Currently Recruiting Studies

The Bridge2AI Mood Disorder Study is investigating how voice can be used as a biomarker for detecting and diagnosing mood disorders/mental health conditions, such as depression, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. The study will take place in-person at MIT, take around an hour to complete, and participants will be compensated $50.00 for their time. 

The purpose of this study is to better understand how pedestrians move through and experience the city and find what factors most determine a pedestrians movement pattern. The study location is in the Immersion Lab to start (MIT.Nano, third floor, Room 12-3207), and the participants will then walk a loop around campus twice.

The MIT Media Lab Affective Computing group is looking for 50 healthy adults to participate in a study of links between sleep, circadian rhythm, and well-being. Participants will wear a smartwatch for 14 days, respond to surveys, and take an at-home dim-light melatonin onset (DLMO) saliva test. Participants must be 18-60 years old, use an Android phone, and reside in Greater Boston. You will receive $195 by check upon completion. Sign up to participate here.

This study aims to detect changes in respiratory health. It involves a brief visit to the MIT CCTR lasting no more than one hour, a questionnaire, and measuring lung signals during light physical activity. Participants will be compensated with $20 gift cards for their involvement.

Immersion Lab is looking for participants for its study "Immersive athlete-training technology and data-driven coaching support in fencing."

An MIT-led team is developing a device that could be a more comfortable treatment option for OSA patients and seeks volunteers for a small research study.

The Tsai Lab at MIT is looking for healthy individuals, ages 25-65, to participate in a study looking at the impact of light, sound, and tactile stimulation on brain waves. You will complete some memory and cognitive tests, undergo an EEG recording, and complete up to 90 minutes of visual, auditory, or tactile stimulation.

Let’s Stop Lyme Disease in its Tracks! Join our study to help people suffering from Lyme. Our study aims to discover new ways to diagnose and better treat people that experience a wide range of symptoms after being infected with Lyme and COVID. Recruiting Volunteers: Healthy, Acute Lyme, Chronic Lyme, Long COVID.

Volunteer for a new study on measuring cerebral arterial blood flow. We need your help! We are conducting a study to measure blood flow in different vessels of the brain noninvasively. The study lasts about 90 minutes. No medications are needed. Subjects receive $100 for participating.

The Biomechatronics Group at the MIT Media Lab is looking for UPPER LIMB AMPUTEES interested in being part of an advanced prosthesis study. For questions, please contact mariarg [at] mit.edu (Maria Ramos Gonzalez, PhD) or mfernan [at] media.mit.edu (Michael Fernandez).