The aim of this study is to increase awareness and use of the haptics simulation lab at a research medical university using gamification. When the University of North Carolina Adams School of Dentistry first purchased dental case simulators (Simodont), they purchased two and put them in a room disassociated with the preclinical lab resulting in very little use of the simulators. In August of 2024, eight more simulators were purchase and all ten were moved to the preclinical lab. Orientations to the simulators were in the form of eModules on Canvas and face-to-face hands-on training. Faculty members desiring to use them in their courses met with the Simodont administrator to edit cases that came with the simulators. Currently first and second year dental students are using the simulated cases in their preclinical courses with the third and fourth year students already in the clinic attending to

The purpose of the NC Registry for Brain Health is to establish a mailing list of people who are interested in learning about ongoing research studies in North Carolina that are designed to improve brain health and prevent conditions such as Alzheimer's disease (AD). Anyone interested in learning more about this ongoing research or to get involved in these types of studies, now or in the future, may join the NC Registry for Brain Health. Joining is easy and free! You must be 18 years of age or older to register. People with and without memory disorders are welcome.

To document and evaluate the verbal guidance of ultrasound (US) examinations to novice US operators. The data will aid in training and development of AI-assisted US system so that novice operators can confidently use US.

The study explores imposter syndrome in EXSS undergraduates and factors associated with it.

I'm doing a project to learn how Lumbee food traditions are kept alive today. I'm talking with Lumbee community members about the meals they cook, the gardens they grow, and the stories they remember. These food traditions, like making cornbread or growing collards, help show who we are and where we come from. I want to understand how these traditions are passed down in families and shared in the community, even as times change. By recording these stories, I hope to help keep them alive for future generations.

To understand the perspectives of school staff in North Carolina on school nutrition programs and the potential impacts of offering school meals at no cost to all students.

We will be doing group interviews with users of the Billings Ovulation Method which is a fertility awareness method. We want to better understand their experience with and thoughts about the method.

To determine whether primary fascial defect closure is associated with improved clinical and patient-reported outcomes following inguinal hernia repair,

The aim of the study is to understand how (and why) people build their careers in opposition parties in non-democracies, when their party has no realistic chance of winning many seats or of being in charge of the government by design.

The purpose of this study is to assess how the use of community health-workers for human papillomavirus (HPV) testing influences the number of women living with HIV who get screened for cervical cancer.