Nurses' Health Study

The Nurses' Health Study is growing and we want to include you! We are asking you to join more than 230,000 other female nurses who are already participating in the long-running Nurses' Health Studies.
We are inviting female nurses, between 22 and 45 years old (born after January 1, 1965) to join our new study. We hope that you will collaborate with us on this long-term study.

Join the Nurses' Health Study!

The Nurses’ Health Studies have taught us much of what we currently know about how foods, exercise, and medications can affect a woman’s risk of developing cancer and other serious health conditions.

However, there is still a great deal that we do not know, especially regarding women from diverse ethnic backgrounds. The goal of this new study, the Nurses' Health Study III, is to learn more about how women’s lifestyles (including diet, exercise, birth control, pregnancy, etc.) during their 20’s, 30’s and 40’s can influence health throughout life. To participate, click “Join Now” and log in.

The initial questionnaire will take around 30 minutes to complete. Follow-up questionnaires of similar length in will follow in 3 months and 6 months and then approximately every 2 years. If you become pregnant, we will offer you the option to answer additional questions about your pregnancy.

We will hold all personal information you provide in the strictest confidence and use it solely for medical statistical purposes.