# Core D: Assessment and Recruitment

> **NIH NIH P50** · UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON · 2021 · $237,819

## Abstract

Core D (Assessment and Recruitment) Summary
The Assessment and Recruitment Core (D) contributes to the overall connectedness of the TCLD by providing
data collection oversight, core assessment, and recruitment. There are two specific aims. Aim 1
(Assessment) seeks to ensure rigorous data acquisition procedures across sites and projects. For
assessment, these responsibilities include: (a) creation of professional development materials required to train
examiners on the proposed assessment battery and oversight of all examiner training; (b) development of
assessment procedures that minimize the amount of testing time per child, reducing impact experienced by
collaborating schools; (c) development of procedures that ensure confidentiality of collected data; (d) the
acquisition of data for Projects 2-5, including demographic data and contextual data on participating schools
and school attendance areas; and (e) development and management of scoring verification procedures that
ensure all data is accurately recorded and scored by examiners prior to batch processing by the Data
Management and Statistics Core (C); and f) collection of saliva samples for Project 5 (Epigenetics). Aim 2
(Recruitment), seeks to ensure successful recruitment of schools and participants for Projects 2-5. For
recruitment, these responsibilities include: (a) establishing and maintaining collaborative relationships with
participating schools; (b) establishing and maintaining community relationships within the school attendance
areas to ensure high levels of student participation and community awareness of the proposed research
projects; (c) participation in school and community meetings to provide project updates and report findings
(e.g. parent-teacher meetings, school orientation meetings, parent nights, Community Cloth meetings); (d)
recruitment of participants for Projects 2-5; (e) participation in Individualized Educational Program meetings if
project students are identified for special education; and (f) consent participants for Projects 2 (Attention), 4
(Neuroimaging), and 5(Epigenetics), with co-consents whenever possible As the Utilization report shows, Core
D (Assessment and Recruitment) has successfully executed these objectives over the past 5 years. We
exceeded recruitment targets in Projects 2-4 in the past 5 years and collected large amounts of data using this
centralized and cost effective Core.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10104548
- **Project number:** 5P50HD052117-14
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON
- **Principal Investigator:** Jeremy Miciak
- **Activity code:** P50 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $237,819
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2006-06-01 → 2022-12-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10104548

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10104548, Core D: Assessment and Recruitment (5P50HD052117-14). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10104548. Licensed CC0.

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