Research Education Component - RCMAR

德克萨斯州少数民族老龄化资源中心研究教育部分的总体目标 研究（得克萨斯州RCMAR）是提供一个基础设施，促进研究的发展， 西班牙裔少数民族老年人的健康状况。具体目标是：1）支持试点研究 旨在增加能够获得外部资金进行多样性的少数民族教师的数量 2）开发和提供机会，以促进多样性老龄化研究的职业发展; 以及3）通过持续的指导活动加强多样性老化研究。为了实现这些目标， 我们将为多样性老龄化研究提供试点研究资金，主要关注墨西哥裔老年人， 成年人;我们将利用一个积极的老龄化会议，提供网络机会和定量 为教师，研究员和学生举办研讨会，以提高他们在多样性老龄化研究中的技能和知名度; 我们将为初级教师和更高级的教师推出一个指导系统，他们是新的多样性老龄化 研究，为他们提供结构化的指导和职业发展机会。拟议 RCMAR将包括两个主要合作伙伴：得克萨斯大学医学分支（UTMB）和大学 德克萨斯州奥斯汀（UT）伙伴机构将确定年轻的研究人员、博士后研究员和 对多样性老龄化研究的科学和学术事业感兴趣的学生。总校长 调查员（K. Markides）和研究教育部分的主要研究者（R。Wong），as 以及研究团队的其他成员，在指导和开发新的 investigators.德州RCMAR的研究教育部分的目的是产生一个干部， 独立资助的少数民族调查人员进行多样性老龄化研究，重点是 墨西哥裔人口。

The overall goal of the Research Education Component of the Texas Resource Center for Minority Aging Research (Texas RCMAR) is to provide an infrastructure that facilitates the development of research on the health of older members of Hispanic minority populations. The specific aims are to: 1) Support pilot research designed to increase the number of minority faculty who are able to obtain external funding to conduct diversity aging research; 2) develop and offer opportunities to promote career development in diversity aging research; and 3) strengthen diversity aging research through continual mentoring activities. To accomplish these aims, we will provide pilot research funding in diversity aging research with a primary focus on Mexican origin older adults; we will use an active aging conference to provide both networking opportunities and quantitative workshops to faculty, fellows, and students to increase their skills and visibility in diversity aging research; and we will launch a mentoring system for junior faculty and more senior faculty who are new to diversity aging research, providing them with structured mentoring and career development opportunities. The proposed RCMAR will include two primary partners: the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) and the University of Texas at Austin (UT). The partner institutions will identify young investigators, postdoctoral fellows and students interested in scientific and academic careers in diversity aging research. The overall Principal Investigator (K. Markides) and the Principal Investigator of the Research Education Component (R. Wong), as well as other members of the research team, have extensive experience in mentoring and development of new investigators. The intent of the Research Education Component of the Texas RCMAR is to produce a cadre of independently funded minority investigators conducting diversity aging research with an emphasis on the Mexican origin population.