属机构的同事进行互动 目标 3. 评估中心在持续改进方面的进展。 委员会由至少五名成员组成，包括健康差异和健康问题的倡导者和科学专家 目标 3.b. 与 RCMAR 协调中心合作制定和维护一项计划 重点和成果报告 目标 3.c. 维护一个跟踪 RCMAR 的数据库。 科学家的活动以及 REC 和 AnC 以及德克萨斯州 RCMAR 的活动有很多。 位于 UTMB 和 UTSA 的中心以及我们的国内和国际合作者网络 - 以及 我们在 UT Austin 的合作伙伴，特别是老龄化与人口科学中心 (CAPS) 和德克萨斯州 老龄化与长寿联盟 (TALC) — 德克萨斯州 RCMAR 将成为教师发展的典范 也是新研究人员的重要来源，特别是在移民、老龄化和健康领域。