Featured Studies

To look at a broad range of traits in people who are healthy people and people with alcohol problems. To study them for potential eligibility for other research protocols conducted at the NIH Clinical Center.

Investigators at The National Institutes of Health (NIH) are conducting a research study to understand taste and smell alterations and how they differ in obese versus non-obese individuals.

¿Está buscando un tratamiento para su condición de hígado graso no alcohólico (NAFLD, por sus siglas en inglés) o para la esteatohepatitis no alcohólica (NASH, por sus siglas en inglés)? Investigadores de los Institutos Nacionales de la Salud, buscan voluntarios para participar en este estudio. Por 30 semanas, los participantes recibirán semaglutide (medicina usada para la diabetes tipo 2), esto podría mejorar su hígado y ayudarle a perder peso. El estudio espera entender mejor el daño del hígado y los mejores tratamientos para las personas con estas condiciones.

Are you looking for a treatment for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) or non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)? Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) seek volunteers to participate in a research study. For 30 weeks, participants will receive a medication called semaglutide (typically used for Type 2 diabetes), aiming to improve their liver disease and help them lose weight. The study hopes to better understand liver damage and its treatment in people with these conditions. (En español)

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health seek volunteers, 21-60 years old, to participate in a study researching if a gene and smoking affect drinking. All study-related tests and procedures are provided at no cost to the study participant. Compensation may be provided.

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center seek healthy volunteers for a research study on opioid use disorder (OUD). The purpose of this research study is to learn how opiate use disorder affects dopamine signaling in the brain of people dependent on opioids.

Doctors at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) seek healthy volunteers 21 - 65 years of age to participate in a study researching if alcohol dependence and early life stress affect the ability to learn to feel calm. All study-related tests and procedures are provided at no cost to the study participant. Compensation may be provided.