The purpose of this study is compare muscle activation patterns of lower limb amputees with able-bodied individuals across various tasks that require active ankle control. This comparison will inform the design of an electromyography based control in an experimental powered prosthesis.
The purpose of this study is to understand the current state of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) and inclusion in early childhood education, early childhood special education, and early intervention service delivery. The survey will ask about current practices in early education and early intervention. The survey will additionally ask participants about their feelings and beliefs, barriers, successes, and desire to learn more about STEM and inclusion. The information will be used to inform the STEM Innovations for Inclusion in Early Education (STEMIE) Center at Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute in its goal of helping early educators learn and apply STEM experiences for their young learners with and without disabilities.
The Registries inform individuals with autism, fragile X and intellectual and developmental disabilities about research studies.
Will you be treated for Locally Advanced Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma? Have you been cancer free for at least two years after previous treatment? If so, you may eligible to participate in a clinical research trial aimed to measure the level of ctDNA in the blood before and after treatment.
The study is being done to compare two ways of treating patients with a brain injury. At this time medical providers do not know if one way is better than the other. Both ways of treating patients are used in standard of care. None of the treatments in this study are investigational.
Do you have COPD and repeated breathing flares ending up in the hospital? If you are under the care of a doctor at UNC, you may be eligible for a research study to find out which of two medicines, roflumilast or azithromycin, can help your COPD control.
Have you traveled to a dengue, Zika or other arbovirus endemic area? Donate blood to aid in the development of vaccines! If you have ever lived in or traveled to tropical areas where arboviruses are common and suspect you may have been exposed to an arbovirus, please consider participating in our research study and donating some blood!
The purpose of this study is to investigate the health of former women's soccer players.
If you've had a kidney biopsy and learned you have a specific kidney condition, you might be eligible to join a three-year study. This study looks at how two medicines, when used together, might help treat your condition.
Do you have Peripheral T Cell Lymphoma? Has your cancer come back or did it not get better with the last treatment you were given? If so, you may be eligible to participate in this gene therapy research study to learn more about using your own modified immune cells as possible treatment.