Studies - Healthy Volunteers
Healthy Female Children (H-24977)
Do you have a healthy normal daughter between 5 and 17 years old? Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital are conducting a female health study that investigates different hormone markers of the ovary. Your child will have a one-time physical exam and blood draw in the General Clinical Research Center. There is no cost to participate and all subjects will be compensated for their time. Free parking is available for outpatient study visits.
Contact: To volunteer please contact us at 832-822-0497 or 832-822-1009 or e-mail chchi@bcm.edu.
Weight Loss Study (H-22892)
Baylor College of Medicine is recruiting overweight/obese men and women aged 18-64 in good health for a 12 week internet weight loss study using a diet fortified cola. Eligible participants will receive lifestyle counseling over the internet. They will also receive bone density scans, a stipend and for many of those who join, a diet fortified cola.
Contact: For more information, please call 713-798-3479 and leave your name and contact number.
Healthy Women and Women Diagnosed with Endometriosis Needed (H-13962)
Women ages 18-35 who are not on hormones or birth control and have regular menstrual cycles are needed for a gynecological study. Women with known endometriosis also needed. The study requires two short visits to the clinic. One visit is an endometrial biopsy. Compensation for time and travel is provided.
Contact: Please call 713-798-7549 for more information.
Healthy Volunteers Needed
The Human Neuroimaging Lab will be conducting a brain imaging study that investigates the activity of the brain during normal human social interaction. While receiving a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scan, which uses a magnet and radio waves (no x-rays!), you will be asked to play a simple computer game. In addition, you may be asked to participate in an interview prior to scanning. Please note that prior participation in one of our experiments does NOT disqualify you from the study; please come back to the lab to participate in a new study! Compensation: $20-40 plus a high-resolution MRI image of your brain.
Contact: Krystle at volunteer@hnl.bcm.tmc.edu
If you knew how to help other African Americans lose weight, would you?
Participate in the African American Weight Control Registry!! Your weight loss experiences will help us develop weight loss programs specifically for African Americans. Contact us if you have lost weight and kept it off or if you have lost weight and regained it. Every experience is important--especially yours. For more information visit our website at www.bcm.edu/africanamericanweightcontrol or call us toll free at 1-866-WT STORY (987-8679). If you are eligible, you will be asked to complete a 30 minute electronic or paper survey about your weight loss experiences. Your story is the African-American Story. Let us hear from you!
Contact: For more information visit our website at www.bcm.edu/africanamericanweightcontrol or call us toll free at 1-866-WT STORY (987-8679).
Volunteers Needed to Role-Play Patients
Healthy men and women 18 years of age or older are needed by the Department of Family and Community Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston to act as patients for the Standardized Patient Program. Standardized Patients assist in the training of medical students by providing standardized learning experiences; enabling students to practice interviewing, examinations, patient education, and management negotiation skills; and evaluating students' clinical skills. Standardized Patient projects occur weekday afternoons, and SPs are compensated for all training and role performance. To learn more about the Standardized Patient Program, please visit www.bcm.edu/familymed/spprogram/.
Contact: To volunteer, call Eugenia Greenfield at 713-798-7952. Full-time Baylor employees are not eligible.