Do you ever notice that you feel more energized or alert when meeting new people and forming first impressions? Other times, a first meeting will rub you the wrong way and you may feel less attentive. If you've experienced one or both of these, you may wonder: What makes a good first impression? How do you know you want to become friends with someone? What information do we pay attention to when interacting with someone for the first time? Good questions! Neuroscience and psychology researchers wonder about the same things. Here at the Social Neuroscience and Health lab, we study how the brain and the immune system work together to influence our behaviors and experiences. The Friendship Pathways Study is a research project aiming to answer questions about how the brain and immune system communicate when meeting new people and forming friendships.

Are you perimenopausal? Are you interested in learning more about your metabolism, body composition, and exercise during the menopause transition? If so, you may be able to participate in a research study to understand the impact of muscle and exercise across perimenopause!

Have you ever wondered what environmental toxins you are exposed to on a daily basis, and how it might affect your health? The STRIVE study is looking for volunteers who would like to provide blood, urine, and/or saliva, as well as home samples such as soil, dust, and/or water. In this study, we want to learn more about the environmental factors that contribute to advanced liver disease and liver cancer. We are looking for healthy volunteers and people with liver cirrhosis who live in either North Carolina or Georgia to take part.

Do you have a child between 12-14 years of age who is healthy but has some symptoms of anxiety or unexplained nervousness? You may be able to take part in a study with your child to better understand how anxiety develops across adolescence in brain and stress responses. Compensation provided.

Learn if voice recognition technology can help in the early detection of memory problems We are inviting you to participate in a research study, Exploiting Voice Assistant Systems for Early Detection of Cognitive Decline, by completion of a virtual interaction involving a memory test, questionnaires, and interaction with Chat GPT and an Amazon Alexa. Our study team is seeking volunteers: • Aged 65 and older • Are healthy or have mild cognitive impairment • Have access to Wi-Fi and a quiet environment • Have the internet browser Google Chrome or are willing to install it on their personal computer This study involves: • 1 Zoom session • Completion of memory tests and questionnaires • Interaction with Amazon Alexa • Interaction with Chat GPT • Virtual visit will be audio and videotaped After the session, you will be compensated $20 for your participation.

Are you interested in advancing scientific knowledge about diabetes and its impact on brain function? We are currently seeking enthusiastic participants for an exciting research study. This is an excellent opportunity for individuals with type 1 or type 2 diabetes as well as those without diabetes to help us learn how connections in the brain may be different in people with diabetes. Compensation provided.

Have you ever been diagnosed with HER2 positive metastatic breast cancer and had disease progression after receiving at least one type of therapy? If so you may be eligible for a clinical trial that tests niraparib in combination with trastuzumab.

Have you been diagnosed with HER-2 positive breast cancer and have already received treatment with chemotherapy followed by surgery? Was your breast cancer still present at time of surgery and removed? If so you may be eligible for a trial to see if a combination of T-DM1 with tucatinib is better than receiving T-DM1 alone at preventing your cancer from returning.

Have you ever been diagnosed with metastatic triple negative breast cancer and received 2 or less lines of chemotherapy for your metastatic disease? If so you may be eligible for a trial to evaluate different treatment combination with avelumab for your metastatic breast cancer.

Participants are asked to come into the lab for a 1.5-hour session. During this session they will complete questionnaires and tasks. Questionnaires will ask about physical and mental health, life experiences, emotions, and cognitive associations. Tasks are designed to measure participants' sensitivity to heartbeat and stomach sensations, as well as socioemotional functioning.