# Deep South Resource Center for Minority Aging Research (RCMAR)

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · 2021 · $544,648

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract
The Deep South Resource Center for Minority Aging Research (RCMAR) is designed to increase both the
number and diversity of investigators with the capacity to conduct independent research related to minority
aging and health disparities. We are a research-based, mentoring partnership of four academic institutions:
The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Morehouse School of Medicine, Tuskegee University, and The
University of Alabama, working together to recruit minority investigators, provide education in aging and health
disparities research, guide career development through collaborative mentoring, and sustain progress to
successful, independent research careers. The research focus of the Deep South RCMAR is on reducing
health disparities between African American (AA) and White older adults in the Deep South, the region of the
country where the majority of older AAs live and health disparities have been particularly persistent. We focus
on health problems particularly prevalent among older AAs in our region and for which disparities have been
identified in both rural and urban settings. Our specific aims are to: (1) identify, engage, and mentor
outstanding faculty under-represented in academia who are committed to academic careers in aging and
health disparities research; (2) provide high quality research education and individualized career
development support; (3) support innovative, high impact pilot projects that will advance the science of
minority aging and health disparities; (4) provide expertise and resources for working collaboratively with
communities in areas of interest to them and in the recruitment and retention of older AAs in research; (5)
provide expertise and resources for study design, culturally sensitive measurement, data analysis, and
access to databases for secondary analysis; and (6) disseminate to scientific, professional and lay audiences
research results addressing the reduction of health disparities through the improvement of minority health,
particularly for older AAs. We propose continuation and enhancements of the cores established during the
first two funding cycles: the Research Education Component (formerly the Investigator Development Core),
the Administrative Core, the Analysis Core, and the Community Liaison and Recruitment Core. Over the
next five years, we will fund at least 15 pilot projects; provide research education through our inter-disciplinary
Health Disparities Research Education Program; and assist RCMAR Scientists to obtain career development
or independent research grants. With renewal of the Deep South RCMAR, we also propose innovations in
each core to enhance our overall program effectiveness in recruiting minority investigators, providing
education in aging and heath disparities research, guiding career development through collaborative
mentoring, and sustaining their progress to successful, independent research careers. In these ways, the
RCMAR will enhance the size...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10219042
- **Project number:** 5P30AG031054-14
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM
- **Principal Investigator:** Raegan Winston Durant
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $544,648
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2007-09-30 → 2023-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10219042

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10219042, Deep South Resource Center for Minority Aging Research (RCMAR) (5P30AG031054-14). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10219042. Licensed CC0.

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