Apple Announces New Health Study Collaboration with Harvard’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Today, Apple announced a broad-based research study that is being conducted in a partnership with Harvard’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital. The study, which U.S. residents can access through Apple’s Research app, aims to evaluate how technology can play a role in understanding health and wellness changes.

In the company’s press release, Sumbul Desai, M.D., Apple’s vice president of Health, explains:

Research and validation are part of the foundation of all of our work in health, supporting the innovative features we bring to our users across devices. The valuable insights we’ve gained since launching the Research app have allowed us to bring innovative new tools to our users — including the Vitals app on Apple Watch and Walking Steadiness on iPhone — and surface new insights in areas of health that have long been undervalued, like menstrual and hearing health. We’re thrilled to bring forward the Apple Health Study, which will only accelerate our understanding of health and technology across the human body, both physically and mentally.

If you live in the U.S. and meet the minimum age requirements, you can sign up to participate in the study through the Research app.