INSPIRE RESEARCH ACCELERATOR

Accelerating Research with Real Patient Insights

The Inspire Research Accelerator invites researchers from around the world to collaborate with Inspire’s expansive online patient communities. There’s no cost for academic use—the only goal is to accelerate science and share findings openly and widely.

Our Mission

Why Collaborate Through the Accelerator?

Identify gaps in research using longitudinal, patient-reported, and real-world data.
Access segmented patient populations across cancer and rare diseases.
Validate and refine PRO (Patient-Reported Outcome) measurement tools.
Explore correlations in structured and unstructured data for deeper insights.
Partner with patients to link genomics, multi-omics, and real-world outcomes.

Want to uncover real-world insights faster?

You’re in good company. Inspire is already helping top academic and clinical teams transform how research gets done—with no cost to participate.

Explore Patient-Rich Research Areas

With over 3,000 medical conditions represented on Inspire, we’re actively recruiting researchers to explore our largest patient communities in both cancer and rare disease categories.

Proportionally largest Inspire cancer communities

Proportionally largest Inspire rare disease communities

Both infographics are based on Inspire membership compared to U.S. disease prevalence.

Meet the Accelerator’s Founding Research Partners

Associate Professor of Medicine (Biomedical Informatics) at Stanford University, Assistant Director of the Center for Biomedical Informatics Research

Nigam H. Shah

MBBS, PhD

Professor of Urology and Population Health, New York University Langone Health, and Host of Men’s Health Show on SiriusXM Radio

Stacy Loeb

MD, MSc, PhD (hon)

Proportionally largest Inspire rare disease communities

Professor of Medicine, Brown University, Founding Member and Co-Chair, The Collaboration for Outcomes using Social Media in Oncology

Don S. Dizon

MD, FACP, FASCO

Harold H. Hines, Jr. Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and Professor in the Institute for Social and Policy Studies, of Investigative Medicine and of Public Health; Director, Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Yale-New Haven Hospital

Harlan Krumholz

MD, SM

Professor of epidemiology at the Université de Paris, head of the Methods Team (INSERM- Epidemiology and Statistics Research Centre-CRESS), director of Cochrane France and co-convenor of the Bias Methods group of Cochrane

Isabelle Boutron

MD, PhD

Research Associate, Division of Genetics and Genomics; Assistant Director, Molecular Genetics Core Facility Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School; Scientific Director, Manton Center for Orphan Disease Research; Manager, Molecular Genetics Core Facility, Harvard Medical School

Catherine Brownstein

MPH, PhD

Meet Our Sponsors

Interested in Collaborating? Let’s Talk.

We invite academic and nonprofit researchers to join the Accelerator. Submit your interest and tell us how you’d like to engage with Inspire’s patient communities.

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