The purpose of this research study is to collect and store blood samples from patients with heart disease at UNC-Chapel Hill for use in future research. Investigators will use these blood samples to identify new ways to measure substances made by our bodies that may help predict risk for developing heart disease or response to certain medications.
To learn about more effective ways the health care system in Zambia can care for people with non-communicable diseases (NCDs) who are also living with HIV.
To evaluate the current state of health care disparities curriculums within general surgery programs within the US.
In this survey-based study, patients with cystic fibrosis enrolled in the UNC Cystic Fibrosis Clinic will be evaluated for symptoms of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder to determine the prevalence and severity of these symptoms in this study population.
The purpose of this study is to better understand the everyday medical education experiences of current medical students and resident physicians and how those experiences shape their career plans.
We are no longer recruiting for this study. With the participants we do have, we obtain MRI images of the child's brain and administer cognitive behavioral assessments every 2 years. We are looking at brain structure, along with the assessments, to hopefully find biomarkers that predict mental illness.
The purpose of this research study is to better understand adolescent e-cigarette use behavior and decisions about their use. The information we learn from this research will help us develop new survey questions about e-cigarette use.
The purpose of this study is to learn more about the challenges of providing supported employment services to justice-involved individuals with severe mental illnesses.
The purpose of this research study is to better understand the challenges that breast cancer patients and providers face at Kamuzu Central Hospital. The study will explore what it's like for patients to go through breast cancer treatment and what it's like for breast cancer providers to recommend breast cancer treatment.
This study is partnering with communities to identify the best ways to provide COVID-19 testing and vaccines to people who have been disproportionately affected by COVID-19. This includes communities of color, essential workers, immigrants and migrants, people in rural areas, and people with chronic diseases like diabetes and high blood pressure. We want to train community outreach workers and peer recruiters from community and faith-based organizations to help reach these underserved populations with COVID-19 testing and COVID-19 vaccines - a strategy known as "community-based task shifting." Thus, we will be conducting focus groups and theater testing sessions and questionnaires with patients who have received COVID-19 health services and focus groups and interviews with key stakeholders and theater testing sessions and questionnaires with individuals who work in community outreach or peer health education organizations for COVID-19 health services.