Minority Aging Research "State of the Science" Conference Series

描述（由申请人提供）：NIA少数民族老龄化研究资源中心（RCMARs），由RCMAR协调中心（CC）领导，要求资助一个科学研究会议，将重点放在少数民族老龄化研究的“科学状态”。国家研究理事会（NCR）制定的研究议程“理解晚年的种族和民族差异”（2004年）被用来选择会议主题。拟议的科学研究会议将于2007年11月16日与2007年美国老年学会（GSA）全国科学年会一起举行，以最大限度地提高出席率并利用旅行费用。该会议有三个目标：（1）将研究人员聚集在一起，讨论选定的NRC建议领域的当前“科学状态”;（2）使RCMAR和其他研究人员接触可能没有得到充分解决的优先研究领域;（3）鼓励优先领域的研究发展。会议的具体目标是（1）形成和利用一个专家会议规划委员会，制定为期一天的科学会议议程，将促进干预研究，以解决种族和民族健康差异;确定在确定的研究优先事项的关键研究工作和项目;表征阻碍干预研究项目发展的障碍;并讨论新的方法，以新的项目开发在未得到重视的优先研究领域。其余的具体目标包括：（2）就少数民族初级教员和其他初级教员的干预性研究过程和技能发展问题召开一次科学会议，以鼓励在优先领域开展少数民族老龄化研究;（3）向至少50名少数民族初级教员和/或教员提供培训（高级和初级）在每年的会议上从事少数民族老龄化研究;（4）评估会议计划，以记录知识，技能，能力和会议学习的利用率在RCMARs和其他研究计划中的改进;以及（5）通过各种专业出版物、社论和网站帖子广泛传播会议的结果。 正在提议的会议将使教师研究人员聚集在一起，讨论少数民族老龄化研究主题的优先事项，并协助发展所需的未来研究。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The NIA Resource Centers for Minority Aging Research (RCMARs), with leadership by the RCMAR Coordinating Center (CC), request funding for one scientific research conference that will focus on the "State of the Science" in minority aging research. The research agenda developed by the National Research Council (NCR), "Understanding Racial and Ethnic Differences in Late Life" (2004), was used to select the conference topic. The proposed scientific research conference will be held on November 16, 2007 in conjunction with the 2007 National Scientific Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America (GSA) to maximize attendance and capitalize on leveraging travel costs. The conference has three goals: (1) to bring together researchers to discuss the current "state of the science" in selected NRC recommendation areas; (2) to expose RCMAR and other researchers to priority research areas that may not be adequately addressed; and (3) to encourage research development in priority areas. The specific aims of the conference are to (1) Form and utilize an expert conference Planning Committee to develop a one-day state of the science conference agenda that will promote intervention research to address racial and ethnic health differences; identify key research efforts and projects in identified research priorities; characterize barriers that hinder intervention research project development; and discuss novel approaches to new project development in under-addressed priority research areas. The remaining specific aims include to (2) Develop and implement one scientific conference on intervention research processes and skills development of minority junior faculty and other junior faculty to encourage minority aging research in priority areas; (3) Provide training to a minimum of 50 minority junior faculty and/or faculty (senior and junior) working in minority aging research at each annual conference; (4) Evaluate the conference program to document improvements in knowledge, skills, abilities and utilization of conference learnings within RCMARs and other research programs; and (5) Broadly disseminate the findings from the conference through a variety of professional publications, editorials and website postings. The conference being proposed will bring faculty researchers together to discuss minority aging research topic priorities and assist in development of needed future research.