| Immune Response to COVID-19 Bivalent Booster Vaccination Among Pregnant and Postpartum Women and Their Infants | Inclusion Criteria:
- Pregnant women (18-50 years of age) who plan to breastfeed;
- Do not have anemia (determined from first blood draw);
- English-speaking; and
- Have already received a COVID-19 vaccine and are planning on receiving a COVID-19 bivalent booster during pregnancy
- Infants of mothers in this study |
| Hyperpolarized Xenon as an Inhaled Gaseous Contrast Agent for MRI | Adults, age 18 and older, with or without a diagnosis of a lung disease.
Children age 7 and older, with or without a diagnosis of a lung disease. |
| CAT BITE Antibiotic Prophylaxis and Durations for the Hand/Forearm (CATBITE): A Prospective, Randomized, Placebo-controlled, Double-blinded, Clinical Trial | Inclusion criteria
-Patients greater or equal to 18 years of age.
-Bitten by a cat.
-Location of bite is the hand and/or forearm (distal to elbow).
-Presenting <24 hours following a cat bite to the hand/forearm.
-English speaking
Exclusion criteria
-Patients who present with active local or systemic infections.
-Received antibiotics within the past 30 days.
-Patients unwilling to take study medication.
-Pregnant women.
-Type I hypersensitivity reaction to any of the study interventions.
-Immunocompromised patients (primary and secondary immunodeficiencies).
Primary and secondary immunodeficiencies can be found at the following link.
https://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/immunology-allergic-disorders/immunodeficiency-disorders/overview-of-immunodeficiency-disorders |
| HYPERPOLARIZED XENON MRI IN TREATMENT OF SEVERE ASTHMA BY MEPOLIZUMAB: TOWARD EARLIER DETECTION OF INDIVIDUAL PATIENT RESPONSES | Diagnosed with asthma, at clinical baseline, and about to start on biologic therapy. Ages 12 and older. |
| Mechanism linking dietary fiber, the microbiome, and satiety | Aged 20-55 years, overweight or obese, generally healthy but with at least one characteristic of the metabolic syndrome, willing to consume study provided meals, not on a special diet or weight loss diet, no weight fluctuations in the last 3 months, willing to provide fecal samples, willing to provide blood |
| Cross-cultural acceptability of interventions that may increase control over the end of life in patients with dementia | People with early dementia who have the capacity of providing their consent to participate in the study, are able to fill in a questionnaire, and have an interview (with some help, if needed). Participants decision making capacity will be evaluated prior to participation in research study: assessment will take about 10 minutes over the phone and will entail assessing the person with dementia's ability to consent (as stated in the Assessment Script. |
| Interdisciplinary Play Project | To be eligible, your child must be 4-5 years of age. |
| Disruption of semen liquefaction using specific KLK3 inhibitors as a new contraceptive | A healthy male in the reproductive age (18 years or older) |
| Instrumented Assessment in Ambulatory Children with Cerebral Palsy | We are seeking children aged 7-17 years old with and without cerebral palsy. Children should be ambulatory without an assistive device, and English speaking. |
| Short Term ApoE-dependent Cerebral Blood Flow and Lung Perfusion Response to Sirolimus in Cognitively Normal Adults | Healthy adults aged 45-65 |
| Sex disparities in the direct and modulatory effect of the β-adrenergic receptors in hypoxic vasodilation and impact of obesity. | 18-45 years old, No acute or chronic health conditions. |
| The Role of Fathers in Children’s Emotion Regulation and Compassionate Behaviors | Fathers of children between 3 and 8 years of age |
| Tonic GABAergic inhibition during the repair phase of human stroke | Adult (18 to 80 years) patients who have arm weakness after a stroke and are undergoing inpatient rehabilitation at Rusk Rehabilitation Hospital.
Adult (18 to 80 years) healthy controls who have no major neurological, psychiatric, or hand/arm orthopedic issues. |
| Maternal response in the fallopian tube to the presence of sperm | A healthy male in the reproductive age (18 years or older). You will be prescreened to determine the eligibility for a research study. The prescreening will take ~5 min. |
| Utility of Ultrasonography in predicting clinical response following prostate artery embolization in patients with lower urinary tract symptoms from benign prostatic enlargement | Males, greater than 45 years and older who have moderate to severe lower urinary tract symptoms that have not responded to medical treatment. |
| Youth and Caregiver Executive Functioning Study | Youth 11 to 17 years of age and a parent or caregiver |
| A Way Forward - Way Finder Initial Phase | Have to be a parent of children aged 18 and younger, need to have English as their first language. |
| Young Adults' Alcohol Consumption Over 12 Months Study
website URL: https://sites.google.com/view/personalityandemotionlab/participate?authuser=0 | Research Participants Needed for Study Investigating Alcohol Use
We are recruiting participants for a 12-month research study investigating alcohol use. Individuals between the ages of 21 and 29 who regularly drink alcohol (at least once a week) may be eligible. Participation is remote and, over the 12-month period, involves two Zoom meetings with lab staff, five web-based questionnaires, and four 2-week periods of completing brief surveys on your smartphone. You will be compensated up to $690 for your participation. Participants in Boone or an adjacent county will be eligible for participating in the lab session. Please contact Dr. Trull and project staff at MUASTrullLab@missouri.edu for more information.
https://sites.google.com/view/personalityandemotionlab/participate?authuser=0 |
| Neural responding to infant distress cues over the transition to motherhood | Mothers: First time expectant mothers over the age of 18 years old in the 3rd trimester of pregnancy not experiencing pregnancy/fetal development complications expecting a single birth. Mothers need to be right-handed, without head injury or neurological disorders.
Controls (childcare): Females (i.e., biological sex assigned at birth was female) aged at least 18 years who are not parents/have not been pregnant/do not plan to become pregnant who will be beginning work in childcare centers. Control participants need to be right-handed, without head injury or neurological disorders.
Controls (non-mothers): Females (i.e., biological sex assigned at birth was female) who are of average child-bearing age comparable to that of our sample of mothers (24-33yrs), do not children, have not been pregnant/do not plan to become pregnant.
Controls (non-mothers): Females (i.e., biological sex assigned at birth was female) are at average child-bearing age (24-33 yrs) who are not parents/have not been pregnant/do not plan to become pregnant. Control participants need to be right-handed, without head injury or neurological disorders. |
| Attachment, Cognition, and Emotion Study | African American and European American (not Hispanic/Latinx) male and female undergraduate students between the ages of 18-25 years who are born in the United States. Eligible participants should not have experienced a significant head injury, have been unconscious for longer than 10 min, have multiple sclerosis/epilepsy/other neurological disorder. |
| Mechanisms of Gesture Observation’s Impact on Learning | Age 18-35
Native English speaker
No knowledge of tonal languages (e.g., Mandarin, Cantonese, Thai) |
| Effects of Lean Beef Consumption on Cardiometabolic Health and Gut Microbiome | Inclusion criteria include:
Age: 18-45 years of age
Weight status: Normal, overweight, or mildly obese (BMI: 18-35 kg/m2)
Willingness to consume study foods and comply with study protocol
Consistent diet and activity patterns for 4 weeks
Weight stable (≤5 kg change over the last 3 months)
Non-smoker >1 year or more
No allergies to study foods
Not pregnant or lactating
No recent consumption of antibiotics or probiotics
Non-regular consumers of red meat or plant-based meat (≤3 times/week)
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| Examining verbal and nonverbal communication in individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder | Of age specified for the study (between 2 and 35)
Native English speaker
Diagnosed with ASD or not
IQ >= 70
Right-handed |
| Construct Validity, Discriminant Validity and Calibration of the Sensory Profile Interoception Scale | Adults 18 years and older |
| Sex-specific effect of restricted sleep on brain health | All subjects will report being healthy adult men and women, 18-45 years of age, BMI 18-30 kg/m2, non-pregnant, non-breastfeeding, and non-nicotine users. Women must be premenopausal. Women must have a negative pregnancy test (urine). Individuals with regular menstrual cycles will be studied in the early follicular phase of the menstrual cycle. |
