# Community Liaison and Recruitment Core

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · 2022 · $237,601

## Abstract

The Community Liaison and Recruitment Core (CLRC) will serve as a liaison between the Michigan Center for
Contextual Factors in Alzheimer's Disease (MCCFAD) and key stakeholders in the metro-Detroit Arab
American community and the Grand Rapids Latino community. Stakeholders in each community include:
individuals, families, and a variety of professional and lay community groups. CLRC aims to increase
inclusiveness and research participation of two underrepresented and underserved communities, while
enhancing healthcare literacy and understanding of intercultural factors that contribute to increasing
participation and successful retention in research associated with ADRD. To support MCCFAD goals of
advancing research and practice in Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, the CLRC leads the
development, implementation and evaluation of an adapted innovative Community Based Participation
Research approach to health education and community outreach activities, with an overarching goal of
enhancing research study in recruitment and retention. These efforts will be closely coordinated with the
activities of the Administrative, Research and Education and Analytic Cores; they will also involve key NIA-
Centers at the University of Michigan, specifically (if refunded) the Michigan Center for Urban African American
Aging Research (MCUAAAR) and the Michigan Alzheimer's Disease Core Center (MADCC). Both MCUAAAR
and MADCC have established community cores comprised of African Americans. MCCFAD will focus efforts
on establishing a Participant Registry Pool (PRP) in the Arab American and Latino communities. The PRP will
support research that aims to: 1) reduce risk of developing ADRD, 2) promote culturally sensitive care, and 3)
address the health economics of ADRD. Community partnerships in metro Detroit and Grand Rapids will
enhance the reach and depth of CLRC activities. CLRC specific aims address the following: Aim 1: Enhance
inclusion and active participation of Arab American and Latino communities in research projects approved by
the Center; Aim 2: Disseminate scientific knowledge of techniques for recruiting and retaining diverse and
population-representative research participants; Aim 3: Develop culturally tailored educational materials to
provide feedback on research advances impacting community members and enhance their participation in the
healthcare system. In carrying out its aims, the CLRC will advance knowledge about factors affecting research
participation of underserved and underrepresented communities in ADRD research. By engaging each
community in an equitable partnership, we aim to advance scholarship on ADRD among hard-to-reach
populations to promote sustained change around health issues relevant to ADRD disparities.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10451774
- **Project number:** 5P30AG059300-05
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR
- **Principal Investigator:** KRISTINE J. AJROUCH
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $237,601
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2018-09-01 → 2023-08-14

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10451774

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10451774, Community Liaison and Recruitment Core (5P30AG059300-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10451774. Licensed CC0.

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