RCMAR External Advisory Committee
Left to right: Richard M. Allman, MD, Director, Deep South RCMAR, Kenneth
L. Lichstein, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Psychology, University of
Alabama, Advisory Committee Member, Richard V. Sims, MD, Associate Professor and
Chief, Geriatrics, Birmingham VA Medical Center, Chair, Advisory Committee, and
external consultants, Toni Miles, MD, PhD, Professor of Family and Community Medicine,
University of Louisville and James Jackson, PhD, Professor of Psychology, University
of Michigan.
The Deep South Resource Center for Minority Aging Research (RCMAR) held its first
Advisory Committee meeting on April 11, 2008. The Advisory Committee consists of
representatives from all four partner institutions (Morehouse School of Medicine,
Tuskegee University, University of Alabama, and the University of Alabama at Birmingham)
including community representatives. The Advisory Committee meets every six months
to review all aspects of the RCMAR program. External consultants provide expert
advise to the Advisory Committee and the leadership of the Deep South RCMAR.