EXTERNAL INNOVATIVE NETWORK CORE

该核心的总体目标是建立一个拉丁美洲老龄化研究网络（LANA），将PARC成员及其在智利、哥伦比亚、危地马拉和墨西哥的合作者的研究项目联系起来。预计LANA将成为P30中心以外的拉美裔美国研究人员进入老龄化研究的一个切入点。具体活动包括(i)每年为来自拉丁美洲的访问学者提供年度支持，与PARC同事一起工作；（ii）在第四年举办拉丁美洲老龄问题研究中心讲习班；（iii）结合其他外展活动，建立并维护一个双语网站，以促进LANA参与者就共同感兴趣的主题进行交流，例如收集生物标志物并评估其在各个站点的可靠性；（iv）通过加密网络开发共同研究资源；(v)促进一名研究中心助理与一名资历较浅的同事每年在现有的LANA地点之一进行试点合作；鼓励在现有研究中采取概念上的对等措施；（vii）促进调查材料的双语记录。为了提供咨询和促进网络内部合作，该核心还将为PARC的同事提供每年约5次前往拉丁美洲参加科学会议的支持，例如拉丁美洲和加勒比经济协会（LACEA）或墨西哥人口协会（Sociedad Mexicana de Demografia， SOMEDE）的年度会议并与同事进行磋商，并为拉丁美洲的同事提供5次前往美国参加科学会议的支持，例如PAA， AEA，或兰德暑期研究所，并与帕洛阿尔托研究中心的同事和其他美国同事交流。

The overall goal of this core is to build a research Network on Aging in Latin America (LANA), linking research projects of PARC Associates and their collaborators in Chile, Colombia, Guatemala, and Mexico. It is expected that LANA will be a point of entry into aging research for Hispanic-American reseachers outside of P30 Centers. Specific activities include (i) providing annual support for a visiting scholar from Latin America each year to work with PARC Associates; (ii) organizing a PARC Workshop on Aging in Latin America in Year 4; (iii), in conjunction with other outreach activities, establish and maintain a bilingual website to facilitate a communications on topics of common interest to LANA participants, such as collecting biomarkers and assessing their reliability across sites; (iv), developing common research resources through an encrypted network; (v) facilitating an annual pilot collaboration of a PARC Associate with a junior colleague at one of the existing LANA sites; (vi) encouraging conceptual equivalence in measures across existing studies; and, (vii) facilitate bi-lingual documentation of survey materials. To provide consultation and facilitate intra-network collaborations, this Core also will provide support for approximately 5 trips a year for PARC Associates to attend scientific meetings in Latin American, e.g., the annual meeting of the Latin America and Caribbean Economics Association (LACEA) or the Mexican Population Association (Sociedad Mexicana de Demografia, SOMEDE) and confer with colleagues and 5 trips for Latin America colleagues to attend U.S. scientific meetings, such as PAA, AEA, or the Rand Summer Institute, and confer with PARC Associates and other U.S. colleagues.