Join a community of patients and researchers working together to address pressing healthcare needs.

FEATURED HEALTH STORY

"If I'm having shortness of breath, why am I leaving the doctor's office."

This storyteller shares their experience visiting the OBGYN seeking answers for their menstrual cycle concerns- the physician and staff dismissive of related symptoms and navigating the health care system as a black woman.

FINDING OUT WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO PATIENTS, CAREGIVERS & CLINICIANS

Story Booth brings together patients and researchers who are interested in improving health, health care, and health research. If you are a patient, a caregiver, or a clinician, we want to hear your story, in your voice. By letting us share your story, we hope to inspire health researchers to focus on topics that matter to patients and to design studies where participation is a valued and meaningful experience.

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FOR PATIENTS AND CAREGIVERS

Do you have a story to share about what is like to be ill, to take care of someone who is unwell, to live a healthier life, or to access the healthcare system? We can help you record it over the phone!

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FOR RESEARCHERS

Are you looking for partners to bring a patient or caregiver perspective to your academic health research team? Let us know about your work so we can help you build an effective team.

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FOR EVERYONE

Do you want to find stories about a health problem that you or a friend are facing? Want to better understand what it is like to live with a health problem? Search the public Story Booth archive!

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FEATURED CLINICAL STUDIES

What is the best way to first contact hospitalized patients about research?
Location: Pittsburgh PA

David Huang
University of Pittsburgh

How to best offer research to hospitalized patients is unknown. Our goal is to design and test new ways to offer research, and we seek patient representative feedback on our plan.

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BARATRIC SURGERY IMPACT ON CANCER SCREENING
Location: Pittsburgh PA

Kathleen McTigue
University of Pittsburgh

Megan Hamm
University of Pittsburgh

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STORY BOOTH FOR RESEARCHERS

Story Booth can help researchers improve the relevance of their research for patients, clinicians and other key stakeholders by leveraging the power of patient-centered research to build a stakeholder-engaged team. We can help researchers, patients and caregivers with shared health interests find each other, and we offer access to tools that may help make engaged research partnerships successful. It’s quick and easy to provide information about your study through our website. Our team can use that information to reach out to individuals who are interested in participating in research and whose stories are related to your study topic.

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Project Funding & Coordination

Story Booth is coordinated by University of Pittsburgh researchers. The Story Booth project and development of this website was partially funded through Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute® (PCORI®) Awards (8531-UP; CDRN-1306-04912). The views presented in this website are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute® (PCORI®), its Board of Governors or Methodology Committee. The Story Booth initiative was created by the PaTH patient-empowered Clinical Research Network and provides stakeholder engagement support to patients and researchers with and without PCORnet affiliation.