Clinical
& Community Liaison Core
The
Center's Clinical & Community Liaison serves as the main interface
between the CREEDD and the many clinical and community resources,
community-based organizations, and individuals and families from
minority and other underserved populations who are involved with
and participate in the Center's activities. The Clinical & Community
Liaison Core draws on the extensive depth and breadth of experience
available at Boston University and partnering institutions. This
experience also includes Boston University's established affiliation
with community/neighborhood health centers and other community-based
organizations, as well as new relationships that the CREEDD seeks
to foster. The Clinical & Community
Liaison Core aims to: (1) Identify appropriate subjects for inclusion
in the work of the CREEDD. Such subjects will include children
and their caregivers, who are being seen for health care services
(medical and dental) at collaborating institutions. Subjects will
also include children in school-based settings, as well as caregivers
and children enrolled in WIC and Head Start programs. (2) Conduct
clinical assessments and interview (questionnaire) assessments
of children and their caregivers, as may be required by specific
research projects in the CREEDD. (3) Assist the Center's Biometry
Core in the management and analysis of the data collected. The
Clinical & Community Liaison Core will
also work to ensure data quality through the appropriate training,
calibration, and audit of clinical investigators. (4) Develop and maintain
liaison with community-based organizations (CBO's), and facilitate
interactions among leaders in the community and CREEDD investigators.
(5) Develop and disseminate information at the local, regional and
national levels. Disseminated information will include successful techniques
for recruitment and retention of underserved populations in research.
(6) Disseminate broadly the results of CREEDD research projects to
the scientific community, policy makers, and the community.
