Ohio State Enrolls First "Match" Through National Web-Enabled Registry

The Ohio State University Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) has achieved its first match through ResearchMatch.org, the national, disease-neutral, volunteer recruitment registry.  CCTS is one of 51 participants in ResearchMatch.org, the not-for-profit Web site that connects researchers from across the country with volunteers who are interested in participating in a research studies. Currently, nearly 6,900 volunteers nationally are registered in ResearchMatch, with 850 residing in Ohio.

Ohio State’s first volunteer “match” will participate in research led by Dr. Robert Hoffman in pediatric endocrinology at the College of Medicine. Hoffman’s research is exploring metabolic and vascular differences in response to fat and insulin between African-American and Caucasian patients.

ResearchMatch connects any interested individual residing in the US with researchers approved to recruit potential volunteers through the system. After an individual has self-registered to become a volunteer, ResearchMatch’s security features ensure that personal information is protected until volunteers authorize the release of their contact information to a specific study.

For more information, see the release from OSU