# Outreach, Recruitment and Engagement Core

> **NIH NIH P30** · INDIANA UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS · 2022 · $264,567

## Abstract

Project Summary – Outreach, Recruitment and Engagement Core (OREC)
The OREC of the Indiana Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (IADRC) plays a key role in
achieving the goals of the IADRC through its community outreach and recruitment activities. It
also serves as an educational resource on AD and related dementias for healthcare
professionals, patients, caregivers, and family members living in Indiana, neighboring regions,
and beyond. As increasing numbers of older adults experience late life cognitive impairment and
associated challenges, outreach in our local and statewide community is crucial to inform them
and their families about the importance of early diagnosis, available treatment and management
options, and the critically important role of participating in research at the IADRC. The OREC
has developed numerous important relationships with health professionals and aging-related
organizations throughout the state, which increase the visibility and reach of our programs. The
IADRC and the OREC have had great success in increasing research participation in the
African American community and other underrepresented participant groups who are or may be
at higher risk for AD and related dementias. The IADRC understands the importance of building
rapport and trusting relationships with community members, health care and social service
providers. The OREC will build on its successfully developed foundation of community-based
collaboration over the past 30 years. The OREC has three overall goals: Outreach--to promote
the understanding of brain health and neurodegenerating diseases in Indiana, neighboring
regions and beyond; Recruitment--to facilitate recruitment of research participants to the IADRC
and related research studies; and Retention—to retain research participants in the IADRC and
related research studies. Our outreach programs greatly impact the increasing awareness of
dementing disorders, which in turn, increase the likelihood of participation in the IADRC,
providing support to the National Alzheimer’s Plan Act (NAPA) goal of preventing and effectively
treating AD by 2025.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10475185
- **Project number:** 5P30AG072976-02
- **Recipient organization:** INDIANA UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS
- **Principal Investigator:** Sophia Wang
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $264,567
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2021-09-01 → 2026-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10475185

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10475185, Outreach, Recruitment and Engagement Core (5P30AG072976-02). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10475185. Licensed CC0.

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