Here's how Corpus Christi children contribute to medical research

At 13, Xochitl Munoz has participated in several clinical trials at Driscoll Children’s Hospital.

In the first study, when she was about 10, she received a vaccine. For another unrelated study last summer, she kept a food journal. She’s now been invited to participate in a continuation study.

Because of her medical history, Munoz isn’t a stranger to blood draws and doctor’s visits. She was diagnosed with a pediatric seizure condition when she was in second grade, though she is now seizure-free. Participating in clinical trials didn’t seem like much more effort.