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Walking in Nature to Develop Emotional Resilience (WaNDER)

The purpose of this research study is to see what undergraduate students' preferences are to help in developing a new intervention for undergraduate students that aims to promote physical activity in nature (e.g., parks, trails, near lakes or rivers) to promote mental well-being.

Age & Gender
  • 18 years ~ 25 years
  • Male, Female, Gender Inclusive
Study Interest
  • Behavior
  • Mental and Emotional Health
  • Opinions and Perceptions
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Decision making with opioid settlement funding

We are studying the ways that counties and municipalities are making decisions about how to use the opioid settlement funding.

Age & Gender
  • 18 years ~ 99 years
  • Male, Female, Gender Inclusive
Study Interest
  • Substance Use (tobacco, alcohol, opioids, etc)
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Confidence, Accuracy, and Cue-Based Monitoring

Assess the efficacy of two educational interventions on improving metacognitive monitoring accuracy, as monitoring inaccuracy (which translates to overconfidence/underconfidence) predicts poorer academic outcomes and misdirects learning behaviors.

Age & Gender
  • 18 years ~ 29 years
  • Male, Female, Gender Inclusive
Study Interest
  • Opinions and Perceptions
  • UNC Students (undergrad, grad, professional)
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Helium impact on scuba diving

Scuba divers are at risk of developing decompression sickness (DCS). This study aims to understand how different gases breathed during the dive (notably helium vs nitrogen) can influence that risk by quantifying bubbles that form during and after diving and other inflammatory markers, both shown to relate to DCS risk.

Age & Gender
  • 18 years ~ 99 years
  • Male
Study Interest
  • Healthy Volunteer or General Population
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Using Minecraft to learn anthropology

Learning anthropology can involve difficult theoretical topics, and anthropologists are always trying to find new ways to help students learn our field. We are studying whether the use of a game like Minecraft can help students to understand and engage with tricky anthropological concepts.

Age & Gender
  • 18 years ~ 99 years
  • Male, Female, Gender Inclusive
Study Interest
  • UNC Students (undergrad, grad, professional)
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Health Equity in Newborn Screening

The research seek to understand if there are barriers to obtaining confirmatory tests once a child is identified by newborn screening as being at risk for cystic fibrosis.

Age & Gender
  • 18 years ~ 99 years
  • Male, Female, Gender Inclusive
Study Interest
  • Child and Teen Health
  • Minority Health
  • Rare Diseases
  • and 2 more
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Impact of Restorative Practices in Schools

A multiple case study to determine the impact of Peaceful Schools' Restorative Justice initiatives on relationship building in K-12 schools.

Age & Gender
  • 21 years ~ 99 years
  • Male, Female, Gender Inclusive
Study Interest
  • Opinions and Perceptions
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T-STEP Rollow-Up

To learn how participants of past research studies are doing 1-5 years after completing the T-STEP program

Age & Gender
  • 18 years ~ 99 years
  • Male, Female, Gender Inclusive
Study Interest
  • Behavior
  • Developmental
  • Mental and Emotional Health
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Saltwater Intrusion Impacts on People and Communities

The purpose of this study is to understand how saltwater intrusion affected farmer's use of their cropland, and the quantities and quality of the crops harvested on croplands that have been suffering from saltwater intrusion. We also plan to understand what are the strategies people usually deal with saltwater intrusion.

Age & Gender
  • 18 years ~ 99 years
  • Male, Female
Study Interest
  • Environment
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Social Interactions at Work

The purpose of this study is to understand how individuals prepare for social interactions at work.

Age & Gender
  • 18 years ~ 99 years
  • Male, Female, Gender Inclusive
Study Interest
  • Social or Workplace Dynamics
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