Minority Faculty Development in Aging Research Confere

描述（由申请人提供）：拟议的年度会议，少数民族教师发展老龄化研究系列会议，旨在为NIA少数民族老龄化研究资源中心（RCMARs）， NIA胡椒中心，NIA阿尔茨海默病研究中心，NIA皇家中心开发的教师发展过程和工具的科学进步提供论坛；以及其他具有共同使命的国家中心项目，如EXCEED和EXPORT。该系列将由加州大学洛杉矶分校国家RCMAR协调中心（CC）管理，该中心在教师发展计划和会议管理方面具有相当大的专业知识。为了跨越RCMAR CC当前的资助周期，该系列的计划委员会由James S. Jackson博士担任主席，他是少数民族老龄化研究的知名领导者，也是少数民族教师发展培训的资深主管。该年度会议将与美国老年学学会（GSA）年度科学会议联系起来，并与之前两次关于少数民族老龄化研究内容的会前成功合作。解决健康差距是国家的优先事项，增加老龄研究领域合格的少数民族教师队伍被视为改善健康差距研究的一个重要途径。RCMARs和其他国家项目面临着开发流程和工具的挑战，通过识别和解决少数民族和女性教师在学术进步和独立研究成功方面的挑战和障碍，来提高少数民族教师在老龄化研究中的水平。这个系列会议提供了一个重要的论坛，可以在RCMARs和其他nia赞助的项目之间分享这一共同使命。每届年度会议将在科学文献和规划委员会的专业知识和经验的指导下，讨论少数民族教师发展的一个关键主题。为2003年GSA预备会议提出的第一个为期一天的系列项目的主题是“通过指导最大化少数民族教师的成功”，将在加州圣地亚哥举行。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The proposed annual conferences, The Minority Faculty Development in Aging Research Conference Series, are designed to provide a forum for the scientific advancement of faculty development processes and tools developed by the NIA Resource Centers for Minority Aging Research (RCMARs), the NIA Pepper Centers, the NIA Alzheimer's Disease Research Centers, the NIA Roybal Centers; and other national center programs, such as EXCEED and EXPORT, that share common missions. The Series will be managed by the UCLA National RCMAR Coordinating Center (CC), which brings considerable expertise in faculty development programs and conference management. Four years of funding for the annual conferences is being requested, to span the current funding cycle of the RCMAR CC. The Planning Committee for the Series is chaired by James S. Jackson, PhD, a renowned leader in minority aging research and an experienced director in minority faculty development training. The annual conferences will be linked to the Gerontological Society of America (GSA) Annual Scientific Meetings, and an established successful collaboration for two previous pre-conferences on minority aging research content. Addressing health disparities is a national priority, and increasing the cadre of qualified minority faculty in aging research is seen as one important avenue to improve health disparities research. The RCMARs, and other national programs, have been challenged to develop processes and tools to improve minority faculty in aging research by identifying and addressing the challenges and barriers for academic advancement and independent research success of minority and women faculty. This conference series provides an important forum for sharing across RCMARs and other NIA-sponsored programs with this common mission. Each annual conference will address a critical theme in minority faculty development, guided by scientific literature and the expertise and experience of the planning committee. The theme for the first one-day program in the series proposed for the 2003 GSA Pre-conference is "Maximizing Minority Faculty Success through Mentoring" to be held in San Diego, CA.