The Texas Resource Center on Minority Aging Research (RCMAR)

这是一份更新德克萨斯州RCMAR的申请，最初于2018年在德克萨斯大学资助 医学分支（UTMB）在加尔维斯顿与得克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校（UT-Austin）作为合作 机构。拟议的RCMAR第二个周期的一个主要创新是，我们将使用多重PI 安排，并与德克萨斯大学圣安东尼奥（UTSA），西班牙裔服务机构的合作伙伴。 我们建议维持两个核心的组织架构：领导及行政， 分析核心（AnC），除了研究教育组件（REC）。RCMAR领导人 同时也是LAC的领导者。其他组成部分有来自UTMB和UTSA的领导人。UT-奥斯汀 将继续作为附属机构，特别是为REC的网络和计划活动做出贡献 传播。德克萨斯州RCMAR的目标，以及附属教师的专业知识和建议的指导 该计划与NIA健康差异研究框架一致。德州RCMAR的目的 总的来说，如三个组成部分所述：建立基础设施，以支持严格的研究， 关于老年人老龄化和健康差异的行为和社会研究，强调多样性， 公平、包容和无障碍（DEIA）;支持AnC和REC的指导、教育和研究 活动;评估中心的持续改进进度;提供测量、统计和 为试点研究项目提供方法支持;收集、传播、维护和更新 与少数民族老龄化相关的数据来源，以及对所有德克萨斯州健康的社会决定因素的测量 RCMAR研究人员和科学家;开发，呈现和传播先进的分析教学 我们的科学家和其他附属机构的方法;识别，招聘，并保留RCMAR科学家，合格的 有潜力在少数民族老龄化和健康差距中发展成功职业的候选人 符合德克萨斯州RCMAR的使命和主题;创建和监控个性化的职业生涯 每个科学家的发展计划;以及实施和监测指导和 研究教育，与活动针对科学家在该计划。我们召集了一群 多学科教师谁将形成RCMAR科学家的指导团队，代表社会和 行为科学以及流行病学和生物医学科学。我们将利用现有资源 包括P30、K12、KL 2和单个R 01，以支持活动计划。德州RCMAR 移民，老龄化和健康的主题借鉴了多学科的优势，以及 RCMAR参与教师，包括长期的大型基于人群的纵向研究，支持 西班牙裔老龄化研究，并将深入的措施和方法纳入研究的目标 少数民族人口的老龄化。UTMB和UTSA有着培养代表性不足的学者的悠久传统 现在将合作扩大得克萨斯州RCMAR的影响和范围。

This is an application to renew the Texas RCMAR, initially funded in 2018 based at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) in Galveston with the University of Texas at Austin (UT-Austin) as a collaborating institution. A major innovation of the proposed RCMAR’s second cycle is that we will use a Multiple PI arrangement, and partner with the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), a Hispanic Serving Institution. We propose to maintain the organizational structure of two Cores: Leadership and Administration (LAC) and Analysis Core (AnC), in addition to the Research Education Component (REC). The overall RCMAR leaders serve as leaders of the LAC as well. The other components have leaders from both UTMB and UTSA. UT-Austin will remain an affiliated institution, contributing in particular with REC activities for networking and program dissemination. The Texas RCMAR’s objectives, and the affiliated faculty expertise and proposed mentoring program, are consistent with the NIA Health Disparities Research Framework. The Aims of the Texas RCMAR overall, as described in the three components are: 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); Support the AnC and REC in their mentoring, education, and research activities; Evaluate Center progress toward continuous improvement; Provide measurement, statistical, and methodological support for pilot research projects; Collect, disseminate, maintain, and update infrastructure on sources of data relevant to minority aging, and measurements of social determinants of health to all Texas RCMAR investigators and Scientists; Develop, present, and disseminate instruction in advanced analytical methods for our Scientists and other affiliates; Identify, recruit, and retain RCMAR Scientists, qualified candidates who have the potential to develop successful careers in minority aging and health disparities consistent with the mission and theme of the Texas RCMAR; Create and monitor an Individualized Career Development Plan for each Scientist; and Implement and monitor a Structured Program of Mentoring and Research Education, with activities targeted for the scientists in the program. We have assembled a group of multidisciplinary faculty who will form the Mentoring teams of the RCMAR Scientists, representing social and behavioral sciences as well as epidemiological and biomedical sciences. We will leverage our existing resources including from P30’s, K12, KL2, and individual R01’s to support the program of activities. The Texas RCMAR theme of migration, aging, and health draws on multidisciplinary strengths, and the combined expertise of the RCMAR participating faculty, including long-standing large population-based longitudinal studies that support Hispanic aging research, and a goal to incorporate in-depth measures and approaches to contribute to research on aging of minority populations. UTMB and UTSA have a long tradition of training under-represented scholars and will now collaborate to expand the impact and reach of the Texas RCMAR.