{"id":2178,"date":"2019-06-26T09:52:32","date_gmt":"2019-06-26T13:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ohra\/?page_id=2178"},"modified":"2025-07-30T09:29:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T13:29:20","slug":"for-research-participants","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ohra\/for-research-participants\/","title":{"rendered":"For Research Participants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We need volunteers to participate in studies in order to improve the health and wellbeing of our community. \u00a0<strong>If you are already participating in a research study<\/strong>, please call or email the IRB with any questions <u><a href=\"about:blank\">617-358-5372<\/a><\/u>, <u><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20180710020804\/mailto:medirb@bu.edu\">medirb@bu.edu<\/a><\/u>. Your call or email will be kept confidential.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ohra\/for-research-participants\/bill-of-rights\/\"><u>Bill of Right<\/u><\/a><u>s<\/u><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ohra\/for-research-participants\/frequently-asked-questions\"><u>Frequently Asked Questions<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ohra\/for-research-participants\/glossary-of-research-terms\"><u>Glossary of research terms<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ohra\/for-research-participants\/brochures-for-participating-in-research\"><u>Brochures about Research<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>If you want to learn more about research studies<\/strong> at Boston Medical Center or Boston University Medical Campus,\u00a0you can explore the following resources:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bu.trialstoday.org\/\">Trials Today<\/a> is a list of studies at Boston Medical Center or Boston University Medical Campus. Please click here to search for studies that match your interests.<\/li>\n<li><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchmatch.org\/\">Research Match<\/a><\/u>\u00a0is a national research registry that matches researchers with volunteers.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/clinicaltrials.gov\/ct2\/home\"><u>ClinicalTrials.gov<\/u>\u00a0<\/a>is a website with more information about ways to participate in clinical studies all over the country, hosted by a federal agency called the National Institutes of Health.<\/li>\n<li><u><a href=\"http:\/\/catalyst.harvard.edu\/services\/rsa\">Brochures on participating in research<\/a><\/u>\u00a0created by the Research Subject Advocacy (RSA) Program serves as a resource to the research community and to research participants. The materials are available in multiple languages, including a research Bill of Rights and brochures about participating in studies.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmc.org\/research-operations\/center-for-clinical-research-advancement\/clinical-research-network\/learning-center-and-study-finder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Research Learning Center<\/a> provides helpful resources for current research participants, information about research, and how to search for clinical trials you\u2019re interested in.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We need volunteers to participate in studies in order to improve the health and wellbeing of our community. \u00a0If you are already participating in a research study, please call or email the IRB with any questions 617-358-5372, medirb@bu.edu. Your call or email will be kept confidential. Bill of Rights Frequently Asked Questions Glossary of research [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":873,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":21,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ohra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2178"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ohra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ohra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ohra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/873"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ohra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2178"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ohra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3062,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ohra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2178\/revisions\/3062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ohra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}