Michigan Center for Urban African American Aging Research

总体摘要 密歇根城市非裔美国人老龄化研究中心（MCUAAAR）是一个由 密歇根州的三所研究型大学，建议通过指导初级教师来扩大其覆盖范围和影响力 (most其中包括非洲裔美国人），并通过关注老年人压力和应对的独特方面， 使用生命历程透镜的非裔美国人。我们的四个具体目标包括：（1）通过 我们的三所大学结构的成熟和我们与五个HBCU的关系不断发展;（2）招聘和 指导15名新的初级研究人员，他们的研究将侧重于健康差异和独特的生命历程 非洲裔美国老年人的压力和应对经验;（3）加强我们建立的国家 成功参与城市非裔美国人社区的公认模式;以及（4）继续 为MCUAAAR培养下一代领导者。三大核心（LAC、AnC和CLRC）及其研究 在本申请中提出了教育组件（REC）。我们将采用综合方法， 辅导，包括在整个试点供资期间开展一系列有条理的活动和培训： 将在试点开始时确定，并在MCUAAAR月度会议上进行审查;（B）根据目标 在这一背景下，将组建一个指导小组，协助开展研究、传播研究结果和研究 （c）在科学写作、计量和社区研究方面开展一系列培训活动 （d）将进行为期6个月和12个月的正式评价， 与MCUAAAR教师分享。我们继续受到NIH在健康方面研究的缺乏的激励 差异以及通过R 01赠款资助的非裔美国人的代表性仍然很低。的 RCMAR计划在帮助RCMAR研究人员消除这一差距方面发挥了重要作用。

OVERALL ABSTRACT The Michigan Center for Urban African American Aging Research (MCUAAAR), a center comprised of the three Research 1 universities in Michigan, proposes to expand its reach and impact by mentoring junior faculty (most of whom are African American) and by focusing on the unique aspects of stress and coping in older African Americans using a life course lens. Our four specific aims include (1) Increase reach through the maturation of our three-university structure and our growing relationships with five HBCUs; (2) Recruit and mentor 15 new junior researchers whose research will focus on health disparities and unique life course experiences of stress and coping in African American older adults; (3) Enhance our established nationally recognized model for successfully engaging with urban African American communities; and (4) Continue to build the next generation of leaders for MCUAAAR. Three cores (LAC, AnC and CLRC) and the Research Education Component (REC) are proposed in this application. We will employ an integrative approach to mentoring, entailing a structured set of activities and training across the pilot funding period:(a) Formal goals will be set at the beginning of the pilot and reviewed in monthly MCUAAAR meetings; (b) Based on the goals set, a mentoring team will be assembled to assist with research, dissemination of findings, and research translation;(c) A set of training activities in scientific writing, measurement, and community-based research partnerships will be conducted each year; (d) A formal six and twelve-month evaluation will be conducted and shared with the MCUAAAR faculty. We continue to be motivated by the dearth of NIH studies in health disparities and by the continued low representation of African Americans funded through R01 grants. The RCMAR program has been important in helping to eliminate this gap for RCMAR researchers overall.