Fwd: Openly Gray Reinstated

[Anne Mitchell]

Hi there,

This men's study has been reopened to POC cisgender men, age 55+. If you meet this demographic, please consider participating. You will received $100 for participating and $25 for anyone you refer who does it. If you don't meet the eligibility criteria, please share with others who do fit the criteria. Feel free to review the longer email with attachments sent by researchers.

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From: Shiang, Emerson <Emerson...@ucsf.edu>
Date: Tue, Sep 23, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Subject: Openly Gray Reinstated
To: Anne Mitchell <amit...@pacificcenter.org>

Good afternoon Anne, 

I hope all is well with you. 

The good news is that our study has been reinstated. The bad news is that we are still at risk for being terming due to our population. Therefore, we are in a great rush to gather as many participants for the Openly Gray Study as we can - particularly POC participants. We have already reached our goal for White participants; so currently, we are not accepting White participants. 

A quick reminder about our study:

Openly Gray is a NIH funded study that explores what contributes to health and wellbeing of aging gay men. Participants will go through an interview that includes a blood collection via finger prick, an online questionnaire, and a chance to refer friends to the study. They will receive a stipend of $100 for their participation and then for each friend they refer to the study they will receive $25. We are looking to recruit gay, cis-men, ages 50 and over who live in the San Francisco Bay Area, and identify as Black/African American, Latino, or Asian & Pacific Islander. The study can be done remotely over Zoom or in person at UCSF. Participation can be English or Spanish.

I will attach our flyers and palm cards to this email. People who are interested should just text or call the phone number, and leave their name, best phone number to contact, and say they learned about the study from the Highland Hospital.

Thank you for your past support, and I hope I can depend on you again. Please reach out if you have any questions.

Best,

Emerson

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