Recruitment Enhancement Core (REC)

The Recruitment Enhancement Core (REC) is located in the Regulatory Support Center and is a unique service that helps ICTS investigators meet and exceed study recruitment targets. The REC takes responsibility for enhancing recruitment; university wide, by passing a steady stream of qualified participants to the PIs and study coordinators. REC staff also provide:

• Assistance with creating comprehensive, strategic recruitment plans and approaches to maximize recruitment efforts for supported clinical trials.
• Access to the Research Participant Registry (RPR) database, in which over 20,000 potential participants can be queried by study inclusion and exclusion criteria.
• Assistance with the development and strategic placement (on campus or in the community) of advertising, whether by print or electronic media.
• Assistance with sponsors, both industry and government, to secure additional funds, when appropriate, to enhance the recruitment and advertising efforts on all trials.

The goal of the REC is to free up the time of PIs and study coordinators, so they can focus on consenting and enrolling participants, while recruitment specialists spend the time identifying interested, qualified participants. The REC delivers systematic, data-driven and strategic support to optimally recruit and retain eligible research participants (including women and underrepresented minorities) while ensuring regulatory compliance and the highest ethical standards in participant recruitment.