INFORMATION FOR RESEARCHERS

Past and Current Collaborations
Researchers from a variety of public and private universities and institutions have conducted studies with the assistance of MATR participants.  Examples of collaborative research approved by the MATR Advisory Committee include the following:

• Polycystic ovary syndrome with the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
• Alcoholism with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Nicotine withdrawal with the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
• Childhood psychopathology with Duke University
• Rheumatoid arthritis with VCU/McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center
• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Emory University School of Medicine
• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome with VCU and the University of Washington
• Epilepsy with VCU; the University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway; the Norwegian State Epilepsy Hospital; and the Southern University of Denmark, Odense, Denmark
• Sleep Deprivation with the University of Pennsylvania
• Factors in Human Aging with VCU
• Matching of with the Virginia Cancer Registry to determine genetics prevalence of cancer
• Matching with Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) of Virginia to determine heritability of driving behavior
• Heritability of drug use with National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) including collection of DNA via blood samples
• Remodeling of Chromatin-Based Epigenetic Structures in Development and Aging with the National Institute of Child Health and Development (NICHD)