A community-based team, composed of Donna Carrington, Executive Director of Community Empowerment Fund (CEF), Danielle Spurlock, PhD, Assistant Professor, UNC Department of City and Regional Planning, and Allison De Marco, MSW PhD, Research Scientist, UNC Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute and School of Social Work, are leading a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)-funded research project in Orange and Durham Counties, entitled, "Overcoming Structural Racism in Housing Stability and Wealth-building: Laying the Foundation for Community Health and Well Being." We'll be examining how CEF's services in Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Durham are related to housing stability, the short-term and longer-term effects of housing stability on financial, social, physical, and psychological well-being, and the disparate impacts of climate change. As part of this work, we are interested in understanding the local policy and practice context, via a series of community-based listening sessions.

The purpose of the TEACH Study is to collect data on whether mood symptoms and estrogen levels change during the first month after hysterectomy for uterine fibroids and/or abnormal uterine bleeding. These results may help us understand whether mood symptoms and hormone levels change during this time, which will help us better support women who undergo this surgery in the future. During this study, we will collect mood questionnaires and hormone levels (sometimes in blood and sometimes in saliva) weekly through the first month after surgery.

To evaluate the demographic, psychosocial, parenting and family characteristics associated with grief and depression severity in bereaved parents with dependent children.

The Substance Use Prevention, Education, and Research (SUPER) Project aims to reduce adolescent substance use in Durham County by implementing Botvin Life Skills Training with 7th grade students and by providing the Triple P parenting program to parents/caregivers of youth ages 11-16.

The purpose of this research study is to better understand executive function and decision making in adults. We are interested in how color and emotional interference impact reaction time and attention.

The purpose of this study is to ask our coalition members and patient action group members how engaged they feel in the ACHIEVE inititative. We are also asking clinic providers and staff how they feel about the guidelines we are asking them to implement as part of the ACHIEVE initiative. Finally, we are assessing the extent to which care teams demonstrate respectful care during interactions with patient actors.

Evaluating the effectiveness of a clinical laboratory science simulation exercise in preparing students for clinical rotation assignments.

The goal of this study is to better understand how executive function skills (like planning, organization, and problem solving) can impact blood sugar levels in people with type 1 diabetes. We also want to understand how insulin pump and continuous glucose monitor use impact blood sugar levels based on executive function skills.

The purpose of this research study is to investigate the level of community engagement in wind energy developments in the European Arctic, with a focus on the involvement of Indigenous communities, such as the Sámi people. The study aims to understand the factors driving community engagement and the extent to which justice considerations are integrated within the energy transition process.

Participants may engage in a program where they engage in a story exchange. All participants will complete a pre- post- and follow-up post survey where they respond to civic attitude, empathy, and pro-social measures.