NORC announced today that it will play an important role in four additional study centers as part of the National Children's Study. NORC will partner with the Maine Medical Center, the University of Louisville, the University of Iowa, and the University of California - Irvine to support the groundbreaking study, which will track the health status of 100,000 children from before birth to age 21, with the overall goal of improving the health and well being of children.

The new partnerships are in addition to work already in progress at the University of Wisconsin's Vanguard Center and at five other study centers, including:

• Greater Chicago National Children's Study Center
• University of Massachusetts
• University of Pittsburgh
• Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)
• University of Minnesota

NORC's work will vary from center to center and may include data collection coordination, listing, household screening, participant enrollment, in-person and telephone interviewing, bio-specimen and environmental sampling, clinic/hospital-based data collection and technical consultation on sampling design.

To learn more about the National Children's Study, visit the National Children's Study site.