You can make a difference!
Help us improve healthcare for future generations.
Researchers are working hard to identify new treatments and strategies to improve health and to understand the diseases that make us sick, but in order to succeed they need both healthy research participants and participants with medical conditions. You can make a difference by participating in research. Health research ranges from simple questionnaires and screenings to clinical trials of investigational drugs and devices.
Join us in discovery!
There are several ways for you to learn more and get involved:
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Explore Current Studies at UK and request information on opportunities that interest you
- Search open clinical trials at UK using TrialsToday
- Search open national clinical trials at ClinicalTrials.gov, which provides information on publicly and privately supported clinical studies on a wide range of diseases and conditions and is maintained by the United States National Library of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health
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Join Wellness, Health & You, which seeks to learn more about factors affecting about Kentuckians' health and connects you with research opportunities that may interest you
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Join ResearchMatch, which connects potential volunteers with researchers nationwide and in Kentucky
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Learn more about participating in research studies.
Clinical trials and health research are the backbone of modern medicine. Linda Rice, BSN, RN, director of clinical operations for the CCTS, spoke with WUKY's "On Medicine" program about the value of participating in research and the rigorous protections for participants.