Join Us – Participate in research and help to prevent, treat cures for disease.

What is the Join Us register?

Join Us is a simple online register that connects you with researchers to help prevent, treat and find cures for health conditions.

For you, your family, your neighbours and for everyone.

Information for participants

It takes less than 10 minutes to sign up. You’ll need to share some information about you, and your health. We'll get back to you once you are a match.

Information for researchers

Join Us is a secure, online research register that provides access to a database of community members who are interested in being contacted about research that might be relevant to their health status.

Acknowledgement of Country

The Join Us Register would like to Acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the lands across Australia as the continuing custodians of Country and acknowledge the many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of this land.

We pay our respect to our First Nations peoples and their Elders, past, present, and emerging new leaders.

We acknowledge and celebrate the knowledge and the strengths of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and communities and recognise their continuing connection to land and waters.

We thank the many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, and the many individuals, organisations that have supported and guided us through our journey.

Studies Currently Recruiting

Life Satisfaction Across the Lifespan

Complete a short online questionnaire to help Swinburne University researchers to better understand “What makes us happy?”.

Why Doesn’t Everyone Get Type 1 Diabetes?

Help researchers from the St Vincent’s Institute better understand why some people develop Type 1 Diabetes while most people don’t.

Perceived Relevance of Consequences of Diagnostic Labelling

Researchers from Bond University’s Institute for Evidence-Based Healthcare are seeking insights from health consumers regarding the most effective methods of communicating health condition screening information, specifically non-cancer health conditions.

Breaking Down Barriers: Exploring Beliefs and Help Seeking in Older Adults

Help researchers from the Swinburne University to better understand the beliefs of older people in seeking mental health support by sharing your feedback in a one-on-one interview.

See our 'Participant Information Statement'

For everything you need to know about signing up, how your data is secured and used, and what to expect once you Join us

How is personal data secured?

The privacy of your data is an absolute priority for us. We have established state of the art security systems that keep your health data secure and in a separate secure location from your personal information. None of your personal information ever leaves the register.