I have signed up for, but not yet started a study at University of Michigan that is giving out apple watches and blood pressure monitors as part of a health study. Apple Inc is listed as a sponsor that will have access to all of the data. Among other things they are collecting blood samples and survey data. It has a concentrated period of 45 days of data collection, but goes on for 3 years. I am slightly concerned about the privacy issues, but I decided its worth it to see what they can come up with.

The study that I am joining "MIPACT" is not well publicized, and I only heard about it through a friend at work. I wonder how many similar projects they are supporting around the country.