To review the methods used in collecting mortality data in North Carolina during the COVID-19 pandemic, to understand why the ethnicity data had missing values and how that can be improved upon.

We are studying how to better care for people who come to the emergency room with chest pain. Right now, doctors use a tool called the HEART score to decide how serious the chest pain is and what tests the patient might need. But for patients who are in the "middle risk" group, it's hard to tell if they really need more heart tests or not. This can lead to too many tests and overcrowding in the hospital. Our study looks at new ways to help doctors decide which of these patients actually need more testing, so they can give the right care more quickly and avoid unnecessary delays or tests.

This study aims to understand the challenges of using music therapy to support patients before and after surgery. While past research shows that music therapy can help reduce anxiety and the need for pain medications, it is not commonly used in hospitals. To explore this, researchers will interview surgeons, nurses, hospital staff, and patients to learn more about the barriers and how music therapy might be better included in surgical care.

To assess provider perspectives of the role of the clinical pharmacist within the chronic care management model, access to a clinical pharmacist, and satisfaction with disease state impact and changes of care recommended by clinical pharmacists.

To evaluate the efficacy of tulisokibart compared with placebo as assessed by the proportion of participants achieving clinical remission per Crohn's Disease Activity Index score (<150) at Week 52

We are conducting electronic surveys to examine issues related to communication in primary care with US parents about HPV vaccination for their children ages 9-12 years.

Evaluate the regional lung function and structural changes using MRI in children with cystic fibrosis (CF) prescribed either immediate or tailored therapy for their pulmonary exacerbation. The primary outcome measure for this ancillary study is the change in ventilation defect percentage (VDP) calculated from Xe MRI, which represents the fraction of the lung with absent or reduced ventilation.

This study is looking to obtain information from the prospective of patients with systemic sclerosis related to nutritional challenges. Our hope is to better record the thoughts and perspectives of patients living with systemic sclerosis to determine barriers to nutrition needs. The initial assessment will involve in-depth interviews with patients about food availability, food insecurity, food aversions, and diet quality to understand their perspectives and concerns related to systemic sclerosis.

We want to better understand what women with MS need to know about family planning, pregnancy, breastfeeding and safety of their babies. Participants' survey responses will help make a list of essential information that women living with MS who want to have kids need to know.

The purpose of this study is to determine if, and to what extent, elite cue-giving affects approval of nuclear energy. Participants will be assigned to either an experimental or control group. The experimental group will be asked to read a stimulus regarding nuclear energy directly cited from a renowned physicist, who functions as an elite cue giver. Then, participants will be asked to evaluate the extent to which they agree with statements such as, "nuclear energy is a reliable resource" and "nuclear energy should be advocated for by my political party more." The control group will read a similar stimulus that is not credited to any elite cue giver, and then evaluate the same statements as the experimental group. The investigator will then compare concerns and support for nuclear energy between the experimental and control group.