Participant Recruitment and Assessment

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Participant Recruitment and Assessment

- Research Recruitment
- Database Recruitment
- Community Liaison

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Participant Recruitment and Assessment

Elisabeth Dykens, Ph.D., Core Director, 322-8945
Lynnette Henderson, Ph.D., Research Registry and Participant Coordinator, 936-0448
Richard Urbano, Ph.D., Developmental Epidemiology and Faculty Database Analyst, 322-7418
Evon Batey Lee, Ph.D., Psychological. Assessment Coordinator, 322-4487
Dana Cristina, M.A., Autism Research and Recruitment Coordinator, 322-5940
Ruth Wolery, Ph.D., Research Liaison to Susan Gray School, 343-0824
Robert Crouch, Ph.D., Research Liaison to Metro Schools
Elise McMillan, J.D., Director of Community Outreach, 343-2540

Overview

Provides investigators with increased access to clinical research populations through ongoing and new relationships with community and state agencies, medical and psychiatric clinics and hospitals, local school systems, local and state community conferences and events, and written and web-based recruitment materials.

Provides investigators with access to databases for recruitment purposed, and easy access to large-scale, state-wide, linked administrative databases on demographics and health related variables (e.g., birth death, marriage, hospital discharge) for pilot testing and research purposes.

Participant Recruitment and Assessment

Services:

  • Consultation on recruitment resources and strategies.
  • To list, update, or omit a study in the Center's Web-based StudyFinder.
  • Contact with Vanderbilt and community clinics or organizations.
  • Training research staff in recruitment strategies.
  • Refer families to studies for Research Registry.

    • See list of upcoming community events where VKC research recruiting is scheduled

    Also see Communications Core for recruitment materials and communication services (e.g., news releases, newsletters, ads).
    Lynnette Henderson, Ph.D., 936-0448

    To list, update, or omit a study in the Center's Web-based StudyFinder, contact Lynnette Henderson, Ph.D., 936-0448.

    To reserve a parking space for a research participant, see procedures. For participants needing transportation, project staff can use the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center car; see policies and reservation form.
    Peggy Chatfield, 322-8146, for car and research parking spaces


    Database Recruitment and Developmental Epidemiology
    Uses patient or agency databases to assist with participant recruitment. Provides technical assistance to clinics and agencies that are developing patient registries and databases for research purposes. Uses large-scale administrative state databases to assist investigators in addressing novel research questions.
    Rick Urbano, 343-2540


    Community Liaison

  • Liaison with wide variety of Vanderbilt Kennedy Center clinics, Vanderbilt clinics, and community services, e.g., school systems, health clinics, disability and advocacy organizations.
  • Coordinates with recruitment service and registries to provide investigators with access to relevant populations.

    • Elise McMillan, VKC Community Partners and other community and state organizations, 343-2540
    Ruth Wolery, Susan Gray School , 343-0824
    Robert Crouch, Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools, 322-8150