SEARCH is a multi-center study funded by the CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention) and NIDDK (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases). The study focuses on children and youth in the U.S. who have diabetes. It is expected that the six clinical centers located in California, Colorado, Hawaii, Ohio, South Carolina, and Washington will invite approximately 9000 children and youth who have been diagnosed with diabetes to participate in this study. Data from these children and youth will provide more information and help us better understand diabetes.
The study goals are to (1) identify the number of children and youth under age 20 who have diabetes, (2) study how type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes differ, including how they differ by age and race/ethnicity, (3) learn more about the complications of diabetes in children and youth, (4) investigate the different types of care and medical treatment that these children and youth receive, and (5) learn more about how diabetes affects the everyday lives of children and youth who have diabetes.
The SEARCH study will provide valuable information to researchers and health care providers in an attempt to find ways to treat and increase knowledge about diabetes in children and youth.
| Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, CA | Jean M. Lawrence, ScD, MPH, MSSA, Principal Investigator |
| University of Colorado Health Sciences Center , Denver, CO | Dana Dabelea, MD, PhD, Principal Investigator |
| Pacific Health Research Institute, Honolulu, HI | Beatriz Rodriguez, MD, PhD, Principal Investigator |
| Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH | Lawrence Dolan, MD, Principal Investigator |
| University of South Carolina School of Public Health, Columbia, SC | Elizabeth Mayer-Davis, PhD, Principal Investigator |
| Children's Hospital & Regional Medical Center, Seattle, WA | Catherine Pihoker, MD, Principal Investigator |
| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta GA | Giuseppina Imperatore, MD, PhD, Scientific Collaborator Desmond Williams, MD PhD, Scientific Collaborator |
| National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases | Barbara Linder, MD, PhD, Scientific Collaborator |