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Clinical trials and research at Cornell University
As of November 12, 2026, Find a Trial lists 7 clinical trials run by Cornell University that are recruiting, at sites in 2 countries (most in United States (6), Ghana (1)). There are also 380 NIH-funded research projects at this institution, with $184.1 million in listed awards. Every study is explained in plain English. Data from ClinicalTrials.gov and NIH RePORTER, updated November 12, 2026.
- 7Clinical trials
- 380NIH research projects
- 2Countries
Newest trials
| Study | Phase | Where | Status | Registered |
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| Biofortified eggs to boost vitamin D in healthy adults | — | Ithaca, New York | Recruiting | Oct 5, 2026 |
| How variety and energy density affect how much people eat at a meal | — | Ithaca, New York | Recruiting | Jun 23, 2026 |
| Drinking water with meals and how food moisture affects how much adults eat | — | Ithaca, New York | Recruiting | Feb 27, 2026 |
| 10-week digital program to help families promote healthy eating and activity for preschoolers | — | Ithaca, New York | Recruiting | Nov 4, 2025 |
| Effects of income instability on mental and physical health | — | Tamale | Recruiting | May 23, 2025 |
| Precision Nutrition New York: Whole grains versus fruits & vegetables for your gut and body | — | Ithaca, New York | Recruiting | Jan 16, 2025 |
| Understanding vitamin D dynamics in pregnant women | — | Rochester, New York | Recruiting | Mar 10, 2016 |
All recruiting trials (7)
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Biofortified eggs to boost vitamin D in healthy adults
Aiming to see if eating eggs enriched with vitamin D3 or its active form can raise vitamin D levels in healthy adults with low vitamin D.
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How variety and energy density affect how much people eat at a meal
This study tests how the amount of food variety and the energy density of foods influence meal intake in adults, and whether personal factors influence those effects.
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Drinking water with meals and how food moisture affects how much adults eat
This will see if drinking water with a meal changes how much adults (20–60 years old) with a BMI of 20–29.9 eat when meals differ in moisture.
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10-week digital program to help families promote healthy eating and activity for preschoolers
This pilot will try a 10-week mobile app plus virtual group sessions and mailed child materials to help parents of 3–5-year-olds encourage healthier eating and more active play.
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Effects of income instability on mental and physical health
This study is testing how changes in income affect the mental and physical health of women in northern Ghana who live in smaller households.
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Precision Nutrition New York: Whole grains versus fruits & vegetables for your gut and body
This trial will test whether increasing fiber from whole grains versus fruits and vegetables changes gut microbes, short-chain fatty acids, and body composition in adults aged 21–50 with BMI 25–30.
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Understanding vitamin D dynamics in pregnant women
This study looks at how vitamin D works in pregnant women and how things like weight and genetics affect its absorption to help improve health for moms and their babies.
NIH-funded research (newest 40 of 380)
Early-stage science funded by the US National Institutes of Health. Most of these projects don't enroll patients, but they show what is being worked on.
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PORTENT 3.0 Technical Core for global health point-of-care tools
A NIH U54 grant supports Cornell and partners in advancing point-of-care technologies for nutrition, infection, and cancer to real-world use, especially in global health settings.
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Point-of-care zinc test strips to verify infant zinc medicines in low-resource settings
A fast, low-cost smartphone‑based test strips method checks zinc-containing infant medicines in places with limited lab access.
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Center for Spillover Prevention and One Health Readiness in Asia
A center in Asia works to prevent pandemics by studying how animal infections jump to humans and by building tools to detect and respond quickly to spillovers.
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SAGE: A privacy-friendly system to monitor antimicrobial use in animals
A nationwide, privacy-preserving data hub will securely collect and standardize antimicrobial use data across animal species to support smarter stewardship and regulatory science.
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Rapid, bedside KS diagnosis in Africa with KS-COMPLETE
A fast, point-of-care test using skin biopsies to diagnose Kaposi’s sarcoma in sub-Saharan Africa, helping patients get results in about an hour.
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Nuclear mechanics in tight cell movement
Scientists are studying how the nucleus changes its shape and function when cells squeeze through very small spaces, which could affect health and disease.
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Programmable implanted living materials to fight pancreatic cancer
A patient-facing program will explore a safe, implantable living material that delivers sequential immunotherapies directly to pancreatic tumors to help fight cancer.
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Immune system changes in ME/CFS
This project looks at how immune cells and platelets are altered in people with ME/CFS to better understand the illness.
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Blood signals linked to ME/CFS and post-exertional malaise
This project looks at tiny bits of RNA and cell particles in the blood of people with ME/CFS to see how they change after exercise and during post-exertional malaise.
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Muscle, blood vessel, and immune cell interactions in ME/CFS muscles
This project uses detailed single-cell and chromatin tests on muscle biopsies and blood from people with ME/CFS to learn how muscle, vascular, and immune cells might cause severe fatigue.
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Understanding how beta-lactam antibiotics kill bacteria
A large NIH grant is funding a patient-relevant look at how beta-lactam antibiotics work to destroy bacteria, with implications for better treatments.
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Understanding how gut lymphatic vessels form and work to keep gut health in check
A study at Cornell is exploring how the lymphatic vessels in the gut develop and function, and why problems in this system can affect digestion and metabolism.
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Spiny mouse skin regenerates after carcinogen exposure and resists tumors
A study on spiny mice will explore how their skin can replace damaged tissue after exposure to cancer-causing agents, potentially revealing how to prevent tumors.
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LARKSPUR-mHealth: a remote positive-emotion program for fibromyalgia
A nationwide, fully online program tests whether brief daily skills to boost positive emotions can ease pain and improve daily life for adults with fibromyalgia.
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Understanding how DNA motifs choreograph gene starting points
A study at Cornell will explore how specific DNA motifs and their arrangement control where human genes begin transcribing, using computer models to interpret these rules.
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Center to speed up AI-powered infectious disease research
A Cornell-led center is using artificial intelligence to connect weather, ecosystems, and human health data to build usable models that predict infectious disease risks after extreme weather events.
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Center for Transformative Infectious Disease Research (CTIDR) at Cornell
A research center at Cornell aims to create predictive health tools and preventative measures for infectious diseases influenced by weather, by engaging communities and studying how humans, animals, and the environment interact.
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Center for Transformative Infectious Disease Research: A new approach to preventing vector-borne diseases
A community-focused project from Cornell aims to understand how weather, human behavior, and animals influence the spread of diseases carried by mosquitoes and other vectors, with the goal of guiding practical prevention measures.
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How Weather and Seasons Change Bat Diseases and Protect People
This project studies how extreme weather and seasonal changes influence bat diseases to help prevent spillover to people.
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Center for Transformative Infectious Disease Research
A Cornell center is building community-based, data-driven ways to predict and prevent infectious disease outbreaks.
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Center for Transformative Infectious Disease Research (CTIDR)
A research center in Cornell aims to understand how weather, animals, people, and pathogens come together to cause infectious disease outbreaks, with plans to build better predictive models and prevention tools.
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Immunomodulatory, vascularized cell delivery device for type 1 diabetes cell therapy
A new device aims to safely transplant insulin-producing cells under the skin by promoting blood vessel growth and immune tolerance to help people with type 1 diabetes reduce or avoid immunosuppression.
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Understanding how a chromatin regulator keeps gene expression correct
This project looks at how specific proteins keep genes turned on or off correctly to prevent cancer-related misexpression.
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AI-powered data tools to track and summarize antibiotic use in companion animals
Aimed at building an easy, privacy-protective system to collect and summarize antibiotic use data from veterinary clinics.
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How lymphatic vessel cells control fluid drainage
Researchers are using 3D lab models to learn how lymphatic vessel cells control fluid drainage, which could affect people with Alzheimer's and other conditions.
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Quantifying protein shape changes from cryo-EM data
Aiming to precisely map how proteins twist, turn, and adopt different shapes by analyzing cryo-EM images from real patient-relevant proteins.
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Targeted arbovirus control: using mosquitoes’ viruses to map Aedes spread
Researchers will study the viruses that live in Aedes aegypti to understand how these mosquitoes move and mix across communities, helping protect people from diseases like dengue.
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Produce safety education to protect your fruits and vegetables
This grant funds ongoing education programs to help growers, packers, and related workers follow safety rules for fresh produce.
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How humidity and heat shape malaria risk in cities
This project looks at how humidity together with temperature changes the chance of malaria for people living in cities with urban mosquitoes.
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A system for tracking antibiotic use in individual dairy cows
A nationwide plan to automatically collect and share data on antibiotic use in individual dairy cattle to support smarter and safer farming.
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Regulation of lymphatic vessel junctions and fluid drainage
This NIH-funded project studies how lymphatic vessels develop and drain fluid, with potential implications for Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.
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Genomic surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in animals
This project keeps advanced sequencing capacity online at veterinary labs to monitor antibiotic resistance in animal bacteria and protect both animal and human health.
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AI-powered, patient-specific heart flow modeling platform
A patient-focused project to create a fast, AI-assisted way to turn medical heart images into accurate simulations of blood flow and pressure for individual patients.
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Leveraging evolutionary patterns to understand how gene expression changes over time
This grant uses evolutionary thinking to study how gene expression changes across species and how these changes relate to antibody-related genes in the immune system.
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How the stiffness of fat tissue affects breast cancer
This research explores how the mechanical stiffness of fat tissue around breast tumors influences how aggressively cancer can spread, especially in obesity.
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Understanding how cells talk to each other to help tissues heal and grow
Scientists are studying how cells communicate to control tissue regeneration, with the aim of improving repair and transplantation outcomes.
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Origins of T cells from embryonic stages
A short, friendly overview of a study exploring how early life development shapes adult T cells and their role in immune health.
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When pay is unstable: effects on stress, blood pressure, and cellular aging
This project changes how and when low-income adults in southwestern Bangladesh get paid to learn whether unpredictable income raises stress, worsens mood, and harms physical health.
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How unpredictable pay affects stress and long-term health
This project tests whether unpredictable, unstable income harms the mental and physical health of low-income adults in southwestern Bangladesh.
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How income ups and downs affect stress, blood pressure, and cellular aging
Researchers will change the timing and predictability of pay for low-income workers in southwestern Bangladesh to see how unstable income affects mood, stress hormones, blood pressure, and signs of cellular aging.
Quick answers
How many clinical trials run by Cornell University are recruiting right now?
7, as of November 12, 2026. We update this list each time we refresh our data from ClinicalTrials.gov.
Where are these trials running?
In 2 countries. The most sites are in United States (6 trials), Ghana (1 trial). Each study page lists its sites and which ones are recruiting.
How do I join one?
Open a study, check the "Is this trial a fit for you?" section, then contact the study team listed on the page. They will ask a few screening questions. Asking is free and does not commit you to anything. Talk it over with your doctor first.
Find the studies that fit you
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