Northwestern University-Foundations of Health Research Center

Northwestern University, one of the nation’s top research institutions, is looking for healthy 8th graders to join a paid research study to see how the world they live in affects their heart and healt

The My World, My Heart Study is a research study aimed at better understanding different risk factors for heart disease that we think may begin to emerge during adolescence. We are recruiting healthy 8 th graders and one of their parents to help us learn how things like adolescents’ beliefs, social relationships, and brain development affect their health as they transition from 8 th grade to high school.