CHEARS investigations are supported by Research Grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), national and international non-profit agencies, industry partners, and private philanthropy.
Sponsoring Institutions
Brigham and Women's Hospital Channing Division of Network Medicine
Harvard Medical School Harvard School of Public Health
Harvard Medical School Harvard School of Public Health
The work related to CHEARS: Conservation of Hearing Study, as well as all analyses into the Nurses' Health Study and Nurses' Health Study II cohorts, are sponsored by Brigham and Women's Hospital (a founding member of Partners' HealthCare), the Harvard Medical School and the Harvard School of Public Health.
The affiliated Channing Division of Network Medicine, located at 181 Longwood Avenue in Boston, MA, is the home and headquarters of the Nurses' cohort studies (including the upcoming Nurses' Health Study 3) as well as the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study.