The IBIS Network recently received a $9.5 million grant from NIH to replicate our previous study of brain and behavior development in infants at risk for developing autism. The goal of our new study is to identify the symptoms of autism at an earlier age. We will be recruiting 250 infants across all IBIS Network locations 6-months of age and younger from families we have not previously seen. All infants we see will have at least one full older, full sibling diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder.

Are you currently pregnant and planning to deliver at UNC? If so, you and your baby may be eligible to take part in an exciting research opportunity! The SUNBEAM study will examine factors that lead to the development of food allergies and eczema (chronic itchy skin) in young babies and toddlers. Compensation will be provided for completed study activities.

Help us understand female adolescent depression! Starting at puberty, girls are almost three times more likely to be diagnosed with a mood disorder than boys. The goal of the EVOLVE study is to understand the impact of changing hormones, stress, and sleep on mood symptoms during the pubertal transition.

If you have a child with MS who is between 10 and 18 years old who has experienced at least one MS episode in the last 12 months, or at least 2 episodes in the last 24 months, your child could qualify for a study testing a drug that is currently used to treat adults with MS.

Are you a parent with a child between the ages of 5 and 19? Do you want to know what factors affect childhood obesity? If so, you and your child may be able to take part in a study on how genetic and lifestyle factors affect a child's health. Compensation provided.

Currently or soon-to-be breastfeeding a baby younger than three months of age? Interested in helping infants worldwide? We are interested in how mother's milk improves baby's brain function. Participants may be paid up to $225.

We are looking for patients with kidney disease and healthy controls (no kidney disease) to provide blood samples, fill out surveys, and provide health related information to help investigators learn more about how to better diagnose and treat kidney disease. The information you provide will go into a "library" of data for doctors and researchers across the world to use for research projects. If you are a kidney patient, we are able to use your information to find out if you are eligible for treatment studies/other studies in the future.