In the United States, science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) disciplines typically have lower rates of retention than other fields, such as the social sciences. Retention rates in some STEM disciplines are even lower for groups that are underrepresented and marginalized in academia and STEM. Office hours are the primary vector for interaction between most students and their instructors. To address both the challenges of teaching across different classroom sizes and building equitable and effective learning experiences for all students, this project will examine the role that pedagogical practices, student and instructor perceptions and attitudes, course structures, and campus environments have on student outcomes and retention in STEM. Specifically, we seek to understand faculty and student usage and perceptions of STEM course office hours.

The purpose of this study is to determine if interpersonal relationships of LGBTQ+ identifying individuals changed throughout the course of the pandemic.

Research with blood and cells (generally called specimens) can help researchers understand how the human body works. Research can also answer other questions by using specimens. Researchers may develop new tests to find diseases, or new ways to treat diseases. In the future, research may help to develop new products, such as drugs. You are being asked for permission to use your biospecimens and medical records for this study. Using your biospecimens, researchers may be able to detect CAR-T cells in your body after you receive the CAR-T treatment. The purpose of this study is to validate the detection method of CAR-T cells in the blood to advance CAR-T therapy development.

To better understand whether people in jail have ever received COVID-19 testing and vaccination and whether they would be will to receive these services in jail and after their release.

Black men are diagnosed with prostate cancer more often than white men, and more commonly die from this disease. Care for advanced prostate cancer has improved a great deal over the past ten years, but these differences have continued. In order to improve equity in cancer care, we want to determine who is not getting the highest quality of care and whether race is associated with differences in care. Our study will ask Black and White men about their experiences with cancer care - if they trusted their doctors, how well their doctors communicated with them, and if they were satisfied with the care they received. We will ask about the challenges they experienced in receiving care, and what might have helped them get better care. We will use these results to design a better way to deliver care.

To assess neurosurgery residents' interest in enfolded fellowships versus post-graduate fellowship programs and to identify possible drivers of these interests and attitudes

The proposed study will fill critical gaps regarding which characteristics make LCC warning labels most effective and provide needed evidence on how LCC warnings influence LCC behavioral intentions. Our overarching goal is to develop effective LCC warnings that reduce cancer and other health risks.

To observe the patterns that occur when learners must pluralize new words when they are learning a language with multiple plural suffixes.

This study will test how well a digital version of Targeted Reading Instruction (TRI) works to improve the reading ability of students in Kindergarten through third grade. Creating a TRI App will allow us to easily increase the use of TRI with students across the country.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate medical student's exposure to Otolaryngology and surgical procedures before and after participating in an Otolaryngology simulation lab.