• Identify external funding opportunities
• Provide pilot funding
• Consult on concept development and study design
• Consult and collaborate on proposal preparation and budget development
• Review proposals
• Strategize and plan for post-award implementation
• Link investigators to services and cores within the Center and partner centers
• Identify potential research collaborators and co-investigators

• Facilitate community partnerships and coalitions across the Deep South
• Link researchers with community partners to develop, conduct, and disseminate research
• Establish, organize, and manage advisory boards and community coalitions
• Manage engagement activities for research studies
• Coordinate community meetings, town halls, and other events
• Provide service-learning opportunities for students and faculty

• Offer training and education programs for undergraduate students, graduate students, post-doctoral researchers, and faculty
• Provide research navigation services for early-stage investigators–financial, regulatory, tenure and promotion
• Match investigators with mentors and networking opportunities
• Conduct seminars, workshops, and practical hands-on sessions in research methods, partnership and engagement techniques, and analysis
  • Insight Sessions: Research Methods & Analysis
  • Signature Program: Health Excellence Research Education Program (HEREP)
  • Seminar Series: “Advancing the Science of Community-Engaged Research”

• Consult on use of validated measures, statistical designs, and methods for research
• Assist with development of survey instruments
• Support the development of interview and focus group guides
• Conduct quantitative and qualitative analysis
• Provide program evaluation design and implementation

• Assist in the development of research proposals and strategies for participant recruitment and retention
• Provide clinical trial navigation services
• Provide customized recruitment and retention strategies for healthcare and community settings
• Conduct customized phone and in-person eligibility screenings
• Collect quantitative and qualitative data
  • Patient and community member surveys, focus groups, and in-depth interviews

• Consult on proposal development related to community coach services
• Provide trained and certified community health coaches
  • Study & Clinical Trial promotion and education
  • Document services and data collection
  • Study intervention delivery and support
  • Health navigation and community health worker services in community and healthcare settings

• Consult on project and proposal development
• Conduct training for investigators and community organizations
• Assist with research planning, implementation, and dissemination
• Conduct hands-on CBPR workshops to enhance experience and skills

Preventing disease and improving health requires a coordinated effort and clear, effective communications among researchers, staff, community groups, and partners. The Communication & Dissemination team supports the Center and affiliated projects with customized communications/marketing strategies for projects and studies of all sizes. Members are invited to consult with our on staff communications director to learn more.

• Strategy development
• Website design
• Graphic design
• Social media
• Copywriting (spotlights, storytelling, press releases, etc.)
• Photography
• Media Liaison
• Event promotion
• Email development and dissemination
• Project management for outsourced media work (radio spots, video, etc.)
• Promotional Item recommendations and ordering
• UAB Marketing approval guidance