The UNC Family Connections study is focused on the positive. We want to learn about how mothers in recovery from addiction define, recognize, and foster emotions that connect their children to others such as gratitude, generosity, and love. Compensation provided.

Does your child have recurrent wheezing? They may be able to take part in the EAGLE study to help us learn if a new medication may help.

If you or your child has been diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), you or they might be able to take part in a research study. This study aims to understand why there are differences in outcomes in adolescents and young adults treated for ALL.

If you or your child has been diagnosed with any cancer, you or your child may be able to take part in this study. This study will collect and store samples from you or your child so that researchers can use these samples and learn more about the disease.

Parents are stressed out finding and managing health and nonmedical services for their transition aged children with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Building advocacy skills through peer-to-peer learning provides inspiration and life-long tools to address new questions and needs as they arise. Parents of youth aged 11-27 with IDD are invited to participate in this study. Parents will attend a group with other parents; the groups will meet 4 times, once a week for 1 hour.

Are you a parent or guardian of a child with or without ASD or ADHD? We are interested in your how your child handles stress and uncertain situations. We are asking parents/guardians to complete a short online survey where will we ask questions about anxiety and inflexibility. Compensation provided.

Are you the parent of a child with extreme picky eating or avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID)? Are you an adult (18+) who has ARFID? If so, you might be eligible to participate in a research study examining the environmental and genetic factors associated with developing ARFID. Compensation is provided.

Being able to understand and measure communication development in young children is critical. Our team is adapting a tool to measure communication in young children with autism. If you have a young child (under 5 years old) with a diagnosis or suspected diagnosis of autism, you may be able to participate in this study. Compensation provided.

Does your child have hearing loss in one ear, or single-sided deafness? If they are under the age of 3, they may be able to receive a cochlear implant as part of a research study to find out if early implantation helps children with single-sided deafness. If they are five, they may be able to help us study differences between children who receive a cochlear implant when they are little, children who do not receive a cochlear implant, and those with typical hearing.

Have you had or are planning to have ACL reconstruction? You may be able to take part in a research study to help us learn more about the outcomes following surgery after a lower limb injury. We are also looking for healthy volunteers between the ages of 12-64 to take part. We will provide you with a report of your results after testing!