The Texas Resource Center on Minority Aging Research RCMAR Home News Share this page: Tweet Featured News International Conference on Aging in the Americas Rescheduled to Sept 23-24, 2021 August 4, 2020, 10:48 AM by Sealy Center on Aging The Conference Series on Aging in the Americas (CAA) utilizes research to augment knowledge about dimensions of healthful aging for people of Hispanic and Latin American descent. As this topic rapidly develops as a major policy and national budget issue, the CAA also aims to foster emerging scholars in the field. The 2020 ICAA is RESCHEDULED for September 23-24, 2021. Full story Past RCMAR Scholar Receives Grant to Study Geriatric TBI August 4, 2020, 10:47 AM by Sealy Center on Aging Monique R. Pappadis, PhD, Assistant Professor, Division of Rehabilitation Sciences, has been awarded a new grant from the National Institute on Aging for her 5-year project, "Chronic Care Management of Geriatric Traumatic Brain Injury." Full story Texas RCMAR Call for Pilot Applications Due January 31, 2020 January 15, 2020, 11:58 AM by Sealy Center on Aging The Texas Resource Center for Minority Aging Research (RCMAR) will be accepting applications for pilot funding for the academic year (08/01/20-07/30/21) until January 31, 2020. Full story Video: Dr. Markides Presents Update on H-EPESE January 15, 2020, 11:54 AM by Sealy Center on Aging Hispanic Established Population for the Epidemiological Study of the Elderly: An Update Presented by Kyriakos S. Markides, PhD, Professor, Annie and John Gnitzinger Professor of Aging; Editor, Journal of Aging and Health Full story More Texas RCMAR News About Texas RCMAR 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. The program is led by Kyriakos Markides, PhD, Yong-Fang Kuo, PhD and Rebeca Wong, PhD. Related Programs Mexican Health and Aging Study Hispanic EPESE Sealy Center on Aging Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center World Health Organization / Pan American Health Organization More Resources & Related Programs Leadership and 2019-2020 RCMAR Scholars Directory Kyriakos S. Markides, PhD - Principal Investigator / Director Yong-Fang Kuo, PhD - Analysis Core Director Rebeca Wong, PhD - Research Education Component Director Sapna Kaul, PhD - Scholar David S Lopez, MS, MPH, DrPH - Scholar Jacqueline Torres, PhD - Scholar