# Core E: Outreach and Recruitment Core

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · 2020 · $205,983

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract: Outreach and Recruitment Core
The Outreach and Recruitment (OR) Core functions as a key link between the UK-ADC and the local and state
communities. OR Core programs and activities have created and will maintain an educated local community
eager to receive updated information on AD and to participate in our Center’s research. Through OR Core
efforts, the UK-ADC will continue to work with both the Commonwealth of Kentucky and UK partners in
directing state and institutional responses to meeting dementia health care needs and increasing health
literacy in the elderly. Over the past five years, the OR Core has taken the lead in developing innovative
partnerships and products to support research participation by African Americans, the largest minority group in
Kentucky. We will continue to emphasize recruitment and retention of research participants at the earliest
stages of the cognitive continuum (Cognitively Normal and MCI). These efforts involve engaging these
participants in the ADC longitudinal cohort, as well as agreement to brain donation in support of the
Neuropathology Core, willingness to engage in clinical studies and therapeutic trials that support the Clinical
Core, and donation of antemortem biospecimens (plasma, DNA, CSF, and neuroimaging) that support all
Cores. In the next cycle, we will maintain and further build on these efforts and partnerships through the
following specific aims:
Aim 1. Recruit and retain individuals into our longitudinal cohort, ADC-affiliated research studies, and national
initiatives, with a special focus on recruitment and retention of African Americans.
Aim 2. Increase community awareness of AD and related disorders through the promotion of health literacy
that further enhances recruitment and retention of minority participants in research.
Aim 3. Evaluate the effectiveness of our outreach, recruitment, and educational activities with both qualitative
and quantitative metrics of success.
Aim 4. Support and collaborate with the other Cores to reach UK-ADC goals.
The OR Core plays a critical role in the UK-ADC and works closely with the other Cores to support recruitment
and retention activities for research protocols, clinical trials, and national initiatives; increase community
awareness of AD and maintain a strong presence in the African-American community; support educational
initiatives for the lay community in collaboration with key partners. These functions are vital to the UK-ADC
mission to catalyze outstanding and innovative research, outreach, education, and clinical programs.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9976439
- **Project number:** 5P30AG028383-15
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
- **Principal Investigator:** Frederick Schmitt
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $205,983
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → 2023-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9976439

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9976439, Core E: Outreach and Recruitment Core (5P30AG028383-15). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9976439. Licensed CC0.

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