Healthy Volunteer Research Studies
Healthy volunteers play a critical role in helping researchers develop new treatments for patients who need them.
Can you help researchers develop a life-saving cure for a disease or condition you don't have?
Medical research is not just for people who have an illness, disease or condition. Millions of Americans are living with cancer or conditions related to diabetes, heart health, weight management, brain and memory care and many more health care areas. They are hoping for a cure or new treatment. But research depends on healthy volunteers to help researchers better understand how a new treatment or intervention might work. Researchers can compare healthy volunteers to patients with a certain disease or condition and this helps to ensure what is being created is not only safe, but effective in treating patients in need.
Healthy volunteers taking part in research studies leads to better outcomes, medical innovation and improved patient care. Countless medical breakthroughs are made possible because of the decision of healthy volunteers to help advance research.
Why you should enroll in a research study
- Study volunteers enrolled in a clinical study receive an extra layer of medical care with frequent follow up and progress assessments
- Study volunteers participating in clinical trials may achieve better outcomes than those not enrolled in a study
- Access to the latest treatments long before they may become widely available
- As a result of your own experience or that of a loved one, you may want to shape the future of health care for yourself and others
Need more information?
We conduct hundreds of clinical trials every year in an effort to detect, treat and prevent disease. Clinical trials conducted here are managed by professionals, including an MD or PhD faculty with specific expertise in the disease area, who have research experience.