Research connect: Maximizing Engagement, Driving Progress
Need to recruit participants for your study?
Our recruitment specialists can enhance and streamline the recruitment and retention of study participants through personalized consultations, dedicated services, and active engagement in collaborative research on the science of recruitment.
How can we help?
The CTSI Recruitment Center can help with participant recruitment, retention and evaluation. Services include:
Free consultations
The CTSI Recruitment Center offers no-cost recruitment consultations at any point in your study, even before submitting for IRB approval.
Tailored recruitment plans
Our recruitment specialists are equipped to create tailored recruitment plans, ensuring effective engagement throughout the research process
Social media support
Interested in recruiting via social media? The CTSI Recruitment Center can provide evidence-based recruitment materials to recruit participants and maintain participant engagement.
Participant-facing materials
The CTSI Recruitment Center also offers participant-facing communication support through the development and editing of recruitment materials using evidence-based templates.
Feasibility queries and translation
Our recruitment specialists can identify cohorts with the help of our Integrated Data Repository and its i2b2 database, and translate these findings for grants and publications.
Support for grants and sponsored projects
Our recruitment specialists can also assist in budgeting for services, offering written budget justifications for proposals, and provide letters of support for CTSI Recruitment Center services
Recruitment Channel Expansion
We’re excited to announce the expansion of the UF CTSI Recruitment Center’s capabilities, now offering even more ways to connect with research participants and support your study enrollment goals. Our UF Studies organic recruitment channels have grown to include Facebook, Instagram, Threads, LinkedIn, Pinterest, X, Bluesky, and Reddit, enhancing our ability to engage diverse audiences across multiple platforms.
Additionally, we’ve expanded our paid social recruitment efforts to Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Pinterest, X, Reddit, YouTube, Snapchat, and Google Ads—providing broader reach and increased visibility for clinical studies. Whether through targeted campaigns or strategic community engagement, we are committed to helping UF researchers find the right participants efficiently and effectively.
Additional Resources
Need additional recruitment support?
HealthStreet
HealthStreet, at the University of Florida, engages with our community to increase access to services and research to improve health and well being.
ResearchMatch
Many studies have to end early because there are not enough volunteers. At the same time, people are looking for research studies to join, but may have a hard time finding them. Get connected to research on many different health conditions – through ResearchMatch.
Clinicaltrials.gov
ClinicalTrials.gov serves as a vital resource for researchers by providing a comprehensive registry of clinical trials worldwide. Researchers can utilize this platform to both promote their own trials and search for ongoing studies..
UF Studies
The UF Studies Facebook page offers researchers a valuable platform to connect with a diverse and engaged audience of potential participants. By posting trial information and updates on this page, researchers can effectively reach out to a community that is already interested in research opportunities.
Consent2Share
UF Consent2Share is an opportunity for UF Health patients to join UF researchers in seeking pathways to better health. Patients can help advance health research by agreeing to allow UF researchers to contact them about new health research studies that might help them and others in the future.
Meet the team
Jennifer D Moses
Associate Director Of Communications
Phone:
(352) 294-5399
Email:
jgriffis@ufl.edu
Linda B Cottler PhD, MPH, FACE
Professor Of Epidemiology
Phone:
(352) 294-5947
Email:
lbcottler@ufl.eduA National Connection
The CTSI Recruitment Center will serve as UF’s liaison to the national CTSA Trial Innovation Network Recruitment Innovation Centers and will contribute to the science of recruitment with an emphasis on participation of special populations, the use of innovative methods to disseminate messages about research and its findings, and the engagement of communities in methods to recruit and retain participants into health research that is relevant to them.
"I wish I had gotten in touch with CTSI earlier, the staff are a delight to work with and the collaboration was very fruitful in terms of recruitment."
Emma Weeks, PhD, IFAS