The Center On Aging (COA) Recruitment and Community Engagement Research Core (RCERC) provides expertise in design and development of recruitment plans and implementation of multidisciplinary complex research projects in geriatrics, endocrinology, immunology, oncology, cardiology, and psychiatry. The RCERC provides guidance and management to principal investigators and collaborating/partner investigators, agencies, companies, and healthcare entities. The Core partners with UConn’s Health Disparities Institute to ensure research includes and asks questions relevant to communities of color and/or communities most vulnerable to adverse health effects, and to strengthen culturally sensitive approaches in all phases. The RCERC also provides regulatory services (e.g., IRB application support) and helps investigators with PHS Human Subjects and Clinical Trials Information grant sections and IRB protocol development.