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 Diabetes
Eligibility: Female twins aged 18-80 years old are eligible. There are many specific health conditions women may face across their lifetimes. This study is interested in understanding the genetic and environmental risk factors for these conditions. Specifically, our research team have two key conditions of interest: (1) Breast Cancer and (2) Gestational Diabetes. What is… Read more: Women’s Health Study: Breast Cancer and Gestational Diabetes - 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) - Twins FluTracking Survey
Eligibility: 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
