# The Texas Resource Center on Minority Aging Research (RCMAR)

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MED BR GALVESTON · 2022 · $341,920

## Abstract

ABSTRACT
The overall purpose of the Texas RCMAR is to provide an infrastructure that facilitates the development of
research on health and aging in minority populations with special focus on the Hispanic population in the
United States as well as in Mexico. Special focus is given to mentoring researchers from underrepresented
populations. The Texas RCMAR is based at the University of Texas Medical Branch with the University of
Texas at Austin being the primary collaborating institution. To accomplish its objectives, the Texas RCMAR
will have three cores: Administrative Core, Analysis Core, and Research Education Core. The Administrative
Core will be directed by Kyriakos S. Markides, PhD, Gnitzinger Professor at the University of Texas Medical
Branch (UTMB). As overall RCMAR Principal Investigator/Director, Dr. Markides will oversee and promote the
activities of the other two cores. The Analysis core will be directed by Yong-Fang Kuo, PhD, Director of the
UTMB Office of Biostatistics and Professor of Internal Medicine (Geriatrics) and of Preventive Medicine and
Community Health. The Analysis Core will provide methodological and statistical support to promote the
research and career development of minority aging investigators, especially those from underrepresented
populations. The Core will interface with the Research Education Core to support Pilot research projects of
mentored investigators and to participate in an annual two-day conference on minority aging to take place each
September in conjunction with the annual International Conference on Aging in the Americas (ICAA) directed
by Jacqueline Angel, PhD, University of Texas at Austin and member of our Research Education Core. The
Research Education Core (REC) will be directed by Rebeca Wong, PhD, Kempner Professor and Director of
UTMB's Pan American Health Organization Collaborating Center on Aging and Health. The REC will oversee
funding of five pilot grants by minority investigators at UTMB, UT Austin and elsewhere. An effort will be made
to recruit RCMAR scholars through the ICAA network of investigators conducting research on Hispanic aging
in the United States and Mexico. Special emphasis will be given to providing training opportunities to Hispanic
Servicing Institutions (e.g., University of Texas Pan American) and major universities in Texas with large
numbers of minority/Hispanic students and faculty (e.g., Texas A&M University).

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10450136
- **Project number:** 5P30AG059301-05
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MED BR GALVESTON
- **Principal Investigator:** Kyriakos S Markides
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $341,920
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2018-09-30 → 2023-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10450136

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10450136, The Texas Resource Center on Minority Aging Research (RCMAR) (5P30AG059301-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10450136. Licensed CC0.

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