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.
Wood smoke pollution is a common problem across the world, including in the US. This wood smoke comes from people using wood to heat and cook, as well as from wildfires. The purpose of this research study is to screen individuals to see how they respond to wood smoke inhalation by measuring cells in sputum (or phlegm, that you cough up) to see if there is an increase in the number of cells after exposure. The exposure will be to 500ug/m3 of WSP for 2 hours, with intermittent exercise on a bicycle and rest. The wood is burned in a typical wood stove and piped into the chamber. There is a specific gene that we believe impacts the response to wood smoke exposure, we will also look to see if you have this gene or not (about 40% -60% of people do).
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.
Teenagers with ADHD are more vulnerable to negative outcomes than teenagers without ADHD, in part because they engage in more extreme risk-taking. The goal of this study is to understand how brain development during puberty may contribute to risk-taking behaviors in adolescence, and how this differs in youth with and without ADHD. We also want to learn how to predict which children are more vulnerable to extreme levels of risk-taking when they become teenagers. This study will help us to identify children who may be at risk for negative outcomes so potential problems can be addressed early and ultimately prevented.
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!
This study is to see if levels of ozone that you might be exposed to on a normal day can affect your lung function and cause swelling in your airways. We are also looking at new devices that might one day be used to measure someone's response to air pollution and exercise.
The purpose of this study is to investigate the health of former women's soccer players.