Twins Aged 17 and Under

The Center for Health Sciences' Twins Studies Program maintains the Northern California Twin Registry, which currently has approximately 2,000 twin registrants. Registered twins are periodically asked to participate in health and behavioral studies conducted by SRI researchers.

In October 2001, the registry was expanded to include youths aged 17 and younger. Parents of twins aged 8-17 can call 1-800-SRI-TWIN (1-800-774-8946) to register their twins.

The Twins Studies Program staff worked with SRI Corporate and Marketing Communications to assist with outreach efforts to parents of twins, to encourage them to sign up for the registry. Part of the outreach involved publicity efforts with the media.

SRI Corporate and Marketing Communications helped the Twins Studies Program with its outreach to parents of twin youths in two ways:

1. Created a newspaper advertisement and placed it in a variety of Bay Area publications (The San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News, Contra Costa Times, Bay Area Parent Magazine, and Metro). To date, more than 130 pairs of twin youths have been registered, due in large part to this outreach. See the ad below.
   
   
   
   
2. Brainstormed creative ways to extend outreach into communities with large ethnic minority segments, to help find more twins in these minorities. This process is ongoing.

Contact Us
Inquiries or comments on the Registry are welcome and can be directed to:

Center for Health Sciences
SRI International
333 Ravenswood Avenue
Menlo Park, CA 94025
SRITWIN@sri.com

Phone: 1-800-SRI-TWIN (1-800-774-8946)
Fax: 650-859-5099