Providing mentorship to scholars with research focused on health and aging in minority populations
The Texas Resource Center on Minority Aging Research (RCMAR) provides mentorship to scholars with research focused on the health and aging in minority elderly populations with special emphasis on the Hispanic population in the 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
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.
Join us for a Texas RCMAR presentation online on April 28, 2026, at 3:00 PM. Stephen Pan, PhD, University of Texas at San Antonio, will present, '“A doctor will never heal your spirits:" Care preferences of older community members in South Texas'.
Join us for a Texas RCMAR presentation online on March 24, 2026, at 3:00 PM. Two lectures will be presented: "Situating Functional and Cognitive Health Among Older Mexican Americans Within Neighborhood Context," by Dr. Qin, University of Wisconsin–Madison, and, "Beyond Dollars and Hours: Understanding Care Characteristics and Caregiver Strain in Family Caregiving for Hispanic and non-Hispanic Older Americans," by Dr. Stipica Mudrazija, University of Washington.
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.
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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. Contact Roxann Grover, MA regarding updates to this content.
