Mold-related illness is at the core of many mysterious health problems, yet it’s often missed.
We’re conducting IRB-approved research to provide practitioners with the tools they need to help their patients.
Mold-related illness is at the core of many mysterious health problems, yet it’s often missed.
We’re conducting IRB-approved research to provide practitioners with the tools they need to help their patients.
Join Dr. Jill Crista and Dr. Neil Nathan, leading experts at the forefront of mold-related illness diagnosis and treatment, in advancing mold research.
Mold IQ Research Initiative
The Mold Illness Questionnaire (MoldIQ) Research Initiative is based on Dr. Jill’s clinical diagnostic questionnaire, which continues to be her go-to diagnostic questionnaire to discover mold-related illness.
We need you!
We need your info! For this phase of the study, we want you to share what your symptoms were on the day you collected any lab sample that your doctor ordered in order to figure out if you have mold-related illness.
Then we can tie certain symptom clusters to certain mold and mycotoxin results.
Only takes 5 minutes!
Mold is a common underlying cause of complex, chronic illnesses, yet research is lacking.
Watch this short video to learn how to participate.
Research in humans is lacking!
Since mold and mycotoxins are known health hazards, medical ethics rules say that we can’t purposefully expose you to these poisons in a research study, only to figure out how to get you better. We simply aren’t allowed to do that research. (Thank goodness!) Besides, the first rule of treatment is to remove you from the exposure in the first place.
We need to rely on people like you who are already affected.
The purpose of this research is to gather meaningful clinical data regarding mold-related illness by people who have unfortunately already been exposed. Our goal is to publish the findings in peer-reviewed medical journals. This research has the potential to inform the design of future studies, with a focus on developing accepted treatments.
Use your experience to help others!
Be part of our global initiative to stop mold in its tracks.
Mold IQ Research Study FAQs
“Am I compensated for participating?”
No. This is completely voluntary, on all sides. Dr. Nathan and I are volunteering our time. Your and/or your patient’s participation is voluntary.
There’s no compensation to participate.
“Is there any reimbursement for my cost of the labs?”
No. There is no reimbursement for any lab work you have done. Additionally, there is no discount for labs or lab results you submit. Again, this is completely voluntary.
“Can the testing be past testing, say within the past year?”
If it’s been more than a month since you collected your sample, that’s too much time passed for this phase of the study. We want to know your symptoms on the day you collect your sample.
“What’s your ideal participant?”
Our ideal participant is someone symptomatic from mold who hasn’t undergone much treatment. Why? Because we’re trying to see what symptoms various molds/mycotoxins cause. Treatment for mold works! Which means that treatment may mask the symptoms.
In the future, we may want to hear about past recoveries, but not at this time, so stay tuned.
“Is there an age requirement?”
Yes, we can only accept submissions for people 18 years or older for this phase of the study.
“What lab results are you accepting?”
We are focusing on the following labs:
- Visual contrast sensitivity (VCS) test results from SurvivingMold.com or VCSTest.com
- Mold allergy tests from any lab, such as Quest, Labcorp, Cyrex (IgE, IgG)
Realtime Lab urine mycotoxin test - Mosaic/Great Plains urine mycotoxin test
- US Biotek urine mycotoxin test
- Vibrant Wellness urine mycotoxin test
- MyMycoLab serum mycotoxin antibody test
If you want to submit other mold-related labs, please feel welcome!
I’m not in the US. Can I still help out?
Yes! This is a global initiative. Since the study is done strictly online, as long as you have access to the internet, you can participate.
“What’s in it for me?”
PRIDE. Pride for taking action to prevent anyone else from needlessly suffering from mold-related illness.
We plan to publish our findings in peer-reviewed medical journals, and because of the support of the Change the Air Foundation, we have the funding to do so with IRB board approval. Thank you CTA!
“How does publishing help?”
Published studies that show that mycotoxins indeed negatively affect human health (unfortunately, this is heavily disputed in medicine) assist those working to change building and health policies around mold exposure. This offers greater protections to be put in place for the public, for schools, hospitals, work environments, military housing, and more.
The Mold IQ Research Initiative is sponsored by
