Administrative Core of the Texas RCMAR

行政核心摘要 德州RCMAR的行政核心将负责整体方向和运作， 中心它将协调拟议的活动，并确保其他两个核心和附属机构 最佳互动，以实现中心的目标：提高老龄化研究工作人员的多样性 通过从代表性不足的人群中招募和指导科学家， 社会、经济和医学研究侧重于少数民族人口，主要是得克萨斯州的西班牙裔/拉丁裔， 美国西南部和墨西哥。具体目标包括：保持活动的信息流 建立机制和程序，以确保德克萨斯州RCMAR核心最大限度地相互作用， 与研究教育核心（REC）合作，监督征集，审查和选择 进行试点研究以获得资金。行政核心将设立一个执行委员会，由陈博士领导。 Markides和由R博士组成。王先生，REC的领导人，Y.F.博士。分析核心的领导者，K博士。 Peek博士是预防医学和社区卫生系教育副主任。沃尔皮， UTMB西利老龄化中心和UTMB克劳德佩珀老年美国人独立中心主任 中心，A.R. UTMB临床和转化科学奖（CTSA）主任Brasier和J. Angel， 奥斯汀得克萨斯大学公共事务教授，年度国际 美洲老龄问题会议。行政核心还将招聘一个外部咨询小组 由至少五名成员组成。行政核心将确保德克萨斯州RCMAR与 其他德克萨斯大学医学分支NIH资助的中心，包括UTMB Claude Pepper 独立中心，UTMB临床和转化科学奖，以及国家档案馆 计算机化的老龄化数据（NACDA）在密歇根大学。

Administrative Core Abstract The Administrative Core of the Texas RCMAR will be responsible for the overall direction and operation of the Center. It will coordinate proposed activities and assure that the other two cores and affiliated institutions interact optimally to accomplish the center objectives: to enhance the diversity of the aging research workforce by recruiting and mentoring scientists from underrepresented populations for sustained careers in behavioral, social, economic and medical research focused on minority populations, primarily Hispanics/Latinos in Texas, the Southwestern United States, and Mexico. Specific aims include: to maintain information flow of activities and decisions, to create mechanisms and procedures to ensure that Texas RCMAR cores interact to maximum benefit, to work with the Research Education Core (REC) to oversee the solicitation, review and selection of pilot studies for funding. The Administrative Core will establish an Executive Committee headed by Dr. Markides and consisting of Dr. R. Wong, leader of the REC, Dr. Y.F. Kuo, leader of the Analysis Core, Dr. K. Peek, Vice Chair of Education in the Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, Dr. E. Volpi, Director of the UTMB Sealy Center on Aging and the UTMB Claude Pepper Older Americans Independence Center, A.R. Brasier, Director of UTMB's Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA), and J. Angel, Professor of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, and Director of the Annual International Conference on Aging in the Americas. The Administrative Core will also recruit an External Advisory Panel consisting of at least five members. The Administrative Core will assure that the Texas RCMAR interacts with other University of Texas Medical Branch NIH-funded centers including the UTMB Claude Pepper Independence Center, the UTMB Clinical and Translational Science Award, and the National Archive for Computerized Data on Aging (NACDA) at the University of Michigan.