CORE C: COMMUNITY LIAISON CORE
| Title of Core: |
Community Liaison Core |
| Project Leader: |
Marvella E. Ford, PhD |
| Position Title: |
Associate Professor, Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine |
| Address: |
135 Cannon Street, Suite 303, PO Box 250835, Charleston, SC 29425 |
The Community Liaison Core will facilitate the recruitment and retention of older African Americans in
research projects designed to improve their health-related outcomes.
The specific aims are to:
- Increase scientific knowledge of techniques to recruit and retain African American research
participants.
- Work with African American communities in the state of South Carolina in order to provide
participants for research projects funded by the Center.
- Enhance recruitment and retention of older African Americans in NIH- funded research projects
conducted at MUSC or at cooperating institutions.
- Provide feedback to participating African American communities about research advances that may
impact its members.
RCMAR CLC Recruitment Activities (click on link)
| Name | Organization | Role on Project |
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| Ford, Marvella E. | Medical University of South Carolina | PI |
| Good, Georgia | Medical University of South Carolina | Program Assistant |
| Hoskins, Daniel | Medical University of South Carolina | Community Representative |
| Tilley, Barbara C. | Medical University of South Carolina | Co-Investigator |
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