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Clinical trials and research at Georgia State University
As of November 12, 2026, Find a Trial lists 13 clinical trials run by Georgia State University that are recruiting, in United States. By phase: Early Phase 1 (1). There are also 145 NIH-funded research projects at this institution, with $70.9 million in listed awards. Every study is explained in plain English. Data from ClinicalTrials.gov and NIH RePORTER, updated November 12, 2026.
- 13Clinical trials
- 145NIH research projects
- 1Country
Newest trials
All recruiting trials (13)
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See if exposure to anti-smoking messages encourages menthol cigarette quit attempts
This study tests whether viewing anti-smoking messages in a picture-heavy choice task with eye-tracking helps adults who smoke menthol cigarettes to try to quit.
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Peer influence on alcohol-related sexual violence among Marine pairs
This project tries to see if a Marine's alcohol use and his drinking buddy's alcohol use and encouragement affect intentions and actions related to alcohol-involved sexual violence among male U.S. Marines.
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Slip-and-trip motor training to reduce falls in relapsing‑remitting multiple sclerosis
This program tests whether repeated practice with controlled slips and trips helps ambulatory adults with relapsing‑remitting multiple sclerosis learn to react better and lower their chance of falling.
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Using a humanoid robot and virtual reality games to help children with cerebral palsy improve arm function
This study is testing if a fun system using a robot and virtual reality games can help kids with cerebral palsy improve their arm movement at home.
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Daily peanut consumption for improving health in prediabetes
This study is testing whether eating peanut butter every day can help people with prediabetes improve their health, including blood sugar levels and brain function.
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Messaging about lower-nicotine cigarettes and related policies.
This study will test whether giving adult smokers very low-nicotine cigarettes together with messages about reduced nicotine and policy changes helps them smoke less than giving the cigarettes without those messages.
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Using blueberries to improve health in women with prediabetes
This study is testing if eating freeze-dried wild blueberry powder can help improve health, brain function, and gut health in women with prediabetes.
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Effects of wild blueberries on heart, brain, and gut health in adults with high blood pressure
This study tests if eating freeze-dried wild blueberries can improve heart health, brain function, and gut health in adults aged 45-65 with high blood pressure.
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Ublituximab for walking and motor function in relapsing multiple sclerosis
This study will test whether ublituximab improves walking, balance, and thinking in people with relapsing‑remitting multiple sclerosis.
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Effects of brain stimulation on reading and language skills
This study is testing how different types of brain stimulation can improve reading and language skills in people.
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Training to prevent falls in people with Alzheimer's disease
This study tests if people with mild Alzheimer's can learn skills on a treadmill to help prevent falls in their daily lives.
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Creating smoke-free homes for families involved with child protective services
This study is testing a program that helps families involved with child protective services create smoke-free homes to protect young children from secondhand smoke and improve their overall well-being.
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Combining treadmill training and whole-body vibration for children with cerebral palsy
This study is testing if combining treadmill training with whole-body vibration can help improve walking and reduce stiffness in children with cerebral palsy.
NIH-funded research (newest 40 of 145)
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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Exploring how Neisseria gonorrhoeae uses nutrients and host sugars to thrive
A study to understand how the gonorrhea bacteria grab nutrients from the human host and how it interacts with sugars on our cells to help design better treatments.
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Environmental and sanitation improvements with a smartphone app
A low-cost smartphone tool helps US cities and households report sanitation problems to prevent illness and costly repairs.
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Vaccine study in mice to protect against gonorrhea using a new OMV-based approach
Researchers are testing an OMV-based vaccine in mouse models to block Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection by targeting key bacterial proteins.
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Vaccine design to protect against future coronaviruses
A new vaccine concept aims to protect people by targeting multiple coronavirus lineages likely to cause future pandemics.
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Neuro-Symbolic Models for Explaining Epidemic Dynamics (EpiXplain)
A new modeling framework will blend AI reasoning with symbols to help explain and forecast how diseases spread, considering biology, behavior, mobility, and interventions relevant to patients.
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Frataxin's role in protecting the liver from MASLD-related injury
This grant studies how a mitochondrial helper protein, frataxin, affects liver damage in people with MASLD (a common liver disease), with the aim of finding new ways to prevent or reduce injury.
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A T cell vaccine approach to prevent Dengue and Zika infections
A new vaccine approach aims to teach the immune system’s T cells to recognize and fight Dengue and Zika viruses without triggering harmful antibody responses.
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Mucosal HIV vaccine to trigger HIV-fighting CD8+ T cells
A new NIH grant funds testing a mucosal HIV vaccine designed to activate only the body's CD8+ T cells to fight HIV, aiming to prevent infection without triggering HIV-friendly CD4+ T cells.
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Culturally tailored digital quit-smoking help for Hispanic/Latinx communities
A digital smoking-cessation program will be culturally adapted for Hispanic/Latinx adults to help them quit smoking and reduce cancer disparities.
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Gut bacteria and lung immune cells shape viral lung infections
A study explores how gut microbes affect lung immune cells and severity of respiratory viral infections to identify potential ways to reduce illness.
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Reprogramming sympathetic nerve connections in fat tissue through DNA methylation
A research project looks at how fat tissue’s nerves change in response to environment and how DNA methylation may control that process, with the goal of helping people who have obesity-related issues.
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Nasal universal flu vaccine using a novel nanoplatform
A nasal flu vaccine approach aims to protect the respiratory tract against many flu strains by delivering a universal vaccine built from conserved parts of the virus.
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Promoting Connectedness in a Highly Diverse Urban Community
This grant supports adapting and delivering an evidence-based program to reduce loneliness and strengthen social ties for adults and older adults in Clarkston, Georgia.
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Innovative OMV vaccine approach against Neisseria gonorrhoeae in mouse models
A new vaccine approach using specially designed bacterial outer membrane vesicles is being tested in mice to protect against Neisseria gonorrhoeae, a human sexually transmitted infection.
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Peers and alcohol use linked to sexual violence among Marines
A study of how Marines’ own drinking and what their peers do or say influence the likelihood of alcohol-related sexual violence.
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Age differences in social networks across the lifespan
A K18 grant exploring how social networks change with age and what this means for older adults’ health and well-being.
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Understanding how Neisseria gonorrhoeae interacts with the host to acquire nutrients and how that could inform new therapies
This project studies a human pathogen, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, to find ways to block its nutrient uptake and possibly guide better treatments or vaccines for gonorrhea.
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Frontal-thalamo-cerebellar brain circuits and attention in kids with ADHD
This NIH grant explores how brain networks involved in attention develop in adolescents with ADHD using brain scans, genetics, and environmental data.
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Environmental and sanitation improvements with a smartphone app to prevent illness
A low-cost smartphone app helps U.S. cities and households reduce sanitation failures that can cause disease outbreaks by testing it in a real-world Brazil setting.
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Targeting stress systems to boost how well weight-loss medicines work
This grant explores how stress hormones interact with weight-loss drugs to make weight loss more effective and longer-lasting for adults.
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A New Way to Grow Crystals One at a Time for Better Disease Research
This grant aims to develop a method to grow single crystals of biomolecules with atomic precision, helping scientists understand how these molecules work in health and disease.
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Phone tools to improve sanitation in crowded city neighborhoods
A phone-based program that helps people in crowded urban neighborhoods report sanitation problems and connect with service providers to improve water and sanitation.
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Understanding how cold pain works in the body
This NIH grant studies the basic biology of how our nerves sense cold and how that links to pain, to help people who experience cold-induced pain someday.
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Understanding how ubiquitination and its undoing affect brain health
Researchers are studying how the system that adds and removes ubiquitin proteins in brain cells influences neurological disorders, with a focus on how these processes relate to conditions like Gordon Holmes syndrome and dementia.
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Understanding how prenatal stress shapes birth outcomes and early development
This project looks at how stress during pregnancy affects a baby’s health from the womb through early infancy, with daily tracking and newborn assessments.
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Diabetes-related gut imbalance and heart disease in diabetes patients
A study to understand how changes in gut bacteria caused by diabetes may raise the risk of heart disease and to explore ways to prevent it.
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How gut bacteria affect rotavirus vaccines in kids
How the bacteria living in a child’s gut might influence how well oral rotavirus vaccines work.
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Understanding approach-avoidance motivation in neuropsychiatric conditions
A patient-friendly look at a project that tests simple behavior tasks to help understand anxiety, depression, and related conditions better.
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Mobile phone tools to improve sanitation and water in crowded city neighborhoods
This project uses mobile phone tools to help people in crowded, low-income urban neighborhoods report sanitation problems and connect with service providers.
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Finding brain scan signatures that work across different tasks and scan types
The project builds new methods to spot brain scan patterns that could help identify bipolar disorder and other brain conditions across different kinds of scans and tasks.
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Sexually dimorphic vasopressin circuits and social interest in ASD
A study exploring how brain signals involving vasopressin differ by sex and may influence social interest in adults with autism.
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A arenavirus puzzle: how LCMV capsid and RNA come together
A scientist-led project at a U.S. university studies how the LCMV virus builds its protective shell to better understand how this rodent-borne virus could cause disease in people.
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Reducing alcohol-related suicidal thoughts and actions
A patient-focused program tests simple skills to help adults drink less impact from alcohol on distress, aiming to reduce suicidal thoughts and attempts when drunk.
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How a liver protein (HDAC1) senses nutrients and affects fatty liver disease
This project looks at whether a liver protein called HDAC1 senses nutrients and helps drive fatty liver disease in people with obesity or type 2 diabetes.
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Rehab approaches to protect knee cartilage after injury
This project tests whether early rehab choices after a knee injury can protect cartilage and slow post-traumatic osteoarthritis in adults.
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Digital messages to help people quit flavored tobacco
This project uses tailored digital messages to help people who smoke flavored combusted tobacco try to quit.
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How programmed cell death harms the retina in CMV eye infections linked to HIV
Researchers are learning how different types of programmed cell death cause retinal damage in CMV eye infections that affect people with advanced HIV.
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Helping families in child protective services create smoke-free homes
This project tries a combined smoke-free homes and SafeCare program to help families involved with child protective services keep young children safe from secondhand smoke.
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Creating a new MRI contrast agent to improve lung fibrosis imaging
This study is testing a new type of MRI contrast agent made from proteins to help doctors get clearer pictures of lung fibrosis, which can make it hard to breathe, especially in kids and pregnant women, without using harmful radiation.
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Gut microbes, fiber in your diet, and inflammatory bowel disease
This grant explores how dietary fiber and gut bacteria influence inflammatory bowel disease and related inflammation in people and models.
Quick answers
How many clinical trials run by Georgia State University are recruiting right now?
13, as of November 12, 2026. We update this list each time we refresh our data from ClinicalTrials.gov.
Where are these trials running?
All of them have sites in United States. Each study page lists its sites and which ones are recruiting.
What phases are they in?
Early Phase 1: 1. Trials with no phase listed are usually device, behavioural or observational studies.
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
A list is a starting point. Tell us your situation in your own words and we'll rank the studies that match and explain why. It's free and needs no account.