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Palestinian Graffiti/Street Art and Digital Archiving as Decolonial Praxis

This dissertation project explores Palestinian-authored street art in Jordan and the West Bank and the digital record of such art on social media. This study is principally interested in learning about how artists and community members in both location understand the artistic practice.

Age & Gender
  • 18 years ~ 99 years
  • Male, Female, Gender Inclusive
Study Interest
  • Behavior
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100% Remote (online, phone, text)

LCC Warnings Aim 1

Develop a set of effective little cigar and cigarillo warning statements.

Age & Gender
  • 18 years ~ 99 years
  • Male, Female, Gender Inclusive
Study Interest
  • Healthy Volunteer or General Population
  • Substance Use (tobacco, alcohol, opioids, etc)
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Educational and Vocational Outcomes for Young Adult Cochlear Implant Users Implanted During Childhood

The minimum age for cochlear implant candidacy was lowered to 12-months in the year 2000. Previous studies of school and work outcomes for young adult cochlear implant recipients, implanted during childhood, assessed a cohort that began their implant use at a later age. This study aims to assess school and work outcomes for young adult implant recipients whose hearing loss was identified through Universal Newborn Hearing Screening and were implanted in early childhood.

Age & Gender
  • 18 years ~ 40 years
  • Male, Female, Gender Inclusive
Study Interest
  • Ear, Nose, and Throat
  • Language and Speech
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Shared Infrastructure Study in Kibera

This study explores the physical features and everyday use of shared water, sanitation, and energy services in informal settlement, Nairobi. It looks at what these shared facilities are like, how people use and take care of them, and how they deal with problems such as flooding or damage. By learning from people's experiences, the study hopes to find better ways to improve these shared facilities in crowded urban areas.

Age & Gender
  • 18 years ~ 99 years
  • Male, Female
Study Interest
  • Environment
  • Social or Workplace Dynamics
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Employee Perspectives on Work and Health

The purpose of this research study is to learn how people's experiences at work relate to their health.

Age & Gender
  • 18 years ~ 99 years
  • Male, Female, Gender Inclusive
Study Interest
  • Chronic Conditions
  • Healthy Volunteer or General Population
  • Pain
  • Social or Workplace Dynamics
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Pediatric Heart Transplant Study Registry

Now called the Pediatric Heart Transplant Society (PHTS), the Pediatric Heart Transplant Study Registry was established in 1993 by a group of physicians who wanted to improve the lives of children who needed a heart transplant. The primary purposes of the organization was to establish and maintain a prospective, event driven database for heart transplantation, to encourage and stimulate basic and clinical research in the field of pediatric heart transplantation, and to promote new therapeutic strategies. The ultimate goal was to improve the lives of pediatric heart transplant recipients.

Age & Gender
  • 0 years ~ 18 years
  • Male, Female, Gender Inclusive
Study Interest
  • Child and Teen Health
  • Heart and Circulation
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AREN2231 (Unilateral Favorable Histology Wilms Tumor)

The purpose of this study is to improve the treatment of children and young adults with all stages of FHWT, so that more patients are cured without relapse, and that side effects from treatment are lessened without decreasing cure rates. This study will use information on higher or lower risk features of FHWT to adjust the treatment of each subject based on their risk of relapse.

Age & Gender
  • 0 days ~ 29.9 years
  • Male, Female, Gender Inclusive
Study Interest
  • Cancer (Pediatric Cancers)
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Period Symptoms and IBD Study

We want to learn how periods (i.e. menstrual cycle, "that time") affect people with IBD. Doctors don't know enough about this topic, especially for people who use various treatments at home. We are looking for volunteers to share their experience with a short, one-time research survey.

Age & Gender
  • 14 years ~ 44 years
  • Female
Study Interest
  • Child and Teen Health
  • Stomach, Digestion and Gut Health
  • Pain
  • and 4 more
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Paracervical block in vaginal hysterectomy for prolapse

The purpose of this study is to determine if performing a paracervical block, or placing local anesthetic around the cervix, at the time of vaginal hysterectomy and prolapse repair reduces the amount of opioid medications that patients need and pain that patients feel after surgery. Even short term use of opioid medications can be associated with side effects such as constipation, nausea, somnolence, or dependence.

Age & Gender
  • 18 years ~ 99 years
  • Female
Study Interest
  • Healthy Volunteer or General Population
  • Pain
  • Surgery and post-operative healing
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Team member perceptions and behavior

To examine employee reactions to coworker behavior at work.

Age & Gender
  • 18 years ~ 99 years
  • Male, Female, Gender Inclusive
Study Interest
  • Behavior
  • Environment
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100% Remote (online, phone, text)
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