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Research Participant Recruitment

The Translational Research Institute (TRI) can help guide researchers on a range of participant recruitment strategies. This assistance includes accessing volunteer participant registries (ARresearch.org, etc.), identifying cohorts through electronic health records, consulting about communication techniques/modes, and discussing strategies for recruiting underrepresented populations. We strongly encourage researchers to contact TRI about their recruitment needs prior to IRB submission. Please use our service portal at the Request Services button on this page.

Participant Recruitment Resources

Components of TRI’s centralized recruitment services include:

  • ARresearch.org volunteer participant registry (researchers, see Accessing the ARresearch Registry page)
  • Arkansas Children’s Research Institute’s (ACRI) Research Registry
  • Communications consultations
    • Social media (Facebook, Twitter, text blasts)
    • Digital communications (UAMS websites)
    • Free media (internal and external print, broadcast, news releases, story pitches)
    • Paid advertising – newspaper, broadcast, social media
  • Cohort identification
    • Arkansas Clinical Data Repository (AR-CDR)
    • TriNetX (coming soon)
    • SE SHRINE, a collaborative data sharing initiative linking UAMS, Medical University of South Carolina, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Emory University and University of Kentucky

Community and Stakeholder Partnerships

To bolster participant recruitment efforts, TRI has helped establish key community and stakeholder partnerships and initiatives. These internal and external groups include:

  • Researchers and Staff
    • Research Liaisons for Integrated Clinical Enterprise (ICE)
  • Patients
    • Patient- and Family-Centered Care
    • Patient Advisory Academy (coming soon)
  • Community and professional groups
    • Arkansas Minority Health Commission
    • Arkansas Blood Institute
    • Center for Pacific Islander Health
  • Special Populations

Research Support

TRI offers a variety of research support services designed to help you meet regulatory requirements and achieve success. Visit the Clinical Trials Innovation Unit page to learn more.

CTIU Page

Take a Tour of TRI’s Research Facilities

A Tour of Research Facilities at the UAMS Translational Research Institute

Leadership

Jean McSweeney, PhD, RN
Jean McSweeney, PhD, RN
ARResearch, Research Forums, Research Participant Recruitment
Director, Recruitment Unit
Director
501-526-7860
McSweeneyJeanC@uams.edu
Stacie Jones, MD
Stacie Jones, MD
Research Participant Recruitment, Trial Innovation
Co-Director, Recruitment Unit
JonesStacieM@uams.edu

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  • Research Recruitment and Resources eBook
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