Project Summary/Abstract – Analysis Core The Deep South RCMAR’s primary objective is to increase both the number and diversity of investigators with the capacity to conduct independent research related to minority aging and health disparities. The research focus of the Deep South RCMAR is on reducing health disparities between non-Hispanic Black/African American (B/AA) and non-Hispanic White older adults in the Deep South, the region of the country where the majority of older B/AAs live, and where health disparities have been particularly persistent. The Analysis Core (AnC) will support the vision and activities of the Deep South RCMAR by providing mentoring and training to Scientists in the areas of methods, measurement, assessment of social determinants of health (SDOH), and secondary data analysis as it relates to health disparities and minority aging. The AnC will achieve this goal by leveraging existing expertise, data resources, and infrastructure at our four partnering institutions (University of Alabama at Birmingham, Morehouse School of Medicine, Tuskegee University, and The University of Alabama). We will also promote the recruitment of diverse samples and the importance of diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) in the workplace and research. The AnC aims consist of a three-fold strategy. First, we will collaborate with the Research Education Component (REC) and the Community Liaison and Recruitment Core (CLRC) to mentor and train Scientists in methods and measurement techniques related to the study of health disparities within older B/AA and White individuals in the Deep South. This will include: a) conducting training in methods, measurement, examining SDOH, and reliably assessing psychosocial aspects of health disparities/minority aging; and b) facilitating linkage of Scientists with methodological, biostatistical, and analytical resources available within the Deep South RCMAR and affiliated centers. Second, in collaboration with the REC and the CLRC, we will mentor and train Scientists to conduct secondary data analyses using psychosocial, economic, clinical, and genetic data, with the goal of informing the development and evaluation of interventions to address health disparities among older adults in the Deep South. This will include: a) conducting training in secondary data analysis with a focus on data with Deep South RCMAR expertise; b) facilitating mentoring of Scientists in the analysis of secondary data by establishing workgroups comprised of Deep South RCMAR faculty and Scientists with expertise in datasets relevant to minority aging and health disparities; and c) funding a secondary analysis award each year to increase the productivity of RCMAR Scientists. Finally, we will (a) collaborate with the RCMAR Coordinating Center in the dissemination of culturally sensitive measures and analysis techniques relevant to minority aging and (b) promote DEIA in the workplace and research via local and national trainings for RCMAR faculty and Scientists.