Resource Center on Minority Aging Research
The Texas Resource Center on Minority Aging Research (RCMAR) enhances the aging research workforce by mentoring early-carrier scientists focused on behavioral, social, and medical research related to populations in Texas, the Southwestern United States, and Mexico.
Sealy Center on Aging (SCOA)
301 University Blvd.
Galveston, TX 77555-0177
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Phone: (409) 747-0008
Email: aging.research@utmb.edu
Join us for a Texas RCMAR presentation online on Sept 22, 2026, at 3:00 PM. Sadaf Milani, PhD, MPH is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, will present, "Pain and Cognition Among Older Adults Across Contexts."
A video is now available for the Texas RCMAR presentation online on May 26th, 2026. "Reproducibility and Integrity in Observational Research: A Research Community Approach", was presented by: Konrad H. Stopsack, MD MPH, Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology.
The 2026 International Conference on Aging in the Americas (ICAA) has announced its call for papers, inviting emerging and early‑career scholars to submit research focused on Latino health and aging. Centered on the theme “Aging and Health in the Americas,” the conference seeks innovative social science research that advances understanding of aging across Latino communities. Abstracts are accepted April 16 - May 31, 2026, with the conference set to take place September 23–25 in Chicago. Stay tuned for updates from ICAA.
Videos are now available for the 2026 RCMAR Workshop: Handling Survey Weights and Missing Data in Applied Survey Research. The Texas RCMAR Analysis Core and UTMB’s Department of Biostatistics and Data Science hosted this free virtual workshop on March 20, 2026, led by experts Xiaoying Yu, PhD, Jeong Hoon Jang, PhD, and Moumita Chakraborty, PhD. The event guides participants through key methods for analyzing complex survey data, addressing missingness, and applying modern statistical and Bayesian approaches.
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The Texas Resource Center on Minority Aging Research (RCMAR) is based at The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB). It includes mentors from UTMB, The University of Texas at San Antonio, and the University of Texas at Austin. Funding is provided by the National Institute on Aging, Grant Number P30AG059301.
