Using online surveys to measure level of patient symptoms and seeing how regularly monitoring that impacts a patient's healthcare experience.

This study has two objectives. The first is to determine how authentic assessment is currently used in dental school curriculums. The second is to assess what potential barriers might limit the implementation of authentic assessment in more courses. Course directors will be surveyed on their use and barriers to use of authentic assessment to address these objectives.

The purpose of this study is to create a biobank by collecting and storing specimens, such as blood and tissue, along with medical information such as demographics and treatment, from a large group of patients with pancreatic tumors. This biobank can then be used by future studies focused on pancreatic tumors.

The purpose of this research study is to try and teach a computer program to assess how a dialysis vascular access fistula is maturing, when it could be ready to put needles in, or when it needs to be fixed to allow it to mature better; based on the electronic stethoscope recordings.

To create a multi-centered prospective registry of individuals ≥60 years ("older adults") with IBD to quantify prevalence, incidence and progression of frailty, multi-morbidity, physical and cognitive impairment

The purpose of this project is to understand, from the perspective of formerly incarcerated individuals, the barriers and facilitators that people released from prison experience in establishing and engaging with health care, and how those barriers and facilitators may be impacted by participation in the FIT and FIT Connect transitional health care programs.

The purpose of this research study is to examine the number, distribution and types of white blood cells in the blood and gastrointestinal (GI) tract (large and small intestines) containing HIV. Nancie Archin, PhD, is the lead research scientist in the UNC HIV Cure Center for this study.

This survey experiment aims to explore how people think about fairness in society. We are especially interested in how information about genes affects how people think about social and economic fairness. We hope to learn how scientific advancements in the area of genetics shapes people's attitudes towards society.

The purpose of this project is to create and distribute a survey with the intent to collect data about the amount and quality of training critical care physicians receive regarding brain death (i.e., death by neurologic criteria). We are doing because teaching physicians about brain death is not standardized and the subject is complex.

We are using specialized functional MRI for people receiving deep brain stimulation surgery to help predict who will benefit most from this procedure.