Expanding Wisconsin's health and environment cohort to include more people
SHOW-Forward: A pathway for increasing participation, enriching data, and improving access to a unique environmental epidemiology cohort
['FUNDING_OTHER'] · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · NIH-11380010
This project is inviting more Wisconsin residents to provide health information and easier-to-collect samples so researchers can better understand how the environment affects health.
Quick facts
| Phase | ['FUNDING_OTHER'] |
|---|---|
| Study type | Nih_funding |
| Sex | All |
| Sponsor | UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON (nih funded) |
| Locations | 1 site (MADISON, UNITED STATES) |
| Trial ID | NIH-11380010 on ClinicalTrials.gov |
What this research studies
If I join, the team will enroll more Wisconsin residents into the existing SHOW cohort (renamed REACH) and follow their health over time. They will offer participant-friendly ways to collect biospecimens like blood or saliva so people in rural or remote areas do not have to travel far. The project will build a secure Real-World Data Collaborative to link surveys, samples, and medical records for integrated environmental health research. Administrative and ethical systems will be put in place to manage consent, privacy, data linkage, and responsible sharing of sensitive health information.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: Ideal participants are Wisconsin residents willing to share survey and health-record information and provide biospecimens, including those living in rural or underserved areas.
Not a fit: People who live outside Wisconsin or who do not want to share medical records or provide biospecimens are unlikely to benefit directly from this project.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, this could help identify environmental risks and lead to better prevention and early-treatment strategies for people in Wisconsin and similar communities.
How similar studies have performed: Long-running population cohorts such as NHANES and prior SHOW work have successfully linked environmental exposures to health outcomes, although some proposed remote-sampling methods and new data-integration systems are more recently developed.
Where this research is happening
MADISON, UNITED STATES
- UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON — MADISON, UNITED STATES (ACTIVE)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: MATHEW, JOMOL P — UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON
- Study coordinator: MATHEW, JOMOL P
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page below.