Want to help to make a difference?
We are looking for new volunteers for certain BioResource programmes.
Every person who joins plays an important role in our efforts to understand the links between genes, the environment, health and disease.
There's more than 300,000 children and adults already part of the BioResource. Find out about whether you are eligible to take part and how easy it is to play a part in health research that can change lives!
Or are you already a member?
Our almost 300,000 volunteers are at the heart of our work to help researchers better understand the causes of disease and to improve diagnosis and patient outcomes.
If you are already a volunteer, thank you so much for taking part! Without you, vital health research cannot progress.
As a volunteer, you can easily update your email preferences, learn about how we handle your data, withdraw your details and more.
Get in touch
If you are interested in finding out more about the BioResource or if you have questions, email our recruitment team at nbr@bioresource.nihr.ac.uk
A participant's story
This inspiring story from one of our amazing volunteers explains why she takes part in research and why she believes it is important others do too!
Without our volunteers, we would not be able to support the vital health research improving patient outcomes for those with common and rare diseases.
Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
One of our participants talked about living with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD), the changes they had to make to their lifestyle, eating habits and why they joined the study to benefit health research.
NALFD is one of several disease cohorts we operate at the BioResource led by the Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre.
Our studies
Our volunteers help us to understand and improve the diagnosis and treatment of diseases.
You can search our approved studies based on clinical speciality, type of study (participant recall, online, samples and data, data only) and research type.
Publications
Our research partners have made hundreds of publications in scientific journals of the highest calibre, and are required to acknowledge the role of the BioResource and our volunteers in making the research possible.
View the full list of publications to see the extensive range of research our volunteers have contributed to.
Publications we have supported
How we are governed
How do we provide the best value to our researchers, our participants and to medicine?