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Christy is taking the summer off from school and looking to make some money with a part time job. She is focusing her job search on law offices, but perhaps being a paid lab rat might be more profitable. It certainly would be interesting.
In Boston, research hospitals actively recruit college students to participate in scientific studies. Students like Boston University senior Allison Yochim has found it to be quite lucrative -- she has made more than $3000 participating in medical studies, including a study on female sexuality that involved turtles and porn.
Many of the studies involve merely answering questions and have few risks or requirements, but others require that volunteers have certain medical conditions.
"It's a win-win for college students and a win-win for the greater Boston area when these studies are ethically done," said Dr. I. James Hudson of Harvard's McLean Psychiatric Hospital. "We know how to do research here, so there's an assurance that the research will be done by some of the leading people in the world."
In all honesty, if Christy told me she was participating in medical research for money, I would be a little concerned. Would you lend your body to science for money?
In Boston, research hospitals actively recruit college students to participate in scientific studies. Students like Boston University senior Allison Yochim has found it to be quite lucrative -- she has made more than $3000 participating in medical studies, including a study on female sexuality that involved turtles and porn.
Many of the studies involve merely answering questions and have few risks or requirements, but others require that volunteers have certain medical conditions.
"It's a win-win for college students and a win-win for the greater Boston area when these studies are ethically done," said Dr. I. James Hudson of Harvard's McLean Psychiatric Hospital. "We know how to do research here, so there's an assurance that the research will be done by some of the leading people in the world."
In all honesty, if Christy told me she was participating in medical research for money, I would be a little concerned. Would you lend your body to science for money?
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6-15-2007 @ 8:47PM
Mamacita said...Darn right!
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6-15-2007 @ 10:07PM
Ginny said...I have done a medical study and got paid. I was testing a new diabetes drug....or not. It could have been a placebo.
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6-16-2007 @ 12:45AM
margalit said...In the Boston area, MANY people do research studies. Not just college students, pretty much everyone. I've done a lot of them, so have my kids. We don't do ones that involve taking medication, but my kids have had great brain scans at McLeans (MGH) as control subjects for Autistic kids, and they've participated in several social research where they are handsomely paid. I've done research for years, as has my entire family. In fact, we've participated in the premier study of fraternal twinning at Harvard Med, which was REALLY interesting.
Most of the studies aren't medical. There are a lot of genetic studies, and studies for certain neurological issues. All of the studies need control groups, and it's easy money, plus you get the study results before they're published.
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6-16-2007 @ 1:17PM
Shay said...I participated in psychology studies when I was in college. It was a good way to make a little extra money, and I didn't experience any negative side effects (aside from being reeeally suspicious of psychologists for awhile ;-) )
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