Environmental Polymorphisms Registry – DNA Registry for Diseases
Open for Recruitment
Study Background
Environmental Polymorphisms Registry – DNA Registry for Diseases
Open for Recruitment
Additional Information
The Environmental Polymorphisms Registry (EPR) is a long-term initiative to collect approximately 20,000 DNA samples from individuals. These DNA samples will be used to examine risk factors for common health conditions such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes, asthma, and Alzheimer’s disease. Genetic data, along with health information (e.g., family history of disease, environmental exposure, socioeconomic status, and lifestyle data) will be used to select participants for voluntary follow-up studies to help researchers prevent, diagnose, and treat common health conditions in individual patients and whole populations.
By donating a blood sample to the EPR, you will be helping scientists discover changes in our genes that make us more or less sensitive to environmental factors and that can increase or decrease our risk for disease.
For more information on this study, please visit the Clinical Trials Study page.
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Eligibility
Must be 18 years of age or older.
The only exclusion criteria is age. Participants must be greater than or equal to 18 years of age. Otherwise, there are no health status criteria for participating in this study; participants may be healthy or have preexisting conditions.
Participants will not be excluded based on gender, ethnicity, race or religion.
What will you do?
- Donate a Blood Sample - Provide a small blood sample (approximately 1 tablespoon)
- Read and sign an informed consent form
- Provide date of birth, gender, race and ethnicity
- Periodically update contact information
- Agree to be recontacted to volunteer for follow-up studies based upon your genotype, health or disease status.
Why Participate?
- You will receive $20.00 for participating in the EPR to compensate you for your time and travel expenses.
- The EPR is sponsored by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS). The EPR is designed to help researchers develop new and better ways of preventing, diagnosing, and treating common health conditions in individual patients and whole populations.
Study Location
Sample collections are conducted at the NIEHS Clinical Research Unit (CRU) located in Research Triangle Park (RTP), North Carolina.
Protocol Number: 04-E-0053
Enrollment and Contact Information
Nicole Edwards
Study Coordinator
Clinical Research Unit (CRU)
Tel (919) 316-4976
Nicole P. Edwards
Principal Investigator
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Shepherd H. Schurman, M.D.
Associate Medical Director, NIEHS Clinical Research Unit
Principal Investigator, EPR -
Tel 919-541-7736
shepherd.schurman@nih.gov -
P.O. Box 12233Mail Drop CU-01Durham, N.C. 27709
