Current RCMAR Centers Funded 2002-2007

Visit this Website Center Directory	SC Cooperative for Healthy Aging in Minority Populations Medical University of South Carolina
The over arching goal of this RCMAR is to move beyond the identification and description of older African American/Caucasian health-related disparities to understanding the disparities within the African American population and identifying solutions designed to address these health issues.
Visit this Website Center Directory	Center for Aging in Diverse Communities University of California, San Francisco
The Center's purpose is to decrease racial disparities in health by focusing on research in disease prevention, health promotion, and disability prevention for African American and Latino elderly.
Visit this Website Center Directory	Columbia Center for Active Life of Minority Elders Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
The Center offers opportunity, support and guidance for minority researchers. The Center directs its research toward narrowing and, if possible, eliminating gaps in health status and care, that presently exist between Latino, African American, and majority elders.
Visit this Website Center Directory	Native Elder Research Center University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
The mission of the Native Elder Research Center is to promote the health and well-being of aging American Indians and Alaska Natives by pursuing research, training, continuing education, technical assistance, and information dissemination within a biopsychosocial framework that recognizes the unique cultural contexts of this special population.
Visit this Website Center Directory	Michigan Center for Urban African American Aging Research (MCUAAAR) : Wayne State/University of Michigan
The Center is a collaborative effort by the University of Michigan and Wayne State University, working together with urban communities, to promote healthy lifestyles among older African American adults through research, education, and community empowerment.
Visit this Website Center Directory	Center for Health Improvement for Minority Elders University of California, Los Angeles
The UCLA/Drew Center for Health Improvement for Minority Elders (CHIME) is a research and mentoring program that ultimately contributes to the reduction in health disparities for African American and Latino Elders by training and mentorship of minority faculty who advance their careers by conducting research on minority elders.
Coordinating Center Directory	RCMAR National Coordinating Center University of California, Los Angeles
The UCLA RCMAR Coordinating Center (CC) is designed to work across centers to sustain them as a network, provide common administrative and technical support, and promote their accomplishments to audiences beyond those reached by an individual center.