# Outreach, Recruitment, and Engagement Core

> **NIH NIH P30** · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · 2022 · $378,126

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY - OUTREACH AND RECRUITMENT CORE
The Outreach, Recruitment and Engagement (ORE) Core will contribute to the goals of the Northwestern
ADRC with a focus on the theme of Heterogeneity in Aging and Dementia. The ORE Core will achieve its aims
by leveraging the independently funded components of the Mesulam Center: the Neurobehavior Clinic, Clinical
Trials and Observational Consortia, and Miller Family Life Enrichment & Non-Pharmacologic Intervention
Programs. The ORE Core will focus outreach, community engagement and recruitment on Mesulam Center
research priorities, i.e., primary progressive aphasia (PPA), behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia
(bvFTD), mild cognitive impairment (MCI), healthy adults without cognitive impairment (“normal controls” and
SuperAging), and Mid-life Onset Alzheimer’s Disease (MOAD), with a focus on recruiting underrepresented
groups. The ORE Core will promote NIA and NAPA mandates specifically through the following goals:
 1) Optimize recruitment of participants according to ADRC research priorities into the Clinical Core and
 academic research studies through the Neurobehavior Clinic and targeted community engagement.
 2) Provide outreach and community engagement strategies for the recruitment and retention of
 underrepresented groups to the Northwestern ADRC according to center research priorities.
 3) Support the engagement of research participants and their families, particularly those who live at a
 distance, through novel and adaptable life enrichment programs and tailored non-pharmacological
 interventions, maintaining our center’s long-term commitment to our approach of “therapeutic encounters.”
 4) Initiate and coordinate public education programs in conjunction with city, state and national entities.
The ORE Core will pursue these goals through the provision of disease education, counseling and support for
the psychosocial needs of ADRC patients and caregiving families, the design and evaluation of innovative
programs that support both patients’ and caregiving families’ strength and resilience, and the engagement of
collaborative local community partnerships for the purposes of research recruitment and retention. We will
continue our work through outreach and engagement of underrepresented groups, the Clinical Core and other
center research teams, retention via non-pharmacological interventions and incorporation of a psychosocial
pathway, direct ‘phone call only’ follow-up for later stage participants for retention and commitment to brain
donation, and maintaining a leadership role in local and national collaborations and educational programs that
focus on the heterogeneity of disease, symptoms and needs for patient support and caregiver education and
resources.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10469451
- **Project number:** 5P30AG072977-02
- **Recipient organization:** NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Darby Morhardt
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $378,126
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2021-08-15 → 2026-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10469451

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10469451, Outreach, Recruitment, and Engagement Core (5P30AG072977-02). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10469451. Licensed CC0.

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