Mentorship for medical students applying to competitive residencies such as Otolaryngology is vital for their success in matching into the field. Despite medical student advising being important in Otolaryngology, there is almost no research looking into the effectiveness of the strategies Otolaryngology departments utilize in order to mentor and successful match students. The purpose of this study is to evaluate over the last 10 years how UNC medical students who applied into Otolaryngology feel about the advising process they received.

To establish a patient registry for the UNC Pediatric Feeding Team

To develop a simple and inexpensive ultrasound device. This device could be used effectively in many different places with only basic training for users.

The purpose of this study is to shed a clearer light on the diverse ways in which religion and politics interact in North Carolina. How do churchgoers think about their religious beliefs and how they relate these to political issues? How do they navigate the issues of our time, and how do they perceive their local church communities dealing with the issues of our time?

This study was created to help improve internal medicine residents' confidence and skill at conducting goals of care conversations, including end-of-life discussions by giving more regular feedback. Improving this skill will help residents take better care of patients.

To determine the contribution of elevated lysophosphatidic acid to TMD pain

The purpose of this research study is to better understand the sources of plastic litter in diverse communities up and down the Mississippi River, and learn how models and other information can be better tailored to help inform community decision-making.

We want to better understand hearing (like speech perception or sound source localization) across the lifespan.

Improve counseling around vaccine hesitancy for first year pediatric residents.

This study will examine how effective the use of a simulated model to teach ultrasound guided needle procedures for diagnosis and treatment in obstetrics, such as amniocentesis and fetal shunt placement.