2018 RCMAR Annual Investigators Meeting: 20 Years of RCMAR Scholarship

Name: 2018 RCMAR Annual Investigators Meeting: 20 Years of RCMAR Scholarship
Start: 2018-04-17
End: 2019-04-18
Location: Hyatt Regency Bethesda

Overview

The 2018 RCMAR Annual Investigators meeting brought together the latest findings in minority aging research through plenary presentations, conversations with experts, networking and work group meetings. In this meeting, attendees gained a wealth of new information and the infrastructure to support long-term mentoring relationships.

Meeting Agenda

Monday, April 16

	Arrival : Hyatt Regency Bethesda One Bethesda Metro Center, Bethesda, MD 20814
1:00 pm – 5:00 pm	National Museum of African American History and Culture Tour Optional Activity RSVP Required)
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm	Welcome Reception (Rooftop)

Tuesday, April 17

7:30 am – 8:00 am	Registration and Continental Breakfast (Rooftop)
8:00 am – 8:45 am	General Session Welcome (Rooftop) Lis Nielsen, Ph.D. Chief, Individual Behavioral Processes Branch Division of Behavioral and Social Research National Institute on Aging/National Institutes of Health Carl V. Hill, Ph.D., M.P.H. Director, Office of Special Populations National Institute on Aging/National Institutes of Health Steven P. Wallace, Ph.D. Director, RCMAR National Coordinating Center (Coordinating Center) University of California, Los Angeles
8:45 am – 9:00 am	Opening Comments: The Founding of RCMAR Sidney Stahl, Ph.D. (Retired) Division of Behavioral and Social Research National Institute on Aging/National Institutes of Health
9:00 am – 10:00 am	Opening Plenary: Risk and Resilience Pathways in Aging Health Disparities: A Research Agenda Jennifer Manly, Ph.D. Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center Columbia University
10:00 am – 10:30 am	Completed Works by Scholars (30 minutes each) Traumatic Stress among Older American Indians: Considerations of Social Support and Health Melissa Tehee, J.D., Ph.D. Native Elder Research Center (NERC)/RCMAR University of Colorado, Denver \| Washington State University, Spokane
10:30 am – 10:45 am	Break
10:45 am – 12:00 pm	Behavioral and Social Science Advances in Health Disparities Research Moderator: Spero Manson, Ph.D. Native Elder Research Center (NERC)/RCMAR University of Colorado, Denver \| Washington State University, Spokane Panelists: John Haaga, Ph.D. Director, NIA Division of Behavioral and Social Research Eliseo Perez-Stable, M.D. Director, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
12:00 pm – 1:15 pm	Lunch (Terrace)
1:15 pm – 3:15 pm	Completed Works by Scholars, continued Inclusion of Latina Breast Cancer Survivors in Biomarker Research of Stress and Premature Aging – The Value of Collaborative Community-Academic Partnerships Cathy Samayoa, Ph.D. Center for Aging in Diverse Communities (CADC)/RCMAR University of California, San Francisco Psychological Distress of Ethnically Diverse Adult Caregivers in the California Health Interview Survey Oanh Le Meyer, Ph.D., M.A.S. Latino Aging Research Resource Center (LARRC)/RCMAR University of California, Davis Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Patterns Emmanuel Drabo, Ph.D. Minority Aging Health Economics Research Center (USC)/RCMAR University of Southern California Ethnic and Age Disparities in Outcomes among Liver Transplant Waitlist Candidates Stephen Gray, M.D. Deep South Resource Center for Minority Aging Research (Deep South)/RCMAR University of Alabama at Birmingham
3: 15 pm – 3:45 pm	Break
3:45 pm – 4:45 pm	Completed Works by Scholars, continued (30 minutes each) Halfway Home: Race, Health and the Afterlife of Mass Incarceration Reuben Miller, Ph.D. Michigan Center for Urban African American Aging Research (MCUAAAR)/RCMAR University of Michigan \| Wayne State University Tracking a “Warning Sign” for Cognitive Decline in the United States: Racial/Ethnic Variation in Self-Reported Memory Problems among Middle-Aged and Older Adults in the National Health and Examination Survey (NHANES), 1999 to 2014 Alejandra Casillas, M.D., M.S.H.S. Center for Health Improvement of Minority Elderly (CHIME)/RCMAR University of California, Los Angeles
4:45 pm – 5:00 pm	Closing Comments and Adjourn
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm	Dinner (Guardado’s, 4918 Del Ray Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20814)

Wednesday, April 18

7:30 am – 8:00 am	Continental breakfast (Rooftop)
8:00 am – 9:30 am	Scholar Meeting with National Institutes of Health Representatives (Embassy) John Haaga, Ph.D. Director, Division of Behavioral and Social Research National Institute on Aging/National Institutes of Health Jeannette Johnson, Ph.D. Deputy Chief and Scientific Review Officer National Institute on Aging/National Institutes of Health Lis Nielsen, Ph.D. Chief, Individual Behavioral Processes Branch Division of Behavioral and Social Research National Institute on Aging/National Institutes of Health Carl V. Hill, Ph.D., M.P.H. Director, Office of Special Populations National Institute on Aging/National Institutes of Health (closed meeting/Scholars only)
8:00 am – 9:30 am	Workgroup Meetings: Investigator Development Workgroup (Patuxent) Community Workgroup (Severn) Analysis Core (Susquehanna)
9:30 am – 9:50 am	Break
9:50 am – 10:00 am	Day 2 Meeting Overview Nina Harawa, Ph.D., M.P.H. Co-Director, RCMAR National Coordinating Center (Coordinating Center) University of California, Los Angeles
10:00 am – 10:15 am	Break
10:15 am – 12:15 pm	Simultaneous Breakout Presentations of Works in Progress (Breakouts will take place in the following rooms: Patuxent, Severn, Embassy and Susquehanna)
12:15 pm – 1:15 pm	Networking Lunch (Terrace)
12:15 pm – 1:15 pm	Directors’ Meeting (Closed Meeting) (Regency Annex)
1:15 pm – 2:30 pm	Panel: BSR & NIA Project Officers Moderator: Lis Nielsen, Ph.D. Chief, Individual Behavioral Processes Branch Division of Behavioral and Social Research National Institute on Aging/National Institutes of Health Panelist: Lyndon Joseph, Ph.D. Program Officer, Division of Geriatrics and Clinical Gerontology National Institute on Aging/National Institutes of Health Jonathan King, Ph.D. Program Director, Division of Behavioral and Social Research National Institue on Aging/National Institutes of Health Amelia Karraker, Ph.D. Health Scientist Administrator, Division of Behavioral and Social Research National Institute on Aging/National Institutes of Health Melissa Gerald, Ph.D. Program Director, Division of Behavioral and Social Research National Institute on Aging/National Institutes of Health Nina Silverberg, Ph.D. Director, Alzheimers Disease Center, Division of Neuroscience National Institute on Aging/National Institutes of Health
2:30 pm – 3:00 pm	Concluding Remarks: A Look Into the Future of Minority Aging Research (Rooftop) Richard Hodes, M.D. Director, National Institute on Aging/National Institutes of Health
3:00 pm – 3:15 pm	Close and Evaluations Nina Harawa, Ph.D., M.P.H. Co-Director, RCMAR National Coordinating Center (Coordinating Center) University of California, Los Angeles

Date

Apr 17 2018 – Apr 18 2019

Expired!

Time

All Day

Location

Hyatt Regency Bethesda

1 Bethesda Metro Center., Bethesda, MD