Seeking adults healthy volunteers and people with skin conditions such as skin lupus (cutaneous lupus erythematosus, CLE), scarring hair loss (primary cicatricial alopecias, PCAs), blistering conditions (pemphigus and pemphigoid conditions), scarring/fibrosis (scleroderma/morphea), and cancer (cutaneous T and B cell lymphomas) for a study collecting skin samples.
We are collecting blood samples from healthy controls and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) patient samples to learn more about potential molecules that are responsible for the development of Lupus.
Seeking people diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Long COVID, Chronic Lyme, Fibromyalgia, Gulf-War Illness, Hypermobile EDS or Hypermobility Syndrome, Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS),or Orthostatic Intolerance for a study collecting blood, urine, saliva and skin tissue.
Seeking adults aged 18 and older who either have Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy (FSHD) or are healthy volunteers for a study to identify genetic biomarkers for the disease and better understand what causes it, and why symptoms vary widely among people who have it.
Seeking people aged 65 and older for a study of a digital screening tool for mild cognitive impairment using audio recordings.
Seeking men and women aged 18 and older for a study of a device to help develop a Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique to improve scans of the brain.
Seeking men and women over the age of 65 for a study of an investigational device to screen for cognitive impairment.
Seeking people who been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) or a similar immune disorder of the central nervous system or their immediate family members for a study to better understand what causes these diseases and perhaps improve treatment.
Seeking men and women at risk for pancreatic cancer due to family or personal history willing to participate in an detection and prevention study.
We are collecting data and biological samples from people with infectious or inflammatory conditions of the bowel such as celiac disease, colitis, and Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and from people who do not have bowel disease to get a better understanding of these diseases.
Seeking men and women aged 65 and older for a study of changes in the microbiome in the intestines of seniors when they move into a long-term care facility.
Children and adults who either have macular degeneration or are closely related to someone who has macular degeneration are sought for a study of macular degeneration and other related ocular disorders to prevent visual loss and blindness for current and future generations
Seeking adult male and female healthy volunteers for a national research program enrolling one million people across the U.S. to help build one of the most diverse health databases in history.
Seeking people aged 18 and older to test ways to make materials for an upcoming study more easily understood
Seeking healthy volunteers and adults with pelvic venous disease for a study assessing whether magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can be helpful in assessing veins of people with chronic venous disease.
Seeking men and women who get their care at UMass Memorial for a chronic health condition such as heart disease, diabetes or kidney disease for a study of an investigational device embedded in a toilet seat to remotely monitor cardiac health.
Seeking blood samples from healthy volunteers and volunteers who have various autoimmune diseases, like type 1 diabetes
Seeking healthy people who may have been previously infected with influenza A virus (IAV), coronaviruses such as Covid, Epstein-Barr virus (EBV, the virus that causes mononucleosis or “mono”), cytomegalovirus (CMV) or the virus that causes roseola to collect blood, saliva, and nasal swabs to study immune system responses to the virus.
We invite people who are Latinx and/or Black and have been vaccinated against COVID-19 to tell us how COVID-19 has affected you and your family and your experience with getting the COVID-19 Vaccines and the first booster.
Seeking parents of kids aged 5-17 who receive their care at UMass Memorial for a research survey about their intentions on having their child vaccinated against COVID-19.
Seeking children who have been diagnosed with influenza in the past 7 days and healthy children willing to donate a blood sample for a study of how influenza affects blood cells of children.
Seeking healthy adults and adults who have been suffering influenza-like illness for no more than 14 days for a study of how the flu or flu-like infections affect their blood cells.
Seeking women who have never been pregnant and women who are no more than 24 weeks pregnant for a study of how being active during pregnancy affects balance and muscle control while walking. Both active and sedentary participants are sought.
Pregnant women with either normal or high blood pressure sought for a study of the effects of high blood pressure during pregnancy. The study will assess whether future cardiovascular disease or serious pregnancy complications like preeclampsia can be better detected & prevented.
Seeking people who either have vitiligo or are closely related to someone who has vitiligo for a study of genetic factors that may impact the start or progression of vitiligo
Seeking healthy adult volunteers or adults who has had skin allergy patch testing in the past for a study of how anti-inflammatory therapies work in inflamed skin.
We are studying how skin diseases occur in the skin, including how immune cells choose to initiate disease as well as what causes them to enter the skin.
Seeking children under 18 years of age and healthy volunteers from 6 to 18 to study the skin immune system.
Seeking men and women with or without an inflammatory skin disease ( such as cutaneous lupus erythematosus, dermatomyositis, atopic dermatitis, alopecia areata, scleroderma, eczema, psoriasis, vitilago, or drug hypersensitivity) for a study to learn more about skin diseases and their response to light.
Seeking men and women aged 60 and older who are patients at UMass Memorial for a study of whether an Artificial Intelligence model can predict how well older adults heal from surgery.