# Core E: Outreach and Recruitment Core

> **NIH NIH P30** · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · 2020 · $225,124

## Abstract

Outreach and Recruitment Core (Core E) – Project Summary
 The Outreach and Recruitment (OR) Core will serve as the critical liaison between the Wake Forest ADCC
and community partners who provide services and resources for older adults and the general public, to provide
education and outreach, and to recruit a racially and ethnically diverse group of participants for clinical
research. Wake Forest has an impressive track record of successful recruitment for clinical aging trials, with an
annual average of 3,400 inquiries and 1,000 enrollees for studies with cognitive outcomes or dementia as an
endpoint. Outreach and recruitment efforts targeting African Americans will be a priority in light of our past
success enrolling these adults into studies, and in response to national efforts to address disproportionate high
prevalence rates of Alzheimer's disease (AD) in this population. To accomplish this aim, we will leverage our
institution's strengths with regard to minority engagement and the expertise of OR Core investigators who have
considerable experience recruiting minority adults into clinical trials. The OR Core will provide diverse
community education and outreach programs, using established partnership networks within a large multi-state
catchment area. These programs will focus on education about early detection, progression, treatment, and
prevention of AD through modification of risk associated with metabolic disease and other vascular conditions.
The OR Core, in collaboration with community and other academic partners, will develop and deliver a state-
wide lay educational curriculum on many topics relating to AD, which will also be tailored to address needs of
special interest and minority groups. The OR Core will work closely with nonprofit agencies to provide
resources and support for families using a model to encourage sustainable programs through lay-led efforts.
The OR Core aims support the goals of the National Alzheimer's Project Act (NAPA) by enhancing public
awareness and engagement through partnerships with established and successful Wake Forest community
engagement programs, a large network of organizations that offer support for older adults and for families
affected by dementia. In collaboration with these partners, the OR Core will contribute to NAPA goals by
providing targeted education and outreach to improve care quality and efficiency, which will provide an
important mechanism for advocacy to expand family resources and promote participation in local and national
efforts to prevent and treat AD and other related disorders.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9981589
- **Project number:** 5P30AG049638-05
- **Recipient organization:** WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES
- **Principal Investigator:** Laura D. Baker
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $225,124
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → 2022-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9981589

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9981589, Core E: Outreach and Recruitment Core (5P30AG049638-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9981589. Licensed CC0.

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