Author: anhubbar

Behavioral Economic Strategies to Improve Enrollment Rates in Clinical Research: An Embedded Recruitment Pilot Trial

We often try many ways to increase enrollment and retention in clinical research, usually without testing whether they are effective or not. Here, we rigorously tested behavioral economic strategies and found that by targeting norms about participating in research and providing financial incentives in the form of a lottery, enrollment and retention improved.

View the article here: https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/47121/accepted

The ENABLE Lab is proud to congratulate Graduate Student Brittney Greene for her recipience of the Psychological Association of Western New York Scholarship!

Check out the link to see Brittney’s feature and learn more about the scholarship: https://arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/psychology/news-events/celebration.html

Check out Dr. Rebecca Ashare’s feature in UBNow discussing our lab’s recently published article, “Social Determinants of Health Associated with How Cannabis is Obtained and Used in Patients with Cancer Receiving Care a Cancer Treatment Center in Pennsylvania,” co-authored by ENABLE Lab member Esther Turay!

Click the link to view the UBNow article: https://www.buffalo.edu/ubnow/stories/2023/05/ashare-access-to-cannabis.html