The Columbia Center for the Active Life of Minority Elders(CALME), offer opportunity, support and guidance for minority researchers. Researchers are enabled to assume leadership and engagement in rigorous testing and demonstration of pathways to narrowing and, if possible, eliminating gaps in health status and care, that presently exist between minority and majority elders. They also work in consort with researchers from majority groups who have a track record in research on these minority issues.

The resources is focused on the CALME mission under the leadership of an Administrative Core and Executive Committee, which coordinate and merge the efforts of Investigator Development, Measurement, Methods and Data, and Community Liaison Cores. CALME is assisted by and External Advisory Panel and a Community Advisory Board.

The leadership, their organization and role on the CALME Center is:

Name	Organization	Role on Project
Rafael Lantigua, M.D.	Columbia University	Principal Investigator and Director, Core I
Barry Gurland, M.D	Columbia University	Co-Principal Investigator and Co-Director, Core I
Ariel Pablos-Mendez, M.D.,M.P.H.	Columbia University	Director, Core II
David Wilder, Ph.D	Columbia University	Co-Director, Core II
Ralph Sacco, M.D., M.P.H.	Columbia University	Co-Director, Core II
Steven Shea, M.D., M.S.	Columbia University	Director, Core III
Mindy Fullilove, M.D.	Columbia University	Co-Director, Core III
Bruce Link, Ph.D.	Columbia University	Co-Director, Cores III &IV
Richard Mayeux, M.D.	Columbia University	Co-Director, Core III
Mildred Ramirez, Ph.D	Hebrew Home for the Aged	Director, Core IV
Ana Diez-Roux, M.D.	Columbia University	Co-Director, Core IV
Jeanne Teresi, Ed.D., Ph.D.	Columbia University	Director, Core V and Co-Director, Core IV
Christine Waternaux, D.E.A., Ph.D.	Columbia University	Consultant, Core V