If you are seen at UNC and have been diagnosed with monoclonal gammopathies or amyloidosis, and the disease is affecting your kidneys, we would like your permission to access your medical record to learn about your treatments and how well they work.
Have you recently had an anterior cruciate ligament re-injury and will be undergoing revision anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction surgery? If so, you may be able to participate in a study assessing the associations between walking movement and physical activity with knee joint health. Compensation provided.
The CureGN Network acts as a "library" of data for investigators across the world to use to help us ask the following questions: 1) What is the disease?; 2) Why did it happen to me?; 3) Can it be passed down to my family members?; 4) What treatments work the best with the least side effects?
Would you like to participate in research studies to help better understand lung health and the effect of air pollution on the lungs? We are currently looking for people with no history or asthma or smoking to see if you are eligible for other studies surrounding these topics.
Do you want to help us learn more about skin cancers with little effort on your part? We would like to collect data from your medical record and use tissues sitting in storage to help us better understand how skin cancers work and find treatments/cures. Contact us today to find out how you can be a part of ground-breaking research!
Have you had a stroke? Did someone you care about have a stroke? If you are interested in participating in research studies related to stroke, you may join the UNC Stroke Research Registry. People on the registry may be called by researchers to find out if they want to participate in one or more studies related to stroke.
Will you be treated for Locally Advanced Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma? Have you been cancer free for at least two years after previous treatment? If so, you may eligible to participate in a clinical research trial aimed to measure the level of ctDNA in the blood before and after treatment.
Have you traveled to a dengue, Zika or other arbovirus endemic area? Donate blood to aid in the development of vaccines! If you have ever lived in or traveled to tropical areas where arboviruses are common and suspect you may have been exposed to an arbovirus, please consider participating in our research study and donating some blood!
If you've had a kidney biopsy and learned you have a specific kidney condition, you might be eligible to join a three-year study. This study looks at how two medicines, when used together, might help treat your condition.
Are you pregnant? Would you like to have some extra ultrasounds of your baby? We're currently recruiting pregnant women who would like to participate in this ultrasound study. You will be able to have an extra ultrasound up to every two weeks (unless asked to return sooner) - you decide how often you would like to come.