Aim 1: Among key stakeholders in NC impacted by HIV molecular surveillance (HMS) activities, we aim to assess the ethical concerns surrounding the implementation of HMS and related pubic health services and research by: 1a) Characterizing stakeholders' awareness, experiences with, and sources of information AND 1b) Examining perceptions, including perceived risks and benefits and other ethical considerations, and the opportunities for enhancement of community engagement practices Aim 2: To develop a community-engaged partnership framework to promote effective communication and community participation regarding HMS, and related health services and research.

The presence of certain genetic factors in some patients protects them from developing coronary artery disease (CAD). This study seeks to identify these protective genetic factors and to expand our understanding of the genetic contribution to the development of CAD.

I want to document a local language called Rusitène, spoken alongside Italian in Southern Italy but different from it. This language has under 2000 speakers and is at risk of disappearing, and with it, the associated culture and local knowledge.

In order to improve the biomedical research environment at UNC-Chapel Hill, we are developing new training opportunities and evaluating how well they work

To evaluate medical students' levels of burnout and empathy using validated survey tools at the beginning and end of their third year surgery clerkship. Burnout within the medical community is a known problem and there is data demonstrating it begins in training. We want to evaluate if participation within the surgery clerkship contributes to burnout and measure how empathy relates to these symptoms.

The purpose of the study is to understand parents' care coordination needs for raising a child with Down syndrome. This information will be used to develop an mHealth application to help meet those needs.

To develop novel PROs for evaluating QoL among patients after IPAA, including those with acute pouchitis and chronic pouch-related conditions.

To follow people with cystic fibrosis who have cultured a positive NTM bacteria.

The primary objective of PATIENCE is to develop a standardized approach to the treatment of NTM in CF patients with a diagnosis of NTM disease. The secondary objectives are to: - Evaluate the feasibility and tolerability of a standardized treatment protocol for NTM disease - Evaluate effectiveness of a standardized NTM disease treatment protocol to serve as baseline/reference estimates of endpoints in clinical care and future therapeutic trials - Support biomarker development for markers of NTM treatment response through banking of clinical specimens and NTM isolates linked with outcomes data - Characterize clinical features of patients achieving treatment success compared to those unresponsive to treatment

Does patient response to numbing of the skin prior to placement of a spinal or epidural for a cesarean delivery predict post cesarean pain?