EXTERNAL INNOVATIVE NETWORK CORE

该核心的总体目标是建立一个拉丁美洲老龄问题研究网络（拉娜），将PARC协会及其在智利、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。预计拉娜将成为P30中心以外的西班牙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：㈠每年为拉丁美洲的一名访问学者提供支助，以便与帕洛阿尔托研究中心的伙伴合作; ㈡在第四年组织帕洛阿尔托研究中心拉丁美洲老龄问题讲习班;（iii）结合其他推广活动，建立和维持一个双语网站，以便利拉娜网络参与者就共同感兴趣的议题进行交流，如收集生物标志物并评估其在不同地点的可靠性;（iv）通过加密网络开发共同的研究资源;（v）促进PARC助理与现有拉娜地点之一的初级同事的年度试点合作;（vi）鼓励在现有研究的计量方法中建立概念上的对等;以及（vii）便利以双语记录调查材料。为了提供咨询并促进网络内的合作，该核心还将为PARC协会每年约5次前往拉丁美洲参加科学会议提供支持，例如，参加拉丁美洲和加勒比经济学协会（LACEA）或墨西哥人口协会（Sociedad Mexicana de Demografia，SOMEDE）的年度会议，并与同事进行讨论，5次拉丁美洲同事参加美国科学会议，如PAA、AEA或兰德暑期研究所，并与PARC协会和其他美国同事进行讨论。

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.