We are studying the impact of non-clinical factors on how clinicians make triage decisions.
We are trying to find out if the medications you are taking before you have an LVAD tells us how you sad or nervous you will be after LVAD surgery.
Assess the efficacy of two games on priming analogical transfer, and examine whether such priming alters the frequency of assimilative upward comparisons made in social comparison contexts.
We want to create a registry of new and established patients with ocular burns who attend the UNC Department of Ophthalmology, with the aim of understanding risk factors, how the disease develops, and response to treatment.
This study is being conducted to understand how sexual violence impacts UNC's community and what student groups are most affected. This study aims to work with a group of 8-10 undergraduate students at UNC to collectively explore the impacts of sexual violence on different marginalized communities at UNC and co-create recommendations for culturally responsive violence prevention. Culturally responsive violence prevention includes trainings and other resources that can be tailored to different norms that exist in different cultural communities. This study does not focus on or discuss personal experiences with sexual violence at any point, and instead focuses on what can make students feel safer at UNC.
While the identification of autism in females has steadily increased, there remains a critical gap in our understanding of female specific issues for autistic females , such as menstruation, pregnancy, motherhood, and menopause. Menopause marks a key reproductive transition period for females. The purpose of this study is to characterize mental health challenges and experiences during the menopause via a three-pronged, mixed methods study, employing a large scale online survey followed by in-depth interviews and daily diaries across a complete menstrual cycle.
To comprehensively understand the impacts of neighborhood development on physical activity in Latine and Black communities.
Using mixed methods to understand household exposure to multiple contaminants through private well water sampling in Caswell, Alamance, and Sampson Counties. We will also create training materials, systems maps, and guidelines for working with marginalized populations. We will survey state agency leaders to better understand environmental training needs to create the training materials.
To explore community pharmacist perspectives on the feasibility of and interest in pharmacy-centered methadone access at rural community pharmacies. The model for which we will elicit pharmacists' perspectives parallels several similar successful programs that exist outside of the US and several successful small-scale pilots that have been conducted in urban areas of the US, including NC.
To compare the safety and effectiveness of the study drug TAK-881 to the common drug HYQVIA.