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Recruitment Resources Toolkit

There are a wide variety of tools available to University at Buffalo researchers and Buffalo Translational Consortium partners that can enhance recruitment for your research study. From feasibility through follow-up, these tools can help bolster recruitment and retention.

Resources for Researchers and Study Teams

This toolkit serves as a guide for researchers who want to enhance recruitment for their research studies. Depending on the study, multiple tools may be used. If you have any questions about a tool, please contact ctsiresearch@buffalo.edu.

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Recruitment Consultation

Whether a study is in the planning/grant writing phase or if it has already begun recruitment, a consultation will help research teams develop a recruitment approach best suited to the study population.

The CTSI offers:

  • Guidance on recruitment tools and compensation models.
  • Assistance creating advertising materials.
  • Connections to community partners through the Community Engagement Core.
  • Coordinator training on best practices.
  • Review of your study materials by community members.

Purpose
 The CTSI recruitment team will help research teams create a personalized plan to achieve study recruitment and retention goals.  

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Community Engagement Consultation

The CTSI Community Engagement team aims to increase overall participation in clinical trials, with a special focus on the recruitment and retention of disparate populations. 

The team also offers help with:

  • Linkages to community partners
  • Creating or refining strategies for recruitment and retention of community members
  • Creating culturally sensitive recruitment and dissemination materials
  • Identifying opportunities to promote studies at health fairs and community programs
  • Writing consent forms
  • Training coordinators and assistants in informed consent best practices

Purpose
 To recruit underserved populations into studies and/or for help creating a recruitment and retention plan that engages community members.

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BERD (Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Research Design) Consultation

A BERD consultation offers statistical design and analysis of the research study from PhD-level scientists. The BERD Core also offers services in the following areas:

  • Interdisciplinary grant development
  • Methodological research and software development
  • Design of experimental and observational studies
  • Biostatistical and bioinformatic data analyses
  • Development of novel biostatistical and bioinformatic methods

Purpose
Your consultation can assist with statistical design, statistical analysis of existing data, grant development, and protocol development. 

Access
  Typically, 10 hours of initial support for standard data analysis projects are provided free of charge.

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