The mission of the Collaborative Islet Transplant Registry (CITR) is to expedite progress and promote safety in islet/beta cell transplantation through the collection, analysis, and communication of comprehensive and current data on all islet/beta cell transplants performed in North America, Europe and Australia.
Our UNC-CH School of Social Work (SSW) team aims to investigate how the COVID-19 crisis has impacted intimate partner violence (IPV), sexual violence and assault (SVA), and human trafficking (HT) services; and develop and refine guidelines for adapting IPV, SVA, and HT services in response to COVID-19 and other public health emergencies. To address these aims, we will: (1) conduct a quantitative survey of North Carolina (NC) violence agencies, (2) conduct focus groups and interviews with practice experts in NC and nationally, and (3) conduct feedback sessions with service providers and practice experts.
The purpose of this research study to determine the outcomes of the introduction to therapeutic horticulture online education program and identify ways to improve this educational program. This study is important because it will help us to determine whether online delivery is capable of accomplishing the objectives of the training course and finding ways to improve it for the benefits of future participants.
The purpose of this study is to better understand the opportunities and challenges of various kinds of gig work, paying special attention to how location and skill type impact work practices.
This study is designed to be conducted in K-12 math contexts in order to examine how personalizing math tasks to involve familiar and interesting careers and out of school interests can enable students to engage in effective math learning.
Burnout within the health care setting is a known problem. The COVID-19 pandemic has lead to dramatic changes in the health care workplace and may lead to worsening burnout. This study aims to identify the most worrisome workplace stressors at UNC across departments so that changes can be made to address burnout.
The purpose of this study is to determine if UNC's "Our Place In Space!" laboratory curriculum, in which students use fully automated (i.e., robotic) telescopes to collect astronomical images and data, increases students' (1) attitudes, (2) self-efficacy, (3) career intentions, and (4) content knowledge, regarding STEM and astronomy.
The purpose of the study is to better understand acute respiratory infections in patients with Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD). This information will help to plan prevention and treatment studies in the future.
This is a research study to better understand people's health behaviors.
This study will be conducted in order to explore how children acquire and use emotion words and concepts by looking at syntactic structure and visual influence.