CORE--COORDINATING CENTER

通过协调中心的职能，NBER将监测和协调所有NIA人口统计中心的活动，确保每个中心的研究人员之间的沟通，互动和合作，以及更广泛的老龄化和健康问题研究人员社区。具体目标是：（1）与所有NIA中心主任保持定期沟通，以监控每个地点的研究活动，资源，产品，会议和相关活动。(2)维护与NIA人口统计学中心相关的研究人员完成的所有出版物和工作论文的最新合并书目，以及其他研究人员完成的关于老龄化和健康问题的重要出版物和工作论文。(3)对中心活动、研究者专业知识和兴趣、中心资源、出版物和其他研究产品、中心会议和研讨会以及相关活动进行编目并作为中心信息来源。(4)与NIA项目人员合作，监督NIA人口中心，并确保每个中心有效地解决NIA研究优先事项。(5)为国家信息评估和中心主任提供“特别项目”支持，例如汇编研究界对新数据库开发需求的看法。(6)组织所有中心主任和NIA计划工作人员的年度会议和定期电话会议，报告每个中心的持续进展，并计划未来的研究重点和目标。

Through the coordinating center function, the NBER will monitor and coordinate the activities taking place at all of the NIA Demography Centers, assuring communication, interaction, and cooperation among investigators in each of the Center, as well as the broader community of researchers concerned with aging and health issues. The specific aims are: (1) To maintain regular communication with all NIA Center Directors in order to monitor the research activities, resources, products, meeting, and related activities taking place at each location. (2) To maintain an updated consolidation bibliography of all publications and working papers completed by investigators associated with the NIA Demography Centers, as well as important publications and working papers completed by other researchers on aging and health issues. (3) To catalogue and serve as a central source of information about Center activities, investigators expertise and interests, Center resources, publications and other research products, conferences and workshops of the Centers, and related activities. (4) To work in cooperation with NIA program staff in overseeing the NIA Demography Centers, and in assuring that each Center is addressing NIA research priorities effectively. (5) To provide "special project" support to NIA and Center Directors, such as in compiling the perspectives of the research community on new database development needs. (6) To organize an annual meeting and periodic conference calls of all Center Directors and NIA program staff to report on the ongoing progress of each Center, and to plan future research priorities and objectives.