The long-range goal of RCMAR is to improve the health and well-being of older minority populations through the provision of resources and mentorship designed to enable research to be conducted that will identify ways to reduce health disparities. The Administrative Core will coordinate research and training to best meet this mission. Ensuring the integration of the various cores and pilot projects requires a core program devoted to the administrative and management issues of the RCMAR. The administrative core for UCLA/Drew CHIME has six specific aims:

1) To provide day-to-day management of UCLA/Drew CHIME;

2) To serve a fiscal management function for UCLA/Drew CHIME;

3) To coordinate the proposed activities and to maintain internal information flow for activities and decisions. Specifically, the administrative core will create mechanisms and procedures to ensure that CHIME Cores interact to maximum benefit;

4) To coordinate the UCLA/Drew CHIME Program Emphases and Outcomes contribution and work closely with the National RCMAR Coordinating Center in developing and maintaining the Program Emphasis and Outcomes Report. Specifically, the Administrative Core will work collaboratively to synthesize and present the scientific results from CHIME to maximize the effect on the state of the science, health policy, and health practices that can improve health disparities for minority elders;

5) To construct the CHIME External Advisory Board, organize the annual meetings, and produce minutes from these for the RCMAR National Coordinating Center and for NIA;

6) To oversee the annual selection of pilot studies and facilitate linkage to either other existing centers or funded projects with the appropriate mentors for the content area of interest.