2024 Dec TEACH-RS - Recruitment through Relationship: Lessons from a Community-Academic Partnership

December 2024 DRISS Presents TEACH-RS is an interactive, monthly lunchtime seminar (via Zoom) to learn about dissemination and implementation research and recruitment science

Seminar Description: For the past four years, Hicks, Mejchar, and Koenigs have worked together to develop and lead research projects aimed at improving mental health and wellbeing among currently and formerly incarcerated individuals. In this presentation, they will discuss the lessons they have learned regarding recruitment of research participants for these projects. In particular, they will highlight the critical importance of relationships built on trust and credibility.

Speakers: Dr. Mike Koenigs, Dept of Psychiatry; Aaron Hicks, The Voices of Power; Deb Mejchar, Certified Peer Specialist Trainer