# Dissemination and Outreach Core

> **NIH NIH P50** · EMORY UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $55,000

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY 
The Emory Dissemination and Outreach Core (D&OC) encompasses the mechanisms by which the Emory ACE 
proposal will engage the community, both scientific and general. Marcus Autism Center (MAC) and our clinical 
and academic partners have developed substantial communications and training resources to disseminate 
information on our research projects, to many audiences. Through its specific aims, the Emory D&OC will 
capitalize on these resources and create new programs and methods. Our specific aims are (1) Provide 
information about the projects in our ACE proposal for multiple audiences. We will administer Grand Rounds at 
multiple locations; develop new materials to address the gap between scientists and parents on communication 
of information and concerns; and join the Atlanta Science Festival to showcase technology from ACE projects 
for a diverse audience. (2) Engage our research participants and stakeholders in true dialogue about autism 
research and their contributions. The D&OC will partner with the Atlanta Autism Consortium to create an annual 
conference to bring together stakeholders throughout the region in a comfortable and safe environment; and 
with our institutional partners will produce audio, video, and graphical content and distribute to nearly 450,000 
followers, monitoring responses and tailoring content for events/concerns. (3) Recruit trainees at all possible 
levels, ranging from high school through to postdoctoral fellowships, and recruit from diverse backgrounds. MAC 
will build on its relationships with diverse institutions for training and employment and support diversity in our 
own staff to ensure many voices are represented, and the D&OC will disseminate concerns or principles from 
those voices. (4) Involve volunteers and community members through our formal and informal outreach activities. 
MAC will augment its current robust volunteer program by separating into specific College and Adult Volunteer 
groups. College Volunteers are offered placements in research, primarily for the ACE projects, and Adult 
Volunteers are placed in childcare or Respite Day settings that also benefit ACE families.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10005486
- **Project number:** 5P50MH100029-09
- **Recipient organization:** EMORY UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Christie Gunter
- **Activity code:** P50 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $55,000
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2012-09-04 → 2022-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10005486

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10005486, Dissemination and Outreach Core (5P50MH100029-09). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10005486. Licensed CC0.

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