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Graduate Students’ Experience with Online Professional Profiles and Social Media
With the development of information and communication technologies, Social Network Sites and other online platforms can be great resources for career-related information and social networking. Despite the evidence of possible professional benefits, it remains unclear whether graduate students’ experiences with building online career profiles and social networking are positive. Therefore, this study aims to understand graduate students’ experience with professional practices on the Internet concerning their motivations, benefits, and risks.
An active graduate student at University Park campus
AFFIRM: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study to Evaluate the Effect of Seladelpar on Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC) and Compensated Cirrhosis
This is a multicenter evaluation of seladelpar, administered as a once-daily oral capsule, in a placebo-controlled study in subjects with Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC). This study (156 weeks) will enroll approximately 192 subjects. The population to be studied is patients with PBC and compensated cirrhosis restricted to Child-Pugh (CP)-A or CP-B.Primary ObjectivesEfficacy: To evaluate the effect of seladelpar compared to placebo.Safety: To evaluate the safety of seladelpar over 156 weeks of treatment compared to placebo.Study visits: up to 18 in person visits. Blood samples will be collected at each visit for safety measures as well and questions about your health and medicines you might be taking.
There will be 18 in person visits. safety assessments will be conducted at each visit. Participants will be required to take study drug as directed.
$1350
Elevated Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP)
documented cirrhosis
decompensated cirrhosis
portal vein thrombosis
hospitalization for liver complication within 12 weeks
HIV
Modeling Transition Speeds in Elderly Human Walking
This study will involve elderly humans walking on a treadmill transitioning through prechosen speeds.
There will be one, two hour in person visit. Participants will change into specific lab provided clothing for study and reflective stickers will be placed on participants by the researcher. Participants will then get on the treadmill and will walk at prescribed constant speeds for about 5 minutes total. Then participants will perform 10 speed transition trials each of which lasts about 4 minutes.
$15
Can continuously walk for up to 4 minutes
Be able to follow verbal instructions
High BMI (>30)
A Phase 1/2 Multiple Expansion Cohort Trial of MRTX849 in Patients with Advanced Solid Tumors with KRAS G12C mutation (MRT849-001)
This study is to determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of MRTX849 using one or more dosing regimens. The regimens includ using MRTX849 or in combination with Afatinib, Cetuximab, or Pembrolizumab. The study will also look at how it can be tolerated MRTX849 when its taken with food.
If you take part in this research, your major responsibilities will include: •Keep your study appointments and complete all study assessments. If you cannot keep anappointment, please contact study personnel (your study doctor or study staff) as soon aspossible to schedule a new appointment.•Inform your study personnel about any symptoms, changes in medications, doctor's or nurse'sappointments, or hospital admissions that you may have had.•Agree to not participate in any other clinical research study•Inform study personnel if you believe you or your partner might be pregnant•Inform study personnel if you change your mind about participating in the study.•Inform your other doctors that you are taking part in this study.•Avoid grapefruit and grapefruit juice.•Avoid herbal medications and preparations including but not limited to St. John’s wort, Kava,turmeric/curcumin, ephedra (ma huang), gingko biloba, dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA),yohimbe (yohimbine), saw palmetto, and ginseng.•Avoid medications that are processed by liver enzymes, your doctor will counsel you on these.•Avoid medications known to have risk of changing the electrical activity in the heart, your doctorwill council you on these.•For your safety, you must tell the study doctor or nurse about all the prescription drugs, herbalproducts, over-the-counter drugs (OTC), vitamins and other supplements you are taking.Check with the study doctor before starting any new medicines (including prescription, OTCdrugs, vitamins and herbal supplements) or changing doses of medications that you arealready taking.
Unresectable or metastatic disease.
Presence of tumor lesions to be evaluated per RECIST 1.1:
Life expectancy of at least 3 months.
Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status in 0 or 1.
Patients with carcinomatous meningitis
History of significant hemoptysis or hemorrhage within 4 weeks of the first dose date
Undergone major surgery within 4 weeks of first dose date
History of intestinal disease or major gastric surgery likely to alter absorption of study treatment or inability to swallow oral medications
Campus Environments and Student Health
The purpose of this study is to learn about the relationship between the campus environment and students’ health. It involves a survey consisting questions about campus-related activities, COVID-19, physical activity and health, environmental perceptions, and demographic information.
There will be an online survey that will take about 20-30 minutes. No need to meet in-person.
At least 18 years old or older
Dysgeusia and Anosmia in Head and Neck Cancer Patients: Long Term Outcomes
The primary aim of this study is to understand taste changes after head and neck cancer treatment, especially long term taste disturbance, using various methods including online surveys, Teams interviews, at home taste and smell tests, and MRIs.
The purpose of this voluntary research study is to identify taste changes in patients treated for head and neck cancer. We are recruiting healthy participants over the age of 40 as well as head and neck cancer survivors who were treated 3 or more years ago. The overall study consists of multiple parts, which are explained along the way. You can choose to participate in this portion, which is an online survey, and nothing else, or all of the invited components. •The survey will take approximately 10 minutes of your time. •Completion of this survey is voluntary and you are not required to complete it if you do not wish to do so.•At the end of the survey you will be asked about your willingness to participate in other portions of this study. These include at-home taste and smell tests over Teams and a Teams interview about your taste and smell function. Participating in these tasks is optional and not required. If you complete the smell and taste tests at home you may be invited to have an MRI scan.
Max of $75: No compensation for the survey, $15 giftcard for 1-hour interview (optional), $15 giftcard for at-home taste/smell tests (optional), $50 giftcard for MRI at Hershey Med Center (optional).
Over the age of 40
English Speaking
have undergone a total glossectomy
currently have an upper respiratory infection, sinus infection, or ear infection
A 52-week, randomised, double-blind, double-dummy, parallel group, multi-centre, non-inferiority study assessing exacerbation rate, additional measures of asthma control and safety in adult and adolescent severe asthmatic participants with an eosinophilic phenotype treated with GSK3511294 compared with mepolizumab or benralizumab.
Non-inferiority study of GSK3511294 compared with mepolizumab or benralizumab in participants with severe asthma with an eosinophilic phenotype.
You will receive either study drug or placebo, undergo research-related tests and procedures, and questionnaires. You will need to visit the study center up to 18 times over a period of 15 months. You will have different tests and procedures throughout the study. The aim is to check on your health andsymptoms, check on your response to treatment and any side effects, and assess the study drug.This study will compare the study drug with either mepolizumab or benralizumab, known as the comparator medications. The effects of the drugs, both good and bad, will be compared. Study participants will be divided into 2 groups to receive:Study drug (once every 26 weeks) + placebo (once every 4 or 8 weeks) OR,Mepolizumab (once every 4 weeks) or benralizumab (once every 8 weeks) + placebo (once every 26 weeks).All participants will receive an active treatment. You will be assigned to receive either the study drug or comparator (mepolizumab or benralizumab) you were taking before the study. No participant previouslytaking mepolizumab will be assigned to benralizumab, and no participant previously taking benralizumab will be assigned to mepolizumab.
$183.00
Have a documented diagnosis of asthma for 2 or more years.
Receiving either mepolizumab or benralizumab for 12 or more months prior to screening.
A well-documented requirement for regular treatment with medium to high dose inhaled corticosteroid in the 12 months prior to Visit 1 with or without maintenance oral corticosteroid.
Current treatment with at least one additional controller medication, besides an inhaled corticosteroids.
Eosinophilic diseases
Pregnancy
Current or former smokers with a smoking history of 10 or more years.
Active COVID-19 infection
Foot mechanics during gait with load carriage and toe elevation
This experimental study will investigate foot joint function during walking and running and/or hopping and performing heel raises. Participants will walk and run and/or complete heel raises with mass added to their body and will walk and run and/or hop with a plastic wedge secured to the underside of their toes.
Participants will walk and run and/or complete heel raises with mass added to their body and will walk and run and/or hop with a plastic wedge secured to the underside of their toes.
Run > 10 kilometers/week for past 6 months
If participant does not fit running criteria: Lifted weights of at least one bodyweight using barbell >= 2x/week for past 6 months
Experienced pain with walking, running, or (if applicable) weightlifting in past 6 months
Have had plantar fasciitis
Have osteoarthritis in lower limb
Have had diabetes 1 or 2
Comparing Mechanisms of Pattern Learning
The purpose of the proposed plan of research is to investigate the types of patterns that human adults with or without a history of language/ learning difficulties tap into as they learn.
Our study involves an initial testing session lasting between 1-2 hours, followed by up to two additional sessions for eligible participants. As part of our study, you will take part in some speaking, listening, learning, and visual processing tasks.
up to $75
Only speaks English fluently
Normal or corrected-to-normal vision/ hearing
Minimum of high school education
May have a history of language/ learning difficulties
Speaks more than one language
Under age 18
Over age 28
Does not have minimum of high school education
A double-blind randomized placebo-controlled study on the analgesic properties of amiloride in exercise-induced skeletal muscle pain
To determine if the drug Amiloride will reduce exercise related muscle pain and improve exercise tolerance in healthy volunteers.
In each visit, you will be asked to perform foot exercise with, and without a blood pressure cuff inflated on your leg. You will also be asked to take pills prior to visit 2 and 3. One of these pills will be a drug called amiloride (10mg), which was traditionally used to lower blood pressure. The other pill will be a placebo (no active medication). During each visit, we will collect the following measurements:•We will collect a nerve recording from the leg not performing exercise, which will require a small needle-like electrode to be inserted behind your knee, just under the skin (a procedure called microneurography).•We will collect blood pressure from cuffs placed on your finger and upper arm.•We will collect blood lactate by sticking your finger with a small pin-prick (similar to taking a blood sugar measurement).•We will place to light-sensing device over the skin of your leg(s) to measure the oxygen level in your muscle.•We will hold a doppler ultrasound probe over your hip/leg region to measure blood flow.•We will use sticky-gel electrodes to measure heart rate and muscle activity.
You will receive $25 per hour for your participation in this research study
between 21-40 years old
any race or ethnicity
Smoker
high blood pressure
opiod use
taking amiloride or similar medication
Emotion Regulation and Mother-Infant Synchrony
The aim of this study is to better understand emotion regulation in infants by measuring brain, behavior, and mother-infant relational mechanisms. We plan to collect simultaneous brain activation in mothers and infants while they engage in a face-to-face interaction. We will then test associations between individual brain activation, mother-infant brain synchrony, and infant emotion regulation behaviors.
Participants complete questionnaires online, then come in for 1 in-person visit. Mother and baby complete a play and a neutral task while fNIRS is collected from them simultaneously.
40
Infants born 3 weeks within their due date.
Infants of a birth weight > 2500 g.
Infants with NO serious medical complications.
English-speaking families.
Infants who experienced any serious medical complications.
Infants who were born > 3 weeks before the indicated gestational period.
Families who do not understand and do not speak English
SNAC Study
This is a multi center clinical trial to test the efficacy of N-acetylcysteine for treatment of patients with active systemic lupus Erythematosus. Healthy control subjects who do not receive treatment are also recruited to serve as controls for the laboratory assays.
This is a clinical trial to be carried out in patients who have systemic lupus erythematosus. Participants will be asked to attend seven study visits over a period of 13 months. After an initial period where it will be determined that the patient can tolerate the medication, N-acetyl cysteine, then there will be a three-month double blind phase where the participant receives either the active treatment or a placebo. At each visit the participant will be asked to complete several questionnaires and blood and urine samples will be obtained. Healthy control individuals will be also enrolled for blood samples only; not for any treatment intervention.
$20 per visit completed
Age 18 years or older
On stable medications
Experiencing flare of disease
regular daily use of Tylenol (acetaminophen)
active chronic infections
current treatment with cyclophosphamide or rituximab
current use of anti-oxidants
AIDP
The purpose of this study is to test the performance of a web-based system for automated review of MRI images across 21 sites in the Parkinson Study Group. Each site will perform imaging, clinical scales, diagnosis, and will upload the data to the web-based software tool. The clinical diagnosis will be blinded to the diagnostic algorithm and the imaging diagnosis will be compared to the movement disorders trained neurologist diagnosis.
Participants will attend two study visits that will include questionnaires, a physical exam and motor exams and an MRI (during one of the visits).
300
Diagnosed with a Parkinsonism (PD, MSA or PSP)
A Survey of the Sex Differences in Taking Selfies while Driving
This study aims to understand peoples’ selfie-taking behavior and how, if at all, they relate to their driving behavior and gender difference. The participants will participate the study by completing an online survey.
Subjects have a valid U.S. driver license or are allowed to drive in the US
Subjects who do not have a valid U.S. driver license or are not allowed to drive in the US
Olfactory tools for COVID-19 screening and surveillance
This a collaborative multisite NIH funded project to develop smell tests as a rapid low cost way to screen for Covid19 infections. The lead institution is the University of Florida, and this project is being entered into CATS to create a Reliance Agreement under the NIH single IRB rules (sIRB).
COVID19 negative
COVID19 positive
Able to Consent in English
History of known pre-existing olfactory or taste disorder
History of head trauma with loss of consciousness
History of neurodegenerative disease
A Phase 1b/2 Single and Multiple Dose Study to Assess the Safety, Tolerability, Clinical Activity, Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, and Immunogenicity of STAR-0215 in Participants with Hereditary Angioedema (The ALPHA-STAR Trial)
The main purpose of the study is to evaluate the safety and tolerability of an injection of the study drug in participants with Hereditary Angioedema. This study is open-label, which means that everyone in the study will receive the study drug and no participant will receive a placebo.
The study will last approximately for one year, with a total of approximately 11-16 study site visits. You will have your blood drawn at every study site visit, urine collected, pregnancy test if applicable, and receive study drug. You will also complete questionnaires and be contact weekly by the study site.
Documented diagnosis of HAE type I or II.
Experienced at least 4 HAE attacks within the 12 months prior to screening.
Negative pregnancy test at screening visit
Experience at least 2 HAE attacks during the Run-In period.
Active liver disease
History of drug or alcohol abuse in the 12 months prior to screening
Pregnant or breastfeeding
Use of medications prescribed for the prevention of HAE attacks prior to screening: lanadelumab within 90 days, berotralstat within 21 days, all other prophylactice therapies within 7 days.
Predicting Concussion Outcomes with Salivary miRNA
The purpose of this study is to identify changes in salivary micro ribosomal nucleic acid (miRNA) expression that are predictive of symptom duration and severity following mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) in children. The primary endpoints of this study are as follows:1)Characterization of brain-related miRNA in the saliva of 250 children with mTBI and 200 age- and gender-matched controls between the ages of five and twenty-three years.2)Identification of a set of salivary miRNAs that is predictive of duration and severity of mTBI symptoms.
Saliva collection and surveys at baseline, 7 days, and 30 Days
$20
Seen in the Penn State Pediatric Concussion Clinic within 2 weeks of most recent concussion
Periodontal disease
Ongoing seizure disorder, or other neurologic disorder
Drug or alcohol dependency
clinical diagnosis of severe TBI
Creative Thinking and Problem Solving
This is a behavioral study that will examine cognitive processes relevant for creative thinking. Participants will be asked to complete a series of cognitive tasks and self-report measures on a computer.
They must consent to participate in research
Native English Speakers
Observations of Family Mealtime Routines
The purpose of this study is to gather information about what family mealtimes look like for families with children between the ages of 3 and 8. Families will be asked to video record their family mealtime, in addition to answer some questions and to complete some questionnaires, some about body image and dieting.
On one occasion, your family's mealtime will be recorded via Zoom. You and your family will be asked some questions and to complete some questionnaires online.
$20
Adults age 18 and older
Children, ages 3-8
Individuals fluent in English
Caregivers who are under the age of 18
Individuals who are not fluent in English
Families without at least one child age 3 to 8
Human-robot interaction study
We are interested in developing robots that can interact with humans. We hope that to develop robots that can interact with people and be used in a variety of different situations such as schools, offices, and homes. This study investigates human-robot interaction.
Behavior, Voice, and Sex Hormones Study
Hormones are molecules that deliver signals throughout the body. They influence behavior, sleep, hunger, stress, and virtually all other aspects of life. This study seeks to better understand several of these functions, specifically how hormones affect specific aspects of human behavior and psychology, as well as speech production. Following an initial lab visit, subjects will participate in the remainder of the study (~5 weeks) at home via the internet. On a daily basis, they will collect urine samples for hormone analysis, saliva samples for analysis of oral micro-organisms, and will submit voice samples for analysis of speech (e.g. measuring voice pitch and loudness). They will then complete an online survey designed to collect information about their behavior, and attitudes over the previous 24 hours. Subjects receive compensation for their participation.
- Compensation $330 at maximum- Pre-sampling lab visit to sign a consent form and receive training- A series of ~42 daily at-home sample (urine, saliva) collection & online surveys- Weekly lab visits for sample drop-off
$330
Normal menstrual cycles
Available for daily at-home session for approximately 5 weeks
Female/Identifying as a woman
Predominantly or exclusively heterosexual sexual orientation
Uncorrected severe defects of hearing, speech, or vision
Bisexual or predominantly homosexual sexual orientation
Very heavy smoking or alchohol consumption
Medications that affect levels of ovarian hormones (e.g. anti-depressants, anti-psychotics)
PSCI-22-063: NRG-GU011 NRG Promethean
This trial is comparing radiation therapy with or without hormone therapy in men with prostate cancer.
Patients must come in for all radiation treatments. Patients must take their androgen therapy as prescribed.
Age ≥ 18 years.
ECOG Performance Status 0-2 within 120 days prior to registration.
External beam and/or brachytherapy to: Prostate alone, prostate and seminal vesicles, prostate and pelvic nodes, or radiation to all three sites.
Radical prostatectomy alone, radical prostatectomy plus postoperative radiotherapy to the prostate bed, or radical prostatectomy plus postoperative radiotherapy to the pelvic nodes.
Currently on androgen deprivation or anti-androgen therapy.
Osseous metastasis on 99mTc radionuclide bone scan
Extra pelvic nodal/soft tissue disease (> 1.5cm in short axis) on CT or MRI pelvis +/- abdomen
Spinal cord compression, or spinal intramedullary, brain, and/or visceral (for example liver, lung, etc.) metastasis
Angelica Herbal Supplement AGN-Cognl.Q Acute Dose Safety and Pharmacokinetics (PK) Dose-Response in Prostate Cancer Patients (PK Dose Trial)
The primary objective is to estimate the maximum tolerated dose of AGN-Cognl.Q. Subjects (total sample size n = 12 evaluable subjects), each for 4 ascending AGN-Cognl.Q dose levels in the form of AGN-Cognl.Q capsules (up to 10 capsules per dose), for single-dose safety metrics with a 1-week washout between doses.
Consented patients will be screened for physical exam and lab tests, and vital signs to establish eligibility (Visit 1, screening visit). The subjects will need to come into the research clinic in Hershey Medical Center on a weekly basis to take a single dose of AGN-CognI.Q by mouth in the morning for a series of blood draw over the span of the next 24 h to measure the amount of AGN Cognl.Q in their body. The total number of times the subjects will visit the clinic is 8 including a Screening visit (Visit 1) and an End of Treatment visit (Visit 8).
agree to comply with all study procedures and attend all study visits to the best of their ability
male with age >= 40 years
Histologically confirmed prostate cancer diagnosis in the past
Not on concurrent androgen deprivation therapy
Subjects who are receiving chemotherapy, or oral TKI, or immunotherapy
Subjects who are receiving any other investigational agents
Uncontrolled intercurrent illness that would limit compliance with study requirements
Subjects currently taking herbal supplements containing AGN extract, including Cognl.Q, Decursinol-50, Ache Action, Fast-Acting Joint Formula, EstroG-100/Profemin
Understanding Prenatal Hydration Behaviors
To examine women’s self-reported pregnancy hydration behaviors, especially during a global pandemic. This study will also examine other lifestyle behaviors (e.g., weight gain, exercise, eating behaviors, sleep, pain management). It is hypothesized that hydration behaviors will decrease due to lifestyle changes related to the pandemic. Secondary outcomes will also be influenced by hydration behaviors and pandemic lifestyle changes.
Women
18-45
English speaking
Men
Younger than 18
Non-English speaking
AYA-CONNECT: A qualitative study to inform creation of a social network-based peer intervention for adolescent/young adult cancer survivors
In this study, in Aim 1 we will conduct focus groups of adolescent/young adult cancer survivors (AYACS) (at least 15 total AYACS) 15-25 years old to understand their perspectives on the importance of peer connection and social connectedness during and after cancer treatment, the role of an intervention to foster peer connections, and suggestions/feedback on designing AYA-CONNECT (an AYACS-peer network intervention) including delivery format, structure, and content to promote life goals and health-related behaviors. In Aim 2 we will further explore ways to design AYA-CONNECT through interviews of pairs of AYACS and a nominated peer.
You will participate in one focus group and/or interview that will last about 1 hour.
$40
Participant is receiving or has received any oncologic care at Penn State Health Children’s Hospital or Penn State Cancer Institute
Participant fluency in written and spoken English for participants > 18 years old
Parent and participant fluency in written and spoken English for participants < 18 years old
Access to computer or smartphone
Participants with cognitive or physical inability to participate in study
Assessing the impact of post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation on quality of life in people of color
This survey study is looking to see how post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation (PIH) affects quality of life in people with skin of color.
Participants will complete a one-time survey that will ask about post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation.
Experienced/experiencing post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation
Individuals who are not able to understand English
Imaging and Depression with or without MS
A study looking at the neural and genetic correlates of depression. Presently, the current study is looking to recruit individuals for two separate groups: 1. MS but NO history of depression2. Depression but NO history of MS or neurological disease. The purpose of the study is to look at patterns of brain structure and function in individuals with depression and compare them to those with MS. We will explore how any differences we find contribute to more problems with depression in MS and see how such differences might lead to better treatment options for depression.
Able and willing to undergo an MRI
Able to travel to State College for the Study
Started anti-depressant medication in the last 2 months
Diagnosis of bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, or significant neurocognitive impairment
Very severe depression that would interfere with the ability to participate or suicidal ideations
Unable to undergo an MRI (metal in your body)
Understanding the effect of drivers’ profile information on riders’ feedback in ride-sharing context
This study aims to understand ways to affect how riders perceive and provide feedback to drivers through technology intervention. Particularly, we investigate how presenting drivers’ personal profile under different trip conditions may lead to differences in the ways riders may provide feedback. We hypothesize that riders will provide positive feedback when provided drivers’ personal information when the trip goes well, and that riders will provide less negative feedback when provided drivers’ personal information when the trip goes bad due to uncontrollable reasons.
You are willing to share several of your past Uber/Lyft trip records in the app with us.
Collecting Data for Human Confusion When Following Simulated Robot’s Instructions
We seek to try to try to create robots that recognize when people are confused. To do that, we need to collect data related to confusion. We are thus going to present confusing stimuli to people and record their facial expression.
US resident
Non-US resident
Skin pathophysiology of Hidradenitis Suppurativa
The purpose of this research study is to collect skin samples from volunteers with HS and volunteers with healthy skin. The collected skin samples will be processed and compared to each other to see if there are specific differences in the skin between the HS volunteer group and the healthy skin volunteer group.
Participants will need to come to a one-time, in-person visit where biopsies (small skin samples) will be collected.- For participants with HS: Up to 4 biopsies will be collected - For participants with healthy skin: Up to 2 biopsies will be collected
HS lesions present in the armpits and/or groin
Certain medications are not allowed in this study- the study team will provide details