Research Participant Registry "Hopkins Opportunities for Participant Engagement" (HOPE Registry)

The HOPE (Hopkins Opportunities for Participant Engagement) Research Registry is a free, secure, disease-agnostic research recruitment registry designed to connect adults who are interested in research with research opportunities at Johns Hopkins University. The registry was established to provide a centralized resource where individuals can learn about Johns Hopkins research studies and, if interested, choose to be contacted by research teams.

HOPE is a dynamic registry, meaning that individuals may join on an ongoing basis and may update information or remove themselves from the registry at any time. The registry is intended to support recruitment for Johns Hopkins research studies that have appropriate Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval. HOPE is not itself a research study requiring participants to participate in a specific research intervention or procedure.

Participant information is securely stored and managed within the Johns Hopkins REDCap system. Access to identifiable information is limited to authorized personnel who are approved on the relevant IRB protocols and have completed required privacy training. Study teams using HOPE for recruitment receive limited access to information necessary to contact individuals who have expressed interest in the specific study.

The primary risk associated with joining HOPE is a potential loss of confidentiality of the personal information provided to the registry. Measures are in place to reduce this risk, including secure data storage, controlled access, required privacy training, and routine review of data access and security. There are no medical risks associated with participating in the registry.