Mission Statement

The CHIME community core was created to enhance and extend UCLA and Drew
partnerships with surrounding communities and to create new strategies for
reducing health disparities for older minorities in Los Angeles.

In order to accomplish this the community core's focus will be on three specific aims:

• To create and maintain an infrastructure of mutually beneficial academic/community partnerships within South Central Los Angels that helps diverse communities to establish and prioritize their health goals and participate actively in research.
  
• To develop, evaluate and implement innovative strategies for disseminating health information to diverse communities of elderly in response to their health goals.
  
• To develop and implement a mentoring component to train and develop highly skilled research scientists with sensitivity to critical issues for the healthcare of minority elderly and enable them to develop research to address the health goals of the communities.