# Administrative Core of the Texas RCMAR

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MED BR GALVESTON · 2020 · $160,963

## Abstract

Administrative Core Abstract
The Administrative Core of the Texas RCMAR will be responsible for the overall direction and operation of the
Center. It will coordinate proposed activities and assure that the other two cores and affiliated institutions
interact optimally to accomplish the center objectives: to enhance the diversity of the aging research workforce
by recruiting and mentoring scientists from underrepresented populations for sustained careers in behavioral,
social, economic and medical research focused on minority populations, primarily Hispanics/Latinos in Texas,
the Southwestern United States, and Mexico. Specific aims include: to maintain information flow of activities
and decisions, to create mechanisms and procedures to ensure that Texas RCMAR cores interact to maximum
benefit, to work with the Research Education Core (REC) to oversee the solicitation, review and selection of
pilot studies for funding. The Administrative Core will establish an Executive Committee headed by Dr.
Markides and consisting of Dr. R. Wong, leader of the REC, Dr. Y.F. Kuo, leader of the Analysis Core, Dr. K.
Peek, Vice Chair of Education in the Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, Dr. E. Volpi,
Director of the UTMB Sealy Center on Aging and the UTMB Claude Pepper Older Americans Independence
Center, A.R. Brasier, Director of UTMB's Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA), and J. Angel,
Professor of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, and Director of the Annual International
Conference on Aging in the Americas. The Administrative Core will also recruit an External Advisory Panel
consisting of at least five members. The Administrative Core will assure that the Texas RCMAR interacts with
other University of Texas Medical Branch NIH-funded centers including the UTMB Claude Pepper
Independence Center, the UTMB Clinical and Translational Science Award, and the National Archive for
Computerized Data on Aging (NACDA) at the University of Michigan.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9978561
- **Project number:** 5P30AG059301-03
- **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:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $160,963
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2018-09-30 → 2023-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9978561

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9978561, Administrative Core of the Texas RCMAR (5P30AG059301-03). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9978561. Licensed CC0.

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