MORE THAN 30 HOSPITALS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE PARTICIPATING IN A NEW STUDY... FOCUSING ON THE LUNG HEALTH OF MILLENNIALS. ONE OF THOSE HOSPITALS, IS THE UVM MEDICAL CENTER THROUGH THE LARNER COLLEGE OF MEDICINE. NBC5'S SID BEWLAY joins us now. SID -- WHAT'S NEXT FOR THE STUDY? RIGHT NOW -- UVM HAS OVER 60 PARTICIPANTS, BUT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR MORE THAN 200 healthy VERMONTERS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 25 AND 35. Without any existing lung or heart issues THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT'S LARNER COLLEGE OF MEDICINE AND THE AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION -- CALLING ON MILLENNIALS IN VERMONT TO JOIN A LONG- TERM STUDY ON LUNG HEALTH. <SARAH CAFFRY, STUDY PARTICIPANT & MEDICAL STUDENT, UVM; "WE LEGALIZING MARIJUANA, SO THERE ARE A LOT OF NEW ELEMENTS TO FACTORS THAT CAN REALLY IMPACT OUR LUNG HEALTH."> SARAH CAFFRY -- IS A MEDICAL STUDENT AT UVM, AND SHE'S A PARTICIPANT IN "THE LUNG HEALTH COHORT STUDY." <ANNE DIXON, AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION; "WE'RE STUDYING LUNG HEALTH IN PEOPLE WITHOUT LUNG DISEASE SO THAT WE CAN IDENTIFY THE GENETIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS THAT PREDISPOSE THE PEOPLE TO DEVELOP LUNG DISEASE."> <SIDE PANEL VO> THE GOAL IS TO TRACK LUNG HEALTH ACROSS FOUR - THOUSAND PEOPLE NATION- WIDE, AGES TWENTY- FIVE TO THIRTY- FIVE, WHO DO ááNOT ALREADY HAVE LUNG DISEASE. RIGHT NOW -- UVM HAS OVER 60 PARTICIPANTS, BUT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR MORE THAN 200 VERMONTERS. <DR. CHARLES IRVIN, LUNG HEALTH COHORT, UVM; "THE GOAL HERE IS TO STUDY FOLKS EVERY 5 YEARS OVER THE DECADES TO SEE WHAT SORT OF THINGS TODAY ARE GOING TO THEN PREDICT OUTCOMES IN THE FUTURE."> DURING THE FIRST VISIT, PATIENTS WILL GIVE BLOOD AND RECEIVE A áFREE C-T SCAN OF THE LUNGS. AFTER THAT -- VISITS WILL BE THROUGH VIDEO CALLS, ON A TABLET PROVIDED BY THE HOSPITAL. <SARAH CAFFRY, STUDY PARTICIPANT & MEDICAL STUDENT, UVM; "THE TOOL THAT WE USE FOR LUNG FUNCTION TESTS IS ACTUALLY BLUETOOTH. SO, IN LIVE TIME, THROUGH THIS APP, YOU'RE DOING THE LUNG FUNCTION TESTS WHILE FACETIMING OR VIDEO CALLING WITH THE CLINICAL RESEARCH COORDINATORS."> ALL TO TRACK ENVIRONMENTAL AND LIFESTYLE FACTORS ON Y LONG-TERM HEALTH. With data from a wide range of places Vermont is the most rural of all the locations. <DR. CHARLES IRVIN, LUNG HEALTH COHORT, UVM; "EXERCISE, WHERE YOU LIVE, EXPOSURES AT WORK, SMOKING. I'M PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN VAPING AND THE AFFECTS OF VAPING ON THE LUNG, IT'S ABSOLUTELY CATASTROPHIC."> RESEARCHERS WILL TRACK THE STRUCTURE OF THE LUNGS, AND INFLAMMATION IN THE BLOOD AND THE NOSE. THEY SAY -- THEY HOPE THAT ALL OF THIS INFORMATION, WILL HELP DOCTORS IN THE FUTURE BE ABLE TO PREVENT AND TREAT LUNG DISEASE. MORE INFORMATION ON THE STUDY, AND HOW TO SIGN UP