| Skeletal Anatomy and Locomotor Performance Study | We are seeking healthy volunteers between the ages of 18 and 40 who do not have a history of serious back or lower limb injury (including fractures requiring surgical intervention or other reconstructive surgery), stroke, neuromuscular or musculoskeletal disorders that may affect gait, currently have a minor trunk or lower limb injury, or are currently pregnant. |
| The Drinking Dashboard Study | 18-30 years old
alcohol use in a typical week
history of alcohol-induced memory impairment |
| Understanding Immune Responses to the Influenza (Flu) or COVID-19 Vaccine | Individuals at least 6 months old and older who plan to receive an Influenza or COVID-19 vaccination; are willing to provide blood samples including one prior to vaccination; English speaking. |
| Social Media Messages about Motherhood
| Participants need to be at least 18 years old, and a mother or maternal guardian of a children who is under the age of 18. |
| 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 |
| Estrogen receptor alpha signaling in endothelial cells exacerbates arterial stiffening via upregulation of ENaC in insulin resistant females | Adults, ages 30-70
Participants must be overweight, and must NOT use tobacco products.
Participants can NOT be diabetic. |
| 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. |
| Feasibility of using remotely-delivered metacognitive strategy training to address cancer-related cognitive impairment in breast cancer | We are recruiting women who are between 40 and 80 years old with a previous diagnosis of breast cancer. Participants must have completed a full course of chemotherapy between six (6) months and three (3) years ago. Participants must experience self-reported cancer-related cognitive impairment (CRCI) and score greater than 30 on the Cognitive Failures Questionnaire (CFQ), which will be delivered during the initial eligibility screening. |
| Effects of Whole Almonds on Immune Health and Responsiveness | Age: 30-45 years
BMI: 30-45 kg/m2
Willingness to consume study foods
Consistent diet and activity patterns for 4 weeks
Weight stable
Non-smokers
No allergies to study foods or lidocaine allergies |
| Early Years Study | Expectant/new parents age 18+ |
| 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. |
| Targeting ADAM17 activity for correction of vascular insulin resistance in type 2 diabetes | -Diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes
-Age 45-64
-BMI of 25-39 |
| Short Term ApoE-dependent Cerebral Blood Flow Response to Sirolimus in Cognitively Normal Adults | Healthy adults aged 45-65 |
| Black Women Undergraduates’ Defining Sense of Belonging | 18 years are older
completed at least one full academic year at Mizzou
identify as Black (African America, Afro Caribbean, African, Afro Latino, of African descent)
identify as a woman (cis, trans) |
| 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. |
