As Program Director of the UCLA/Drew Center for Health Improvement for Minority Elders (CHIME), it is my pleasure to welcome you to our home on the Internet. Whether you are looking for specific information or simply want to learn more about the field of healthcare among minority elders, I hope that you will find this website both interesting and informative.

Working alongside our sister RCMAR centers, our mission is to help reduce health disparities between minority and non-minority older adults. The focus of our work at CHIME is on training and mentorship of minority faculty who will advance their career by conducting research on minority elders.

To this end, this website is intended to be of use to older minority adults who I hope will find this site a comfortable environment to seek advice relating to healthcare; to other RCMAR Centers and healthcare practitioners who will be able make use of our information and research regarding the healthcare of minority elders; and to Faculty members who I hope will visit the site frequently to access up-to-date information relating to their current projects, as well relevant administrative materials.

The information on this website will be updated regularly, offering you the most relevant and important information available. I encourage you to browse the site and to visit it often to discover the work that we, and others, have been doing in this important and exciting field.

Carol M. Mangione, MD, MSPH
Program Director