NEWS - NIH announces first national research study recruitment registry

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National Institutes of Health News

Embargoed for Release

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

11:00 a.m. EST

NIH Announces First National Research Study Recruitment Registry

Nationwide Registry to " Match " Volunteers with Researchers

Individuals who want to participate in research studies now can

connect online with researchers nationwide through the first

disease-neutral, volunteer recruitment registry.

ResearchMatch.org is a not-for-profit secure Web site, designed to

provide people who are interested in participating in research the

opportunity to be matched with studies that may be the right fit for

them.

ResearchMatch offers an easy-to-use, free and safe way for volunteers

to connect with thousands of researchers who are conducting research

on a wide range of diseases.

The site is a collaborative effort of the national network of medical

research institutions affiliated with the Clinical and Translational

Science Awards (CTSAs). The CTSA program, which is led by the National

Center for Research Resources (NCRR), a part of the National

Institutes of Health, is focused on enhancing local and national

efforts to enhance the translation of laboratory discoveries into

treatments for patients.

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Read the full article here:

http://www.nih.gov/news/health/nov2009/ncrr-10.htm

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