Are you a twin or higher order multiple (HOM)? A very precious gift that only you can give is the donation of your time to a twin study. By sharing insights from your special twin relationship, you can help researchers make discoveries that benefit everyone’s health.
Below are our latest studies seeking twins and HOMs. You’ll find there are many ways to get involved – and often it is as simple as completing a questionnaire but this can be invaluable to research.
If you are interested in any, please click on the individual study link. We’ll email you with further details. If you’d like to be alerted when a new study begins, please contact us. TRA and our researchers appreciate your time and interest.
- Women’s Health Study: Breast Cancer and Gestational DiabetesJoin TRA’s new breast cancer and mammogram research through our Women’s Health Study. Learn more …
- Understanding Facial ExpressionsEligibility: 18-80 year old, same-sex twins. In everyday life, there are many circumstances in which we need to correctly identify what other people are thinking or feeling. We often try to understand how others are feeling by looking at the emotional expressions on their face. People vary on how easy or difficult they find this.… Read more: Understanding Facial Expressions
- Restless Legs Syndrome and Growing PainsEligibility: All twins and family members who participated in the study in 2019 Growing pains is the most common primary (spontaneously occurring) pain disorder of childhood. Restless legs syndrome is an important and often distressing cause of impaired sleep and other problems. You may have it without realising. The ultimate purpose of this study is… Read more: Restless Legs Syndrome and Growing Pains
- GenV (Generation Victoria)Eligibility: All children born in Victoria between 4th October 2021 and 3rd October 2023 GenV, short for Generation Victoria (https://genv.org.au), is a research project from the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute. All Victorian children born over two years (October 2021 – October 2023) and their parents are invited to take part. This includes multiple birth families! Currently, more… Read more: GenV (Generation Victoria)
- How does diet impact male reproductive health?Eligibility: Identical and fraternal, healthy male twins – aged 18-45 years. We have seen a shift in dietary patterns with increased consumption of processed, easily accessible foods. Minimal attention has been placed on what changes occur to sperm as a result of differences in diet, and whether this can impact the health of future offspring.… Read more: How does diet impact male reproductive health?
- Health Behaviours and Screening QuestionnaireEligibility: All adult twins and higher order multiples currently living in Australia This study will investigate twins’ views and habits regarding health providers and available screening tests. We will ask about your health and behaviours around screening in an online questionnaire. We will also ask a small number of participants to take part in an… Read more: Health Behaviours and Screening Questionnaire
- Genetics of risk for and resilience to mental health problemsEligibility: Only twins who previously participated in the “Resilience and vulnerability to mental health problems’” in 2021-2022. Thank you to those members that participated in our recent study ‘Exploring genetic and environmental influences on resilience and vulnerability to mental health problems’. We are very pleased to say that the study was a big success! We received 1,911 responses, 697… Read more: Genetics of risk for and resilience to mental health problems
- Australian Twins & Sisters Mammographic Density Study Follow-UpEligibility: Identical and fraternal female twins who previously participated in the Australian Twins and Sisters Breast Density Study (2005-2007). Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in Australian Women. Each year, almost 17,000 women are newly diagnosed, and nearly 3,000 women die from breast cancer. Epidemiological studies have identified a number of factors… Read more: Australian Twins & Sisters Mammographic Density Study Follow-Up
- Twins FluTracking SurveyEligibility: Open to twins and higher order multiples (HOMs) of all ages – identical and fraternal – and parents of twins/HOMs. This special Twins FluTracking Survey enrolment has been developed especially for twins/HOMs to report if they’ve had symptoms of flu in the past week. The FluTracking.net project is a joint initiative of the University of Newcastle,… Read more: Twins FluTracking Survey