The Texas Resource Center on Minority Aging Research (RCMAR)

德克萨斯州RCMAR的领导和行政核心(LAC)将负责总体 中心的方向和运作。基里亚科斯·马尔基德斯博士(UTMB)和费尔南多·里奥斯梅纳博士(UTSA) 是核心领导者和德克萨斯州RCMAR整体MPI。Soham Al Snih博士(UTMB)将担任助理 领队。LAC将协调中心拟议的活动，并确保其他核心、部件、 和附属机构以最佳方式互动，以确保中心目标的实现：1)加强 通过指导来自代表性不足人群的科学家来帮助老龄化研究人员的多样性 他们在行为、社会、经济和医学研究方面发展了持续的职业生涯，重点是少数民族 人口，主要是德克萨斯州、美国西南部和墨西哥的拉美裔/拉丁裔，以及健康 2)发展基础设施，以促进在这些领域取得进展，并增加 在少数群体健康和老龄化以及健康差距领域的调查人数。一个 执行委员会将定期举行会议，以促进和保持RCMAR各组成部分之间的沟通 和参与机构。将特别注重指导少数群体调查人员，主要重点是 德克萨斯州、美国西南部和墨西哥的西班牙裔人口。LAC的具体目标是： 目标1.建立基础设施，支持关于衰老的行为和社会研究的严谨研究 和老年人的健康差距，强调多样性、公平性、包容性和可获得性 (迪亚)。目标1.A。协调RCMAR活动，维护活动和决策的信息流。目标 1.B.建立机制和程序，以确保RCMAR核心相互作用，以获得最大利益。目标1.c. 与其他NIA中心程序互动。目标2.支持分析核心(ANC)和区域经济共同体 指导、教育和研究活动。目标2.a.与研究型教育密切合作 负责监督试点研究的征集、审查和遴选工作。目标2.b.确保 RCMAR研究人员和试点调查人员将与母公司和附属机构的同事互动 机构。目标3.评估中心在持续改进方面的进展。目标3.a。招聘顾问 由至少五名成员组成的委员会，包括健康差距和健康问题方面的倡导者和科学专家 少数民族老龄化研究。目标3.b。与RCMAR协调中心合作开发和维护计划 重点和成果报告。目标3.c。维护一个跟踪RCMAR的RCMAR数据库 科学家的活动以及REC和ANC以及德克萨斯RCMAR的总体活动。有这么多人 位于UTMB和UTSA的中心，以及我们的国内和国际合作者网络-以及 我们在德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校的合作伙伴，特别是老龄化和人口科学中心(CAPS)和德克萨斯州 老龄化和长寿联盟(滑石粉)-德克萨斯州RCMAR将成为教师发展的典范 也是新研究人员的重要来源，特别是在移民、老龄化和健康方面。

The Leadership and Administrative Core (LAC) of the Texas RCMAR will be responsible for the overall direction and operation of the Center. Dr. Kyriakos Markides (UTMB) and Dr. Fernando Riosmena (UTSA) are Core Leaders and the Texas RCMAR overall MPIs. Dr. Soham Al Snih (UTMB) will serve as Associate Leader. The LAC will coordinate the proposed activities of the Center and assure that other cores, components, and affiliated institutions interact optimally to assure accomplishment of the center's objectives: 1) To enhance the diversity of the aging research workforce by mentoring scientists from underrepresented populations to help them develop sustained careers in behavioral, social, economic, and medical research with a focus on minority populations, primarily Hispanics/Latinos in Texas, the Southwestern United States, and Mexico, as well as health disparities in general; and 2) To develop infrastructure to promote advances in these areas and to increase the number of investigators in the area of health and aging of minority populations and health disparities. An Executive Committee will meet regularly to promote and maintain communication among RCMAR components and participating institutions. Special focus will be on mentoring minority investigators, with a primary focus on the Hispanic population of Texas, the Southwestern United States, and Mexico. Specific aims of the LAC are to: Aim 1. Create the infrastructure to support rigorous research in behavioral and social research on aging and health disparities in older adults, with an emphasis on diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA). Aim 1.a. Coordinate RCMAR activities and maintain an information flow of activities and decisions. Aim 1.b. Create mechanisms and procedures to ensure that RCMAR cores interact to maximum benefit. Aim 1.c. Interact with other NIA Center programs. Aim 2. Support the Analysis Core (AnC) and REC in their mentoring, education, and research activities. Aim 2.a. Work closely with the Research Education Component (REC) to oversee the solicitation, review, and selection of pilot studies for funding. Aim 2.b. Ensure that RCMAR researchers and pilot investigators will interact with colleagues at the parent institution and affiliated institutions. Aim 3. Evaluate Center progress toward continuous improvement. Aim 3.a. Recruit an Advisory Board consisting of at least five members, including advocates and scientific experts in health disparities and minority aging research. Aim 3.b. Work with the RCMAR Coordinating Center to develop and maintain a Program Emphasis and Outcomes Report. Aim 3.c. Maintain a RCMAR database that will keep track of the RCMAR Scientists’ activities as well as the activities of the REC and AnC and the Texas RCMAR overall. With the many Centers housed at UTMB and UTSA, and our national and international network of collaborators — as well as our partners at UT Austin, specifically the Center on Aging and Population Sciences (CAPS) and the Texas Aging and Longevity Consortium (TALC) — the Texas RCMAR will become a model of faculty development and an important source of new researchers, particularly in Migration, Aging, and Health.