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(德克萨斯RCMAR)是提供一个基础设施，促进研究的发展 西班牙裔少数群体老年成员的健康状况。具体目标是：1)支持先导研究 旨在增加能够获得外部资金以进行多样性的少数族裔教职员工的数量 2)在多样化的老龄化研究中发展和提供促进职业发展的机会； 3)通过持续的辅导活动，加强多样性老龄化研究。为了实现这些目标， 我们将在多样性老龄化研究方面提供试点研究资金，主要关注墨西哥裔老年人 成人；我们将利用积极的老龄化会议来提供网络机会和量化 为教员、研究员和学生举办讲习班，以提高他们在多样化老龄化研究方面的技能和知名度；以及 我们将为刚适应多样化老龄化的初级教员和更多高级教员推出导师制度。 研究，为他们提供结构化的指导和职业发展机会。建议数 RCMAR将包括两个主要合作伙伴：德克萨斯大学医学部(UTMB)和该大学 德克萨斯州的奥斯汀大学(UT)。合作机构将确定年轻的研究人员、博士后研究员和 对科学和学术事业感兴趣的学生，从事多样化的老龄化研究。总的校长 调查员(K.Markines)和研究教育部分首席调查员(R.Wong)，AS 和研究团队的其他成员一样，在指导和开发新的 调查人员。德克萨斯州RCMAR研究教育部分的目的是培养一支 独立资助的少数族裔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.