Our study seeks to understand how effective a lecture series on common palliative care topics is and how effective changes made over time to the curriculum have been.

How do students' intellectual traits change during college?

To ascertain pediatric clinician preferences for risk stratification for pediatric kidney disease.

The purpose of the study is to investigate the benefits of entrepreneurship training for formerly incarcerated individuals. This is important because mass incarceration is a growing problem in the U.S., inmates experience challenges in reentering the society and gaining employment, and entrepreneurship training promises to be a potential solution to this issue. The study will investigate the specific benefits of an entrepreneurship program post release.

To examine the personal significance or clinical concerns among different individuals associated with having various gastrointestinal symptoms, as reflected in self-reported bothersomeness, life interference and potential for needing medical attention for those symptoms. Also to evaluate associated factors such as the symptom-related quality of life effects and impact on psychological wellbeing.

To evaluate campus-wide efforts to promote the enhancement of peer support for community mental health and well-being at UNC-CH.

This project will evaluate two training models of an evidence-based online dementia care training for direct care staff in assisted living. It will examine the extent to which each training is able to be implemented by assisted living communities, and to the extent the trainings improve staff knowledge and attitudes, change care practices, and improve the wellbeing of staff, residents, and residents' family members. Results will inform next steps in dementia care training for the assisted living and broader long-term care workforce.

It is well-documented in the literature that those who have performed well on standardized tests are likely to continue to perform well. This study will interview volunteers from UNC-CH School of Medicine that are high-performing test-takers, and otherwise, in an attempt to identify qualities, characteristics, or themes shared among those who consistently perform well on tests.

In this study, listeners are asked to wear headphones or listen to sounds through a computer and make decisions about what they hear or see. We are interested in how listeners with normal hearing and hearing loss understand speech and access language.

To address the core problem of insufficient safe blood supply for the country, targeting the lowest risk and most receptive population for consistent donation can be successful. The 2018 population census shows that the total population aged 15 to 24 is 3,687,521 out of which 1,905,165 (52%) are males and 17% (645,000/ 3,687,521) live in urban areas clearly showing the large blood donation potential for the country (National Statistical Office, 2019). The two studies conducted in the initial Year 1 and Year 2 of the Malawi BLOODSAFE Project (2020-2022) have provided rich information on temporal and geographical patterns of blood donation and transfusion transmissible infection as well as barriers and facilitators to blood donation. Using this information, we now propose to develop a comprehensive integrated school-based and post-school donation clubs to serve as a foundation that will encourage lifelong donation and improve the supply of safe blood in Malawi.