My name is Halden Levin, and I am an undergraduate Linguistics major. For my honors thesis, I am investigating factors influencing speech production and perception in American English and Taiwanese Mandarin. Researching these factors will allow us to better understand speech production and perception.

The goal of this study is to understand how community and social connections may serve as protective factors for suicidal thoughts and behaviors in autistic and non-autistic individuals ages 55 and older. We aim to understand how both in-person and online social connections are associated with suicidal thoughts and behaviors. While a history of mental health concerns is required to participate in this study, a history of suicidal thoughts and behaviors is not required.

Have you been diagnosed with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia, have a T315I mutation, and previously treated with at least two tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs)? You might be able to participate in this study.

This study aims to understand how we can use fecal samples to measure cortisol levels in babies. Cortisol is used to measure stress biologically, and past research has used saliva or blood samples to do so. However, these measures can be hard to collect in infants, whereas diapers are relatively easy to obtain. We are aiming to determine whether cortisol in fecal samples changes throughout the day, like saliva or blood samples, or whether they are consistent like in urine. We will also use these data to investigate relationships between cortisol and composition of the gut microbiome, health, and infant distress. We are also measuring the composition of the skin microbiome to understand how the people a baby comes into contact with can affect their health.

We are studying an investigational drug, Efruxifermin, to see if it will help in the treatment of liver inflammation and scarring (fibrosis) in adults diagnosed with NASH (non-alcoholic steatohepatitis) and MASH (metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis).

Are you a male that has been diagnosed with hormone receptor positive and HER2 negative breast cancer? If so, you may be eligible to a clinical trial comparing different endocrine therapies to treat breast cancer prior to surgery.

The purpose of this study is to observe factors that impact creativity and emotion regulation. Participants will complete a 1-hr session online.

Have you been diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer? If so, you may be able to take part in a research study looking at the efficacy of giving a drug called enzalutamide, alone or combined with mifepristone vs standard chemotherapy.

Young adults show very high levels of anxiety and depression, both compared to older adults and to young adults of previous generations. This study is trying to find out why! Our idea is that the way young adults are thinking about the social, political, and ecological stressors in their lives could be different from other ages. Therefore, we are trying to find out what this group is thinking and feeling about these stressors. This might allow psychologists to better treat young adults for these symptoms in the future!

Have you been diagnosed with Smoldering Multiple Myeloma (SMM)? Are you 40 years old or older? If so, you may be able to participate in a study to see if AL-related genes can increase the chances of SMM patients developing AL Amyloidosis in the future.