Minority Faculty Development in Aging Research Confere

描述(申请人提供)：拟议的年度会议，少数族裔教师发展研究会议系列，旨在为少数族裔老龄研究资源中心(RCMARs)、NIA胡椒中心、NIA阿尔茨海默病研究中心、NIA Roybal中心以及其他共享共同使命的国家中心计划，如Excise和EXPORT开发的教师发展流程和工具提供一个论坛。该系列赛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提供了相当多的专业知识。正在申请为年度会议提供四年的资金，以跨越RCMAR CC的当前供资周期。该系列赛的计划委员会由詹姆斯·S·杰克逊博士担任主席，他是少数族裔老龄化研究的著名领导者，也是少数族裔教师发展培训的经验丰富的主任。年度会议将与美国老年学会(GSA)年度科学会议联系起来，并为前两次关于少数族裔老龄化研究内容的预会议建立了成功的合作。解决健康差距是国家的优先事项，增加老龄研究方面合格的少数民族教师队伍被视为改善健康差距研究的重要途径之一。RCMAR和其他国家项目面临的挑战是开发流程和工具，通过确定和解决少数族裔和女性教师在学术进步和独立研究成功方面面临的挑战和障碍，改善少数族裔教师在老龄化研究中的状况。这一系列会议为RCMAR和其他NIA赞助的具有这一共同使命的项目提供了一个重要的分享论坛。每一次年度会议都将讨论少数族裔教师发展的一个关键主题，以科学文献和规划委员会的专业知识和经验为指导。为2003年GSA预备会议提出的第一个为期一天的系列计划的主题是“通过指导最大限度地提高少数族裔教师的成功”，该计划将在加利福尼亚州圣地亚哥举行。

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.