Resource Centers for Minority Aging Research National Coordinating Center (RCMARs NCC)

项目总结/摘要 NIA RCMAR计划的建立是为了认识到多样性的价值， 研究企业，以解决不同的健康和功能轨迹之间的差距 种族和社会经济群体。我们的目标是建立全国性的RCMARs 美国老年学会协调中心（NCC），借鉴 其基础设施和专业知识。国家协调委员会区域协调和评估报告的具体目标是： 1.实施和扩大新的基础设施，以支持中心，包括互动 网站、强大的全社区在线网络平台、增强协作的工具， 支持设立新的奖学金和培养文化意识， 响应式辅导和职业发展。 2.与NIA工作人员和参与机构的RCMAR社区合作， 科学家、受训人员、工作人员和合作伙伴-就基本共同点达成共识 评估指标，并实施简化的数据收集流程，以支持 评估RCMAR中心的活动，包括研究，合作，指导， 网络、利益相关者参与和环境影响评估。 3.开发新的工具并利用现有的循证工具， 职业调查员和来自不同背景的导师，提供技能和技术支持 必须促进他们的专业成长和多样化的研究队伍在 行为和社会科学，以解决少数民族老龄化，AD/ADRD，和/或健康 老年人的差异。 4.促进RCMAR中心之间的资源共享， 与包括少数群体服务机构（MSIs）在内的关键利益攸关方进行可持续的接触; 历史上的黑人学院和大学[HBCUs]，部落学院和大学 [TCU]，西班牙裔服务机构[HSI]）和其他学术机构服务 主要是种族少数族裔学生和群体）、所有NIA研究中心、老龄化 研究机构和公众。 5.加强RCMAR计划，老龄化行为和社会研究的突出地位 和AD/ADRD贯穿和超越老化领域。培养对DEIA价值的尊重 在老龄研究事业中，通过广泛宣传和传播活动， 中心及其科学家在学术和公共场所的调查结果。

Project Summary/Abstract The NIA RCMAR program was established in recognition of the value of diversity in the research enterprise to address disparities in health and function trajectories among different racial and socioeconomic groups. Our goal is to establish the RCMARs National Coordinating Center (NCC) at the Gerontological Society of America (GSA), drawing upon its infrastructure and expertise. The Specific Aims of the RCMARs NCC are: 1. Implement and expand new infrastructure to support the Centers, including an interactive website, robust community-wide online networking platform, tools to enhance collaboration, and resources supporting the creation of new scholarship and fostering culturally aware and responsive mentorship and career development. 2. In partnership with NIA staff and the RCMAR Community of participating institutions, scientists, trainees, staff, and partners – establish consensus on essential common evaluation metrics and implement a streamlined process for collecting data to support the evaluation of RCMAR Center activities, including research, collaboration, mentoring, networking, stakeholder engagement, and DEIA. 3. Develop new tools and leverage existing evidence-based tools to provide trainees, early career investigators, and mentors from diverse backgrounds with skills and technical support necessary to advance their professional growth and diversify the research workforce in the behavioral and social sciences to address minority aging, AD/ADRD, and/or health disparities in older adults. 4. Catalyze resource sharing between and among the RCMAR Centers and cultivate sustainable engagement with key stakeholders including Minority serving institutions (MSIs); Historically Black Colleges and Universities [HBCUs], Tribal Colleges and Universities [TCUs], Hispanic Serving Institutions [HSIs]) and other academic institutions serving predominately racially minoritized students and groups), all NIA research Centers, the aging research community, and the public. 5. Enhance the prominence of the RCMAR program, behavioral and social research on aging and AD/ADRD throughout and beyond the aging field. Foster reverence for the value of DEIA in the aging research enterprise by broadly elevating and disseminating the activities and findings of the Centers and their scientists in academic and public venues.