Core C: Recruitment, Retention And Cohort Management Core

核心C：招聘、留用和团队管理 摘要 招聘，保留和队列管理核心将协调创建和 维持10，000只犬的入组纵向研究群体。在这项复杂的全国性研究中， 与不同地点的主人和兽医进行有效沟通对于促进准确的 及时提交多种形式的数据。为确保成功，这一核心将由首席执行官管理。 兽医官员，Kate Creevy博士，德克萨斯A&M兽医学院和生物医学科学 沿着的还有U19研究项目的PI和本核心研究的共同研究者丹尼尔·普罗米斯洛博士。的 招聘、保留和队列管理核心将通过一组三个方面来实现其总体目标 具体目标。具体目标1将建立、管理和维持一个有足够能力解决 U19的核心假设。这将包括制定队列，其中包括适当平衡的 品种，性别和年龄的研究部分，并公平地代表了多样性的狗主人在美国 States.第二个具体目标将制定和维护协议，以便能够收集医疗信息。 记录数据和入组犬的临床测量和测定，对参与者的负担最小。芯C 将创建和分发纸质和电子招聘材料给兽医，狗主人， 感兴趣的团体;它将协调招生申请，并选择所有U19相关研究的参与者;它将 确保从主人处获得知情同意书并存档;并将监测研究的及时完成- 相关的体格检查、问卷调查和实验室评估以及提交生成的数据 这些事件。最后，具体目标3将创建回应问题所需的基础设施， 参与的犬主人和兽医对完成研究相关任务的担忧;以及 监督与参与者之间的持续沟通。

CORE C: RECRUITMENT, RETENTION AND COHORT MANAGEMENT ABSTRACT The Recruitment, Retention and Cohort Management Core will coordinate all aspects of creating and maintaining an enrolled Longitudinal Study Population of 10,000 dogs. In this complex nationwide study, effective communication with owners and veterinarians across diverse sites is paramount to facilitate accurate and timely submission of data in many forms. To ensure success, this core will be governed by the Chief Veterinary Officer, Dr. Kate Creevy, at Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences along with Dr. Daniel Promislow, the PI of the U19 Research Program and co-Investigator for this Core. The Recruitment, Retention and Cohort Management Core will achieve its overall goals through a set of three specific aims. Specific Aim 1 will construct, manage and maintain a cohort with sufficient power to address the central hypotheses of the U19. This will include development of cohorts that include an appropriate balance of breed, sex and age for the study segments, and that fairly represent the diversity of dog owners in the United States. The second Specific Aim will develop and maintain protocols to make it possible to collect medical records data and enrolled dog clinical measurements and assays with minimal burden on participants. Core C will create and distribute paper and electronic recruitment materials to veterinarians, dog owners and interested groups; it will coordinate enrollment requests and select participants for all U19-related studies; it will ensure Informed Consent is obtained from owners and archived; and it will monitor timely completion of study- related physical examinations, questionnaires and laboratory assessments and submission of data generated by these events. Finally, Specific Aim 3 will create the infrastructure needed to respond to questions and concerns from participating owners and veterinarians regarding completion of study-related tasks; and to oversee ongoing communication with and among participants.