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COERE

The mission of the UAB COERE is to build and maintain a successful program of research targeted at improving the quality and outcomes of health care This is accomplished by using interdisciplinary teams to test innovations that promote evidence-based practice, reduce inequities in care for under-served and minority populations, and improve quality of life and functional outcomes for patients; developing and testing innovative methods with application to important questions in the delivery of health care; training and mentoring students, fellows and faculty in these methods; and serving as a resource to UAB faculty, health care systems, related organizations, government, and philanthropy to further disseminate outcomes research knowledge and expertise.   More

MHRC

The Minority Health & Research Center (MHRC) is a comprehensive educational, research and community outreach center focused on eliminating the health disparities of racial/ethnic minorities.   More

RRSF

The Recruitment and Retention Shared Facility (RRSF) is designed to facilitate and assist investigators in recruiting subjects to participate in clinical research and to provide linkage between the community and UAB researchers. The RRSF provides UAB researchers with diverse recruitment services, with an emphasis on women and minorities; provides and maintains the necessary linkage between UAB researchers and the surrounding communities; disseminates culturally appropriate information regarding techniques for recruitment and retention of minority subjects suitable for UAB investigators; and establishes and maintains an information system with a Recruitment Data Base (RDB) comprised of a Mass Mailing System, a Recruitment Tracking System, and a Health Profile System to identify subjects with certain health profiles of interest to UAB investigators.   More