Feeling stressed and depressed? Feel like the world has been on fire since 2020? Young adults show very high levels of anxiety and depression, both compared to older adults and to young adults of previous generations, and this study is trying to find out why! We are trying to find out what young adults might be thinking and feeling about the social, political, and ecological stressors in their lives over the last 5 years by interviewing you about it. This might allow psychologists to better treat young adults for these symptoms in the future! Compensation provided.

Even 3 years past initial lockdown, the COVID-19 pandemic is still a relatively new phenomenon in the world of sociology that leaves a lot to be explored. My senior thesis project aims to investigate an unexplored corner in this gap, specifically parenting and higher education. I'm interested in researching teaching instructors (professors, teaching graduate students, etc.) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill who had parenting responsibilities through the COVID-19 pandemic while working at the university. I want to explore how the shift to online working/teaching affected parenthood and work/life balance, as well as the return to on-campus teaching. Although it will be an in-depth exploration, I'm specifically interested in what parts of parenting became easier during the pandemic and what instructors miss about the pandemic, and what this reveals about the gaps in higher education work culture.

We would like to learn about how people who apply for healthcare financial assistance experience the application process, including things that make the application process work well or that were challenging. At this time we are not able to offer interviews to people who applied to UNC or Duke, we are interested in hearing from people who applied to other programs (such as Atrium, Novant, Wake, Vidant, ECU, Cape Fear Health Net, Physicians Reach Out, or Project Access).

In this study, we want to learn more about the experiences and activities of high school-aged youth after a neurological event. This study will also help us to understand the perspectives of youth and a parent/caregiver through photos and stories.

Did you receive a COVID-19 vaccine during or immediately before pregnancy? You may be able to take part in this study to help us learn more about the developmental outcomes of your child.

This is a survey study to help us learn more about how high schoolers engage in life activities after an unexpected health event. The results of the study will be used to inform healthcare providers and educators so they can help teenagers do things they want to after these health events.

In this study, we want to learn more about how stress related to COVID-19 can affect behaviors and the way that genes work (epigenetics) in healthcare workers. This study focuses on healthcare workers because they are in the frontline of the pandemic.

We study how the immune system protects against viruses and bacteria without causing excessive harm to organs like the lungs, heart, and kidneys. We need a small amount of blood to study how immune cells ("white blood cells") turn on important proteins when they sense a bacteria or virus nearby.

The purpose of this research study is to identify changes in the language during the COVID-19 pandemic in population with or without a history of trauma.

Have you been infected with COVID-19? Are you a solid organ transplant recipient? Have you or your child received a COVID-19 vaccine or are planning to receive one? If so, you may be eligible to participate in a research study that will assess your immune response to COVID-19 infection or vaccination over a 5 year period. We are looking for children and adults aged 7-95 years, and plan to collect blood every 2-6 months over the study period. (Compensation provided for the first year).