The purpose of this study is to understand the perspectives of middle schoolers as they have navigated schooling during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Have you been infected with COVID-19? Are you a solid organ transplant recipient? Have you or your child received a COVID-19 vaccine or are planning to receive one? If so, you may be eligible to participate in a research study that will assess your immune response to COVID-19 infection or vaccination over a 5 year period. We are looking for children and adults aged 7-95 years, and plan to collect blood every 2-6 months over the study period. (Compensation provided for the first year).
This project seeks to adapt and test the existing Tough Talks app to address COVID vaccine hesitancy among African American young adults (AA-YA) aged 18-29.
Are you a Black patient who has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and seen a doctor at UNC to discuss treatment? Did COVID-19 cause your appointments to be done over the phone instead of in an office? If you discussed your prostate cancer diagnosis virtually or in person, you may be able to participate in a study looking to understand how treatment decisions are made by Black patients with prostate cancer. We want to know how you feel about your experience has been and how it could have been better! Compensation provided.
The purpose of this study is to understand the experiences of pregnancy and birth during the COVID-19 pandemic. We want to learn how pregnant individuals made healthcare decisions, reduced the risk of COVID-19 infection, and used support from friends and family throughout their pregnancy and birth experience.
In this study, we will interview Black and African American EMS providers. We want to learn about their experiences in this line of work, with a focus on the COVID-19 pandemic and nationwide protest relating to police killings of Black citizens. Our goal is to characterize this experience and explore reasons for low recruitment and retention of Black EMS providers.
In this study, we want to follow people after getting a COVID-19 vaccine to test the level of immune proteins in their noses. This non-invasive test will help us learn more about immunity to COVID-19. We will compare the antibody levels in the nose to those in the blood.
In this study, we want to learn how people access information about COVID-19. We also want to learn how people are responding to the pandemic. The results of this study will help us to promote more effective ways to communicate information.
We are conducting a research study of UNC community members' preferences for ideas to enhance safety and wellbeing among UNC community members during the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of this study is to help researchers understand which strategies the UNC community would prefer to see implemented as the 2020-2021 school year proceeds.
We are doing this study to learn about the experiences of patients who have visited their primary care doctor (UNC Health affiliated clinics/providers) during the COVID-19 pandemic. With the increase in telehealth visits during the pandemic, we want to learn about your experiences! UNC-CH is a partner site for this research with Weill Cornell University. A screened participant list will be sent to Weill-Cornell (primary site) to schedule and initiate interviews.