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Research for a Healthy Future

Your participation in clinical studies at NIEHS helps researchers discover how your environment affects your health. Please help us find new ways to prevent, diagnose, and treat illness and disease.

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Featured Studies

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Community Resiliency, Environmental Action, and Collaborations for Health (REACH) Study

Empower, Connect, Engage, and Advocate.

This research study seeks to understand the long-term impacts of COVID-19 on minority women and their families to assist in developing community-based programs for recovery and resiliency.
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  • Status Open
  • Age 18+
  • Location Durham, NC
  • Sex Female
  • Compensation
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Demystifying a Girl’s First Period

Why is it so unpredictable?

Moms, help your daughters prepare for puberty by enrolling them in a new study called a Girl’s First Period.
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  • Status Open
  • Age 8 - 14
  • Location Durham, NC
  • Sex Female
  • Compensation
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Environmental Impact on Children’s Hormones and Reproductive Health

Part of the Observation of Environment and Reproductive Endocrine Effects Study (OBSERVE Study)

The purpose of this study is to research how the environment may affect a child’s hormones and reproductive system.
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  • Status Open
  • Age 8-17
  • Location Durham, NC
  • Sex Both
  • Compensation
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MYORISK Study

Do you have polymyositis or dermatomyositis?

This study intends to investigate the genetic and environmental risk factors involved in the development of myositis, an autoimmune muscle disease that causes chronic muscle weakness.
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  • Status Open
  • Age All
  • Location Multiple Locations
  • Sex Both
  • Compensation
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Personalized Environment and Genes Study (PEGS)

Powerful science for integrating genomic and environmental data to understand human health

The goal of this study is to learn more about how our environment, diet, lifestyle and genes affect our health.
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  • Status Open
  • Age 18+
  • Location Durham, NC
  • Sex Both
  • Compensation
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Women's Reproductive Health Study

Part of the Demystifying a Girl’s First Period Study

Help us understand how to detect signs of hormone problems and prevent reproductive health disorders in women.
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  • Status Open
  • Age 18 - 34
  • Location Durham, NC
  • Sex Female
  • Compensation
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People Like You Can Make an Impact

By participating in the NHALES Study at NIEHS, Jeff Long has learned to manage his asthma while contributing to our understanding of the condition.

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Last Reviewed: July 30, 2024