{"id":10247,"date":"2025-02-18T08:42:14","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T16:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phase2.schaeffer.usc.edu.test.cyberwoven.net\/?page_id=10247"},"modified":"2026-02-25T15:39:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T23:39:39","slug":"clinical-trial-recruitment-lab","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/schaeffer.usc.edu\/clinical-trial-recruitment-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"Clinical Trial Recruitment Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"leadership-layer full-width no-experts\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n  <div class=\"grid\">\n    <div class=\"leadership-layer-intro\">\n      <div class=\"wrap animate-children\">\n                <h2>Clinical Trial Recruitment Lab<\/h2>\n                  <div class=\"text\">\n            The Clinical Trial Recruitment Lab (CTRL) pilots, evaluates, and disseminates innovative recruitment strategies to improve access and representation in clinical trials. CTRL\u2019s goal is to coordinate the resources and expertise needed to design and conduct pilots that test real-world solutions, generate evidence, and share best practices to improve recruitment at scale. CTRL brings together stakeholders from academia, industry, and philanthropy to create a collaborative platform for testing innovative strategies in real-world settings.          <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n      <\/div>  <!-- \/.grid -->\n<\/div>  <!-- \/.container -->\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Program Leadership<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-000419ef wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default wp-container-content-5692b377\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/schaeffer.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Paul-Headshot-New.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16859\" srcset=\"https:\/\/schaeffer.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Paul-Headshot-New.png 600w, https:\/\/schaeffer.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Paul-Headshot-New-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/schaeffer.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Paul-Headshot-New-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/schaeffer.usc.edu\/people\/paul-aisen-md\/\">Paul Aisen, MD<\/a><\/strong><br>Director, Alzheimer&#8217;s Therapeutic Research Institute<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/schaeffer.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Ferrell-2024-headshot_030-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12083\" srcset=\"https:\/\/schaeffer.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Ferrell-2024-headshot_030-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/schaeffer.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Ferrell-2024-headshot_030-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/schaeffer.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Ferrell-2024-headshot_030-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/schaeffer.usc.edu\/people\/phyllis-barkman-ferrell-drph-mba\/\">Phyllis Ferrell, DrPH, MBA<\/a><\/strong><br>Nonresident Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-container-content-65aae1f9\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/schaeffer.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/danagoldmanusc.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/schaeffer.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/danagoldmanusc.webp 600w, https:\/\/schaeffer.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/danagoldmanusc-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/schaeffer.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/danagoldmanusc-150x150.webp 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/schaeffer.usc.edu\/people\/dana-goldman-ph-d\/\">Dana Goldman, PhD<\/a><\/strong><br>Founding Director, USC Schaeffer Institute<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/schaeffer.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/mireille-jacobson-4.jpg\" alt=\"Mireille Jacobson\" class=\"wp-image-3868\" srcset=\"https:\/\/schaeffer.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/mireille-jacobson-4.jpg 480w, https:\/\/schaeffer.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/mireille-jacobson-4-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/schaeffer.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/mireille-jacobson-4-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/schaeffer.usc.edu\/people\/mireille-jacobson-phd\/\">Mireille Jacobson, PhD<\/a><\/strong><br>Co-Director,  Aging and Cognition Program, USC Schaeffer Center<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/schaeffer.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Desi-Peneva_crop-1.jpg\" alt=\"Desi Peneva\" class=\"wp-image-1818\" srcset=\"https:\/\/schaeffer.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Desi-Peneva_crop-1.jpg 550w, https:\/\/schaeffer.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Desi-Peneva_crop-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/schaeffer.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Desi-Peneva_crop-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/schaeffer.usc.edu\/people\/desi-peneva\/\">Desi Peneva, MS<\/a><\/strong><br>Research Program Lead, USC Schaeffer Center<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/schaeffer.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/rema-raman-square.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/schaeffer.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/rema-raman-square.jpg 300w, https:\/\/schaeffer.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/rema-raman-square-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/schaeffer.usc.edu\/people\/rema-raman-phd\/\">Rema Raman, PhD<\/a><\/strong><br>Director, &nbsp;Alzheimer&#8217;s Trial Recruitment Innovation Lab&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"news-layer full-width\">\n\n  <div class=\"wrap no-links\">\n    <div class=\"stories-column\">\n      <h2 class=\"eyebrow eyebrow--border animate\"><span>\n          Top Stories        <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/schaeffer.usc.edu\/research\/?&#038;_initiative=clinical-trial-recruitment-lab\" class=\"more-link\">\n          View All        <\/a><\/h2>\n\n            \n        \n                  \n                    <article class=\"post-featured-teaser animate\">\n            <div class=\"image\">\n              <a href=\"https:\/\/schaeffer.usc.edu\/research\/alzheimers-biomarkers-vary-across-populations-clinical-trials\/\">\n                                  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/schaeffer.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Alzheimers-Biomarkers-May-Vary-Across-Populations\u2014Complicating-Trial-Eligibility.jpg\" alt=\"Read: Alzheimer\u2019s Biomarkers May Vary Across Populations\u2014Complicating Trial Eligibility\">\n                              <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n\n            <div class=\"copy\">\n              <p class=\"post-source\">Evidence Base<\/p>\n              <h3><a href=\"https:\/\/schaeffer.usc.edu\/research\/alzheimers-biomarkers-vary-across-populations-clinical-trials\/\" class=\"entry-title\">Alzheimer\u2019s Biomarkers May Vary Across Populations\u2014Complicating Trial Eligibility<\/a><\/h3>\n              <div class=\"post-excerpt\">\n                A new study on biomarker variation highlights implications for clinical trial recruitment, access, and participation.              <\/div>\n              \n                              <ul class=\"post-tags\">\n                                      <li><a href=\"\/topics\/aging\">Aging<\/a><\/li>\n                                  <\/ul>\n              \n                              <p class=\"post-faculty-list\">Featured Experts: \n                <a href=\"https:\/\/schaeffer.usc.edu\/people\/phyllis-barkman-ferrell-drph-mba\/\">Phyllis Barkman Ferrell<\/a>                <\/p>\n              \n            <\/div>\n\n          <\/article> <!-- .post-featured-teaser -->\n        \n        \n      \n        \n        \n                      <div class=\"post-teaser-list animate-children\">\n          \n          <article class=\"post-teaser\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/schaeffer.usc.edu\/research\/alzheimers-clinical-trial-recruitment-biomarkers-digital-tools\/\">\n          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src=\"https:\/\/schaeffer.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Dementia-Caregiver.jpg\" alt=\"Read: Schaeffer Research Featured in Special Journal Issue on Alzheimer\u2019s Care and Caregiving\">\n                              <\/div>\n\n              <div class=\"copy\">\n                <p class=\"post-source\">News<\/p>\n                <h3 class=\"entry-title\">Schaeffer Research Featured in Special Journal Issue on Alzheimer\u2019s Care and Caregiving<\/h3>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/a>\n          <\/article> <!-- .post-teaser -->\n\n          \n        \n      \n        \n        \n          \n          <article class=\"post-teaser\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/schaeffer.usc.edu\/research\/why-widespread-testing-for-alzheimers-is-essential\/\">\n              <div class=\"image\">\n                                  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/schaeffer.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Widespread-Testing-for-Alzheimer.jpg\" alt=\"Read: Why Widespread Testing for Alzheimer\u2019s Is Essential\">\n                              <\/div>\n\n              <div class=\"copy\">\n                <p class=\"post-source\">Perspective<\/p>\n                <h3 class=\"entry-title\">Why Widespread Testing for Alzheimer\u2019s Is Essential<\/h3>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/a>\n          <\/article> <!-- .post-teaser -->\n\n                      <\/div> <!-- .post-teaser-list -->\n          \n        \n            \n      \n    <\/div> <!-- .stories-column -->\n\n    <div class=\"links-column\">\n      <h2 class=\"eyebrow eyebrow--border animate\"><span>\n          In The News<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/schaeffer.usc.edu\/research\/?&#038;_initiative=clinical-trial-recruitment-lab\" class=\"more-link\">\n          View All        <\/a>\n        <\/span><\/h2>\n\n        <div class=\"article-items animate-children\">\n\n                <p>No news items.<\/p>\n      \n      \n      <\/div>\n\n    <\/div> <!-- .links-column -->\n  <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"call-to-action-layer full-width has-image\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"wrap\">\n      <p class=\"eyebrow eyebrow--border animate\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n      <div class=\"cols\">\n        <div class=\"image animate\">\n                      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/schaeffer.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/knowledge-hub-cta.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n                  <\/div>\n        <div class=\"copy animate-children\">\n                      <h2>Clinical Trial Knowledge Hub<\/h2>\n                    <p>Stronger, more efficient clinical trial recruitment can help accelerate the search for new Alzheimer\u2019s treatments. The Knowledge Hub brings together evidence from our innovative pilots, best practices from the field and insights from leading researchers.<\/p>\n                      <a href=\"https:\/\/schaeffer.usc.edu\/clinical-trial-recruitment-lab\/knowledge-hub\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"forward-link\">Learn More<\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"news-featured-layer full-width\">\n\n      <div class=\"featured-background\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/schaeffer.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/featured-image-2-1.png');\"><\/div>\n  \n  <div class=\"wrap\">\n    \n    <article class=\"post-featured grid\">\n      <div class=\"copy animate-children\">\n        <h2 class=\"eyebrow eyebrow--border eyebrow--gold\"><span>Featured White Paper<\/span><\/h2>\n        <h3><a href=\"https:\/\/schaeffer.usc.edu\/research\/key-barriers-for-clinical-trials-for-alzheimers-disease\/\" class=\"entry-title\">Key Barriers for Clinical Trials for Alzheimer&#8217;s Disease<\/a><\/h3>\n        <div class=\"post-excerpt\">\n          <p>Alzheimer&#8217;s disease (AD) clinical trials are more complicated, costly, and slower than trials for other diseases. Addressing barriers would accelerate the approval of innovative therapies.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n\n                  <ul class=\"post-tags\">\n                          <li><a href=\"\/topics\/aging\">Aging<\/a><\/li>\n                          <li><a href=\"\/topics\/innovation\">Innovation<\/a><\/li>\n                      <\/ul>\n        \n                  <p class=\"post-faculty-list\">Experts: \n                      <a href=\"https:\/\/schaeffer.usc.edu\/people\/dana-goldman-ph-d\/\">Dana Goldman<\/a>,             <a href=\"https:\/\/schaeffer.usc.edu\/people\/niranjan-bose\/\">Niranjan Bose<\/a>          <\/p>\n        \n                \n      <\/div>\n\n              <div class=\"image animate\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/schaeffer.usc.edu\/research\/key-barriers-for-clinical-trials-for-alzheimers-disease\/\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/schaeffer.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/featured-image-2-1.png\" alt=\"Read: Key Barriers for Clinical Trials for Alzheimer&#8217;s Disease\">\n          <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n          <\/article> <!-- .post-featured -->\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"call-to-action-layer full-width has-image\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"wrap\">\n      <p class=\"eyebrow eyebrow--border animate\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n      <div class=\"cols\">\n        <div class=\"image animate\">\n                      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/schaeffer.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Doris-Molina-Henry_Mireille-Jacobson_Alzheimers_Clinical-Trials.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n                  <\/div>\n        <div class=\"copy animate-children\">\n                      <h2>Improving the Clinical Trial Ecosystem<\/h2>\n                    <p>CTRL convened leading experts to examine how new technologies are transforming clinical trial recruitment, strategies for overcoming persistent barriers and the value of enabling earlier intervention.<\/p>\n                      <a href=\"https:\/\/schaeffer.usc.edu\/event\/improving-the-u-s-clinical-trial-recruitment-ecosystem-for-alzheimers-disease\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"forward-link\">Watch Here<\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"call-to-action-layer full-width\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"wrap\">\n      <p class=\"eyebrow eyebrow--border animate\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n      <div class=\"cols\">\n        <div class=\"image animate\">\n                      <h2>Ongoing Studies<\/h2>\n                  <\/div>\n        <div class=\"copy animate-children\">\n                    <p>The Alzheimer\u2019s Trial Recruitment Innovation Lab (ATRIL) seeks to diversify participant recruitment and accelerate the process of enrolling a representative population in preclinical and prodromal Alzheimer\u2019s clinical trials through evidence-based science, community engagement and training.<\/p>\n                      <a href=\"https:\/\/schaeffer.usc.edu\/clinical-trial-recruitment-lab\/alzheimers-trial-recruitment-innovation-lab\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"forward-link\">Alzheimer\u2019s Trial Recruitment Innovation Lab<\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"news-layer full-width\">\n\n  <div class=\"wrap\">\n    <div class=\"stories-column\">\n      <h2 class=\"eyebrow eyebrow--border animate\"><span>\n          More Clinical Trial Research        <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/schaeffer.usc.edu\/research\/?&#038;_subtopic=clinical-trials\" class=\"more-link\">\n          View All        <\/a><\/h2>\n\n            \n        \n                  \n                    <article class=\"post-featured-teaser animate\">\n            <div class=\"image\">\n              <a href=\"https:\/\/schaeffer.usc.edu\/research\/comments-on-the-commissioners-national-priority-voucher-pilot-program\/\">\n                                  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/schaeffer.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Comments-on-the-Commissioners-National-Priority-Voucher-Pilot-Program.png\" alt=\"Read: Comments on the Commissioner\u2019s National Priority Voucher Pilot Program\">\n                              <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n\n            <div class=\"copy\">\n              <p class=\"post-source\">Comment Letter<\/p>\n              <h3><a href=\"https:\/\/schaeffer.usc.edu\/research\/comments-on-the-commissioners-national-priority-voucher-pilot-program\/\" class=\"entry-title\">Comments on the Commissioner\u2019s National Priority Voucher Pilot Program<\/a><\/h3>\n              <div class=\"post-excerpt\">\n                FDA should establish clear rules or guidance outlining how products are selected and evaluated for the program, along with appropriate guardrails.              <\/div>\n              \n                              <ul class=\"post-tags\">\n                                      <li><a href=\"\/topics\/innovation\">Innovation<\/a><\/li>\n                                  <\/ul>\n              \n                              <p class=\"post-faculty-list\">Featured Experts: \n                <a href=\"https:\/\/schaeffer.usc.edu\/people\/lowell-schiller-jd\/\">Lowell Schiller<\/a>                <\/p>\n              \n            <\/div>\n\n          <\/article> <!-- .post-featured-teaser -->\n        \n        \n      \n        \n        \n                      <div class=\"post-teaser-list animate-children\">\n          \n          <article class=\"post-teaser\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/schaeffer.usc.edu\/research\/alzheimers-biomarkers-vary-across-populations-clinical-trials\/\">\n              <div class=\"image\">\n                                  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/schaeffer.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Alzheimers-Biomarkers-May-Vary-Across-Populations\u2014Complicating-Trial-Eligibility.jpg\" alt=\"Read: Alzheimer\u2019s Biomarkers May Vary Across Populations\u2014Complicating Trial Eligibility\">\n                              <\/div>\n\n              <div class=\"copy\">\n                <p class=\"post-source\">Evidence Base<\/p>\n                <h3 class=\"entry-title\">Alzheimer\u2019s Biomarkers May Vary Across Populations\u2014Complicating Trial Eligibility<\/h3>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/a>\n          <\/article> <!-- .post-teaser -->\n\n          \n        \n      \n        \n        \n          \n          <article class=\"post-teaser\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/schaeffer.usc.edu\/research\/alzheimers-clinical-trial-recruitment-biomarkers-digital-tools\/\">\n              <div class=\"image\">\n                                  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/schaeffer.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/CTRL-symposium.jpg\" alt=\"Read: Experts Highlight How Technology Is Transforming Alzheimer\u2019s Clinical Trial Recruitment\">\n           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psychedelics executive order and outlines concerns with the FDA commissioner\u2019s voucher program<\/a><\/h3>\n\n                      <p class=\"post-faculty-list\">Featured Experts: \n            <a href=\"https:\/\/schaeffer.usc.edu\/people\/genevieve-p-kanter-phd\/\">Genevieve P. 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