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Clinical trials and research at Morehouse School of Medicine
As of November 12, 2026, Find a Trial lists 7 clinical trials run by Morehouse School of Medicine that are recruiting, in United States. By phase: Phase 2 (1), Phase 4 (1). There are also 73 NIH-funded research projects at this institution, with $52.2 million in listed awards. Every study is explained in plain English. Data from ClinicalTrials.gov and NIH RePORTER, updated November 12, 2026.
- 7Clinical trials
- 73NIH research projects
- 1Country
Newest trials
| Study | Phase | Where | Status | Registered |
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| Family-based diabetes prevention for parents and kids | — | Atlanta, Georgia | Recruiting | Sep 9, 2026 |
| Family Good Health Traditions for Life program | — | Albany, Georgia | Recruiting | Mar 2, 2026 |
| Cleansing options to improve colonoscopy tolerance | Phase 4 | Atlanta, Georgia | Recruiting | Oct 9, 2025 |
| Physician-collected versus self-collected Pap smear using a personal device | — | Atlanta, Georgia | Recruiting | Jan 29, 2024 |
| Wellness and Coaching Support for Lupus Nephritis in Women of Color | — | Atlanta, Georgia | Recruiting | Jan 22, 2024 |
| Community program to reduce heart-related pregnancy risks before conception | Phase 2 | Atlanta, Georgia and 1 other locations | Recruiting | Aug 14, 2023 |
| A program to improve cancer care for the community | — | Atlanta, Georgia | Recruiting | Mar 18, 2021 |
All recruiting trials (7)
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Family-based diabetes prevention for parents and kids
A family-focused program tests whether a 12-week lifestyle plan can help parents at risk for diabetes lose weight and improve healthy habits for themselves and their children aged 12–17.
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Family Good Health Traditions for Life program
This program will try a community-tailored, family-based version of the Diabetes Prevention Program to help Black parents with prediabetes and their children lower weight and reduce diabetes risk.
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Cleansing options to improve colonoscopy tolerance
This test compares low-volume tablet bowel preps (Sutab/Suflave) with standard Golytely for adults having outpatient colonoscopies to see which is better tolerated and preferred.
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Physician-collected versus self-collected Pap smear using a personal device
This test sees if the Personal Pap Smear Device lets women aged 21–65 collect cervical cell samples that are as adequate for cytology as samples taken by a clinician with a Cervex-Brush.
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Wellness and Coaching Support for Lupus Nephritis in Women of Color
This study tests whether culturally matched coaching delivered through a mobile app can help women of color with lupus or lupus nephritis improve self-management.
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Community program to reduce heart-related pregnancy risks before conception
This program will try pre-pregnancy counseling using a Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) approach in community settings to help Black women lower cardiovascular risks before pregnancy.
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A program to improve cancer care for the community
This study is trying to improve cancer care for African American patients by collecting health information and biological samples to help develop better treatments tailored to their needs.
NIH-funded research (newest 40 of 73)
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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Coordinating Center to Strengthen Minority Health Research
A national coordinating center helps minority health researchers connect, build capacity, and engage communities to advance health disparities research.
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O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center Partnership for Cancer Disparities
A collaboration among Morehouse School of Medicine, Tuskegee University, and UAB O’Neal Cancer Center to boost cancer disparities research, training, and community engagement in Alabama and Georgia.
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Diabetes prevention that includes your family and family history
A study tests a diabetes prevention approach that adds family involvement and your family health history to the existing program, to help people at risk stay adherent and improve weight and blood sugar together.
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Advancing health equity through community-led prevention in Atlanta
A prevention research center in Atlanta is testing community-powered ways to reduce health disparities and improve access to prevention services for African American and minority communities.
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Understanding mixed ancestries to improve how we find genetic links to traits
Scientists are studying how subcontinental African, European, and Native American ancestries affect genetic traits to improve how we map disease risk.
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How chronic stress during pregnancy changes gene switches in the placenta and baby's developing immune system
This project looks at whether long-term stress in pregnancy changes gene switches in the placenta and baby, affecting immune and cardiovascular development for pregnant people and their infants.
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CORAL Training Core: growing scientists to improve maternal behavioral health
A training program to develop researchers who study maternal behavioral health in ways that fit their communities, especially African American families.
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CORAL Community Core: Partnering with communities to improve maternal behavioral health
A collaborative program that works with pregnant and new mothers facing behavioral health challenges to create community-focused solutions that reduce pregnancy-related harm.
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OVAL: How laws about drug use in pregnancy affect pregnant and new mothers who use drugs
A nationwide project is looking at how laws about drug use in pregnancy influence health for pregnant and postpartum women who use drugs.
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CORAL Center: Improving maternal mental health and birth outcomes
A nationwide-quality program is partnering with communities to improve mental health and safety for pregnant and new mothers, starting in Georgia.
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Overdoses in pregnancy and postpartum: how laws about drug use affect care
This project looks at how state laws about drug use during pregnancy affect overdose risk and access to treatment for pregnant and new mothers who use drugs.
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Support for pregnant and postpartum women's mental health in Georgia
This center partners with pregnant and postpartum women, doctors, and community groups to find better ways to prevent and treat anxiety, depression, and birth-related trauma.
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How West African ancestry shapes immune responses in triple-negative breast cancer
Researchers are comparing tumor immune patterns and gene activity in triple-negative breast cancer patients with West African ancestry to understand why outcomes differ.
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How West African ancestry may shape the immune response in triple-negative breast cancer
This project looks at whether West African genetic ancestry changes immune responses in people with triple-negative breast cancer.
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How African ancestry shapes the immune response in triple-negative breast cancer
Researchers are comparing tumor immune signals in women with West African ancestry who have triple-negative breast cancer to find ancestry-linked patterns.
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Role of a cholesterol enzyme and its metabolite in ischemic stroke
A study at Morehouse School of Medicine will explore how a cholesterol‑related enzyme and its metabolite affect brain injury after a stroke.
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How an acid-sensitive brain channel (ASIC1a) may cause brain injury in cerebral malaria
This work looks at whether blocking a brain protein called ASIC1a could help protect children with cerebral malaria from brain damage and death.
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Body clock's role in Chlamydia-linked fallopian tube infertility
This project looks at whether your body's internal clock affects how Chlamydia infections can damage the fallopian tubes and lead to infertility.
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Research Capacity Core to boost biomedical and behavioral science at Morehouse School of Medicine
A specialized core grant helps Morehouse School of Medicine strengthen its biomedical and behavioral research infrastructure to support projects and pilots, including work on population health and health services research.
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Investigator Development Core for Biomedical/Behavioral Health Disparities Research
A program that mentors early-career researchers at Morehouse School of Medicine to build skills and funding for biomedical and behavioral health disparities projects.
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Family D-Risk: a community-tailored program to reduce diabetes risk in families
A community-driven program helps families with at-risk adults and children adopt a culturally tailored version of the Diabetes Prevention Program to lower Type 2 Diabetes risk.
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HER2/ERBB2 biology in African American men with prostate cancer
This grant supports a study of how the HER2/ERBB2 protein behaves in prostate cancer among African American men to uncover factors that affect disease outcomes.
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Characterizing community antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in children
A research project will study how community-onset Staphylococcus aureus infections in children arise and spread over time, focusing on resistance patterns and disparities.
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Recruitment Core for Translational Health Disparities Center
A grant to build the data science and genomics expertise at Morehouse School of Medicine to support translational health disparities research and multidisciplinary teams.
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Community Engagement Core supports health equity in communities
A community-facing program helps researchers and local organizations work together to improve health and share timely health information.
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Administrative Core at Morehouse School of Medicine (RCMI/RCMI-type center)
A centralized administrative hub helps coordinate four research cores, involve communities, and support health-disparities research to improve health in Georgia.
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Center for Translational Research in Health Disparities
A center to speed up health-disparities research and help communities by supporting researchers, training new investigators, and connecting science with real-world communities.
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Why fat buildup damages kidneys in diabetic kidney disease
This project looks at whether a kidney protein called KIM-1 causes tubule cells to take up fatty albumin and drive scarring in people with diabetic kidney disease.
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Tracing detailed ancestral roots across Africa, the Americas, and Europe
This work looks at finer-scale ancestral origins across Africa, the Americas, and Europe to make genetic findings fairer and more accurate for people with mixed ancestry.
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How social conditions and tumor biology drive lung cancer differences in African Americans
This project looks at how neighborhood stress and immune signals in tumors may explain why African Americans often have more aggressive lung cancer.
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How chronic stress before pregnancy might affect children through epigenetics
This project follows women before pregnancy to measure how long-term stress changes biological markers that could signal higher risk of pregnancy complications like preterm birth or high blood pressure.
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Community Genomics Engagement Hub
This program helps people in communities with high cancer burdens learn about and join genomic research by providing trained navigators and community partnerships.
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Outreach to help people learn about and join cancer clinical trials and genomics programs
This program helps people understand cancer genetics and connects them with support to join clinical trials and cancer genomics programs.
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Morehouse–Tuskegee–UAB cancer partnership to reduce disparities
Teams at Morehouse, Tuskegee, and UAB are working together to learn why cancer outcomes differ in the Southeast and to help patients in underserved communities get better care.
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How African ancestry may shape immune responses in triple-negative breast cancer
This project looks at whether genetic ancestry from West Africa changes tumor and immune behavior in women with triple-negative breast cancer.
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How sex differences affect the body's internal clock and metabolism
This study is looking at how differences between male and female mice affect their internal body clocks and metabolism, which could help us understand health issues related to metabolism and chronic diseases.
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Understanding how cholesterol affects brain damage after a stroke
This research explores how a cholesterol-related process in the brain contributes to damage after an ischemic stroke.
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How Our Body Clocks Adjust to Daily Life and Affect Health
This research explores how our internal body clocks, or circadian rhythms, adapt to daily environmental changes and how this process affects our overall health.
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Investigating how ASIC1a activation affects brain injury and survival in children with cerebral malaria
This study is looking at how a brain receptor called ASIC1a affects children with cerebral malaria, a serious form of malaria that can harm the brain, and aims to find ways to block its harmful effects to help improve treatment for these kids.
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Investigating how genetic differences in immunity affect health disparities in African Americans
This study is looking at how certain genetic differences related to immunity affect health in African Americans, with the goal of creating personalized treatments that work better for individuals based on their unique genetics.
Quick answers
How many clinical trials run by Morehouse School of Medicine 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?
All of them have sites in United States. Each study page lists its sites and which ones are recruiting.
What phases are they in?
Phase 2: 1, Phase 4: 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
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