CORE--COORDINATING CENTER

通过协调中心的职能，NBER将监测和协调所有NIA人口统计中心正在进行的活动，确保每个中心的研究人员以及更广泛的关注老龄化和健康问题的研究人员之间的沟通、互动和合作。具体目标是：(1)与所有NIA中心主任保持定期沟通，以监督在每个地点进行的研究活动、资源、产品、会议和相关活动。(2)对与国家人口统计中心有关的研究人员完成的所有出版物和工作论文，以及其他研究人员在老龄化和健康问题上完成的重要出版物和工作论文，保持最新的合并书目。(3)为中心的活动、研究人员的专长和兴趣、中心的资源、出版物和其他研究产品、中心的会议和讲习班以及相关活动编目，并作为中心信息的中心来源。(4)与NIA计划工作人员合作，监督NIA人口统计中心，并确保每个中心有效地处理NIA的研究优先事项。(5)向NIA和中心主任提供“特殊项目”支持，例如汇编研究界对新数据库开发需求的看法。(6)组织所有中心主任和NIA项目工作人员的年度会议和定期电话会议，报告每个中心的进展情况，并规划未来的研究重点和目标。

Through the coordinating center function, the NBER will monitor and coordinate the activities taking place at all of the NIA Demography Centers, assuring communication, interaction, and cooperation among investigators in each of the Center, as well as the broader community of researchers concerned with aging and health issues. The specific aims are: (1) To maintain regular communication with all NIA Center Directors in order to monitor the research activities, resources, products, meeting, and related activities taking place at each location. (2) To maintain an updated consolidation bibliography of all publications and working papers completed by investigators associated with the NIA Demography Centers, as well as important publications and working papers completed by other researchers on aging and health issues. (3) To catalogue and serve as a central source of information about Center activities, investigators expertise and interests, Center resources, publications and other research products, conferences and workshops of the Centers, and related activities. (4) To work in cooperation with NIA program staff in overseeing the NIA Demography Centers, and in assuring that each Center is addressing NIA research priorities effectively. (5) To provide "special project" support to NIA and Center Directors, such as in compiling the perspectives of the research community on new database development needs. (6) To organize an annual meeting and periodic conference calls of all Center Directors and NIA program staff to report on the ongoing progress of each Center, and to plan future research priorities and objectives.