This study is being done to find out how whether sleep duration is associated with pain responses and if a sleep intervention predicts a higher tolerance and a higher threshold for pain. This is a 21-day study. Participants will be asked to wear sleep-monitoring watches. Pressure pain and cold pain will be measured at study visits.

There will be four in-person visits. Height, weight, and blood pressure will be measured during each study visit. Participants will also be asked to complete surveys during each study visit.Pain will be measured during visits 2-4. Blood will be drawn during visits 2-4. Retinal images will be captured during visits 2-4. A Trail making test (a test for executive functioning) will be administered during visit 2-4. Participants will also be asked to provide screen shots of their phone screen use at visits 2-4.

$150

This study is being done to answer the following question:Will the addition of a new drug, darolutamide, to standard Androgen Deprivation Therapy (ADT) (a hormonal therapy that is a usual approach to treatment) after surgery cure more men with prostate cancer than using Androgen Deprivation Therapy alone?We are doing this study because we want to find out if this approach is better or worse than the usual approach for your prostate cancer. The usual approach is defined as care most people get for prostate cancer.

This study is being done to answer the following question:Will the addition of a new drug, darolutamide, to standard Androgen Deprivation Therapy (ADT) (a hormonal therapy that is a usual approach to treatment) after surgery cure more men with prostate cancer than using Androgen Deprivation Therapy alone?We are doing this study because we want to find out if this approach is better or worse than the usual approach for your prostate cancer. The usual approach is defined as care most people get for prostate cancer.

This study will look for emerging patterns of Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration (FTLD), an early onset dementia, in Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy (JME). JME is a type of epilepsy that usually begins in adolescence and is known to be associated with disturbances of higher-level reasoning, mood and personality. JME patients are often managed by family physicians, rather than epilepsy specialists; with little known about aging with JME. We think that JME patients will demonstrate a pattern of executive dysfunction that is consistent with consensus criteria for FTLD, characterized by declines in abstract reasoning, judgment, and verbal problem solving, as well as behavior. We also think that there will be an inverse relationship between apathy and conscientiousness. We plan to obtain this information by formal cognitive testing of non-demented JME patients over a period of 2 years, at 6-month intervals, to look for progression of symptoms. Loved ones/caregivers will complete informant questionnaires about patient's mood and personality at the beginning of the study and at 6 month intervals throughout the duration of the 24 month study. We will also include loved one/caregiver cognitive testing at the beginning of the study to obtain healthy information for comparison to patient's findings. Our objectives are to characterize the executive functioning profiles of JME in midlife, taking into account cognition, mood, personality, nutritional status and lifestyle. The information obtained may contribute to better care of JME patients prior to midlife and throughout the course of aging.

Visit 1 for both patient and healthy caregiver participants will involve administration of the JME Virtual Visit Protocol via PSH Zoom. Participants will have completed their REDCap questionnaires prior to the visit to the research coordinator, who will be conducting the assessment. Visit 2-5 for patient participants will involve administration of the JME Virtual Visit Protocol via PSH Zoom. JME participation consists of 5 virtual visits with the study’s research coordinator, lasting approximately two hours each, for completion of standardized tests of problem-solving, thinking, and concentration, as defined above. Caregiver healthy control participation consists of 1 virtual visit with the study’s research coordinator, lasting approximately two hours, for completion of standardized tests of problem-solving, thinking, and concentration, as defined above. Remaining participation involves completion of objective inventories providing a caregiver perspective of the patient participant’s mood and behavior at 6-month intervals, within the 24 month time frame of the study.

We will investigate the effects of the hormone angiotensin-(1-7) on energy expenditure in patients with obesity.

This is an outpatient study that requires a screening visit, and if eligible, one study visit in the Clinical Research Center within the Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. The screening visit will take about one hour and includes a brief physical examination and medical history, urine pregnancy test if female and of childbearing potential, measurement of heart rhythm, collection of blood samples, and measurements of body composition. If eligible based on the results of the screening visit, participants will be invited to participate in one study visit that will take about four hours. Participants will complete food recall and activity questionnaires prior to the study visit and asked not to change eating or physical activity patterns. A urine pregnancy test will be given for females of childbearing potential. Participants will lie down on a bed and a catheter (small plastic tube) will be placed in a vein in each arm to draw blood samples and to give study medications. Equipment will then be placed to measure heart rate, blood pressure, breathing rate, and the amount of oxygen in the blood. After placing this equipment, participants will be allowed to rest for at least 20 minutes. Resting energy expenditure will then be measured by asking participants to breathe through a canopy placed over their head that is connected to a metabolic cart for 45 minutes. Blood samples will be taken to measure hormones influencing resting energy expenditure. Participants will then receive either angiotensin-(1-7) or normal saline (salt water) through the catheter in the arm for up to two hours. Angiotensin-(1-7) is a substance that the body produces naturally; however, in this form, it is considered experimental, which means the Food and Drug Administration has not approved it for this use. Participants will receive either angiotensin-(1-7) or normal saline. The treatment will be randomly assigned meaning that it is determined purely by chance, and neither the participant nor study investigators will know which treatment is received. Blood pressure, heart rate, breathing rate, and oxygen in the blood will be measured continuously while giving angiotensin-(1-7) or normal saline. During the last 45 minutes of the treatment, resting energy expenditure will be measured again and additional blood samples taken. Participants will also have the option of allowing for a small piece of fat to be taken from under the skin in the abdominal region (fat tissue biopsy). Participants will then be allowed to recover for at least 20 minutes and then all equipment will be removed. After the study visit, a nurse will contact participants to check on general well-being and answer any questions.

$25 per hour; additional $75 for fat tissue biopsy

We aim to study how minoritized students perceive multimodal cues in instructional materials to improve STEM teaching for their STEM identity development.

To participate in the study at Penn State, students will be accompanied with their parent or a legal guardian. During the 40-minute session, participants will be asked to complete a brief survey and take part in an interview.

$50

A phase 3 clinical trial to investigate the effectiveness and safety of a study drug in subjects in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

You will be required to attend 8 in-person visits at the Hershey Medical Center over the span of approximately one year. During the study you will have physical examinations, complete questionnaires, review your medical history and current medications, have vital signs and ECGs taken, have blood tests performed, complete pulmonary function testing, and potentially have a high resolution CT scan done. You will take the inhaled treprostinil or placebo daily at home throughout the study.

This is a study to test whether a widely-used drug, hydroxychloroquine, might slow the progression of lupus like features in individuals who are at high risk for developing systemic lupus erythematosus. This will be measured by the accumulation of clinical and laboratory features of lupus. The study will randomize subjects to the active drug, hydroxychloroquine, or placebo, with an equal chance of receiving either treatment. The study treatment lasts approximately 2 years with visits approximately every 3 months.

Visits occur every 3 months for 2 years, Vitals signs and blood draws will occur at every visit.

Examine associations between biologic factors (genetic, epigenetic, transcriptomic, metabolomic) and environmental factors (family psychosocial dynamics, environmental allergens, diet, microbiome) in developing children, and their relationship with health and disease over the lifespan.

Depending on the age your child is when they are enrolled into the study will determine their designated enrollment group (Cohort 1, Cohort 2, Cohort 3, or Cohort 4) to determine how many study visits are required to complete participation in the study.For Cohort 1 participants (for infants enrolled at age 5-50 days):-11 study visits total -Each study visit includes surveys that assess your child's growth and development that you can complete via your email-Each study visit includes at minimum a saliva swab sample**Infants will be asked to collect a stool sample for 3 study visits-Optional mother participant for breast-feeding mothers who will agree to provide a small breast milk sample for 3 study visits.For Cohort 2 participants (for children enrolled at age ~24 months):-8 study visits total -Each study visit includes surveys that assess your child's growth and development that you can complete via your email-Each study visit includes a saliva swab sample**Children will be asked to collect a stool sample for 1 study visitFor Cohort 3 participants (for children enrolled at age 5-7 years):-5 study visits total -Each study visit includes surveys that assess your child's growth and development that you can complete via your email-Each study visit includes a saliva swab sampleFor Cohort 4 participants (for children enrolled at age 12-14 years):-2 study visits total -Each study visit includes surveys that assess your child's growth and development that you can complete via your email-Each study visit includes a saliva swab sample

30-100

This study looks at understanding eating behaviors and attitudes toward food in children/adolescents. More specifically the study's goal is to compare those with and without food allergies to gain a better understanding of a possible underlying factor towards certain behaviors. Children and their caregivers will complete a survey composed of a short section on the child's medical history regarding allergies followed with questions in commonly used clinical assessments.

Anxiety can emerge as early as pre-school age (4-7) and is often linked to anxiety in the parent. This study will examine patterns of brain and behavioral synchrony in parent-child pairs as they complete puzzles together and other social activities.

Participation requires three steps; a remote video session with the primary parent, an in-lab visit scheduled with the primary parent and child, and then an additional set of questionnaires given to the secondary caregiver.The remote session consists of obtaining consent, 2 questionnaires, and a clinical interview. The in-lab visit typically lasts about 2-3 hours, consisting of two parent-child activities and several child-only activities. Participants will be asked to wear mobile eye-tracking glasses and special caps used to measures brain activity during some of the tasks.

$125, $100 for the primary parent/or child and $25 for secondary parent

Average global temperatures and the number of heat waves have increased recently. Humans sweat and increase blood flow to the skin to cool their body when they get hot. Older adults (>65 yrs) do not do this as well as younger adults. This makes them at risk for heat-related illnesses. It is important to learn about cooling strategies that will lower body temperature for older adults in the heat. In this study, we will determine if placing your hands and forearms in cold water and/or supplementation with folic acid are effective cooling strategies for older adults resting in the heat.

There will be 4 in-person visits in a hot and humid environment, there will be folic acid supplementation and placebo for 6 weeks each

300

The objective of this protocol is to study urothelial cancer with detailed health history, tumor and/or normal tissues available for genomic sequencing to study cancers in the bladder, upper urinary tract, and urethra. There will be 3 groups of subjects in this study:1)Urothelial cancer patients receiving care at Penn State Health2)Relatives of patients with urothelial cancer3)High risk-cohort of individuals with family history of urothelial cancers or inherited cancer syndromes (such as Lynch syndrome) candidates for urothelial cancer screening evaluation

All subjects will be asked to fill out questionnaires to assess risk factors for urinary cancer and document family history of cancer. You will be asked to provide a blood sample and urine sample for genetic testing. Patients with urothelial cancer will be asked to allow us to test leftover tissue from a past or future biopsy to test cancer and/or normal cells for certain mutations. We may also ask you for a saliva sample, cheek swab, skin biopsy, or nail clippings for comparison.

The broad goal of this project is to provide both theoretical and algorithmic solutions for efficient adaptive federated learning, as well as build practical adaptive federated learning systems for real-world applications.

Each participant carrying or wearing a smart device will conduct six activities, including (a) Wiping the whiteboard; (b) Walking; (c) Moving a suitcase; (d) Rotating the chair; (e) Sitting; (f) Standing up and sitting down. We will collect nine signals from each smart device, including three axes of the accelerometer, three axes of the gyroscope, and three axes of the magnetometer.

$20

The purpose of this study is to create a tool that will evaluate a patients social determinants of health, which is the environment in which someone is born, works and lives. This tool could provide information to physicians that could help the patient avoid negative health outcomes.

This is a questionnaire study that seeks to discover the prevalence of food insecurity at PSU's University Park campus over the course of a semester and the relationship between long-term food insecurity and academic outcomes, as mediated by mental health and sleep outcomes.

Opioid-related overdose deaths and incarceration rates have skyrocketed and have disproportionately affected women. Despite having a higher burden of substance use disorders and HIV/AIDS than criminal justice-involved (CJI) men, CJI women are less likely to have access to substance use and HIV treatment. This qualitative study will conduct in-depth interviews with CJI women, MAT providers, and criminal justice professionals to identify facilitators and barriers to illicit opioid use cessation and related issues among CJI women.

This research study is being done to understand how different techniques for practicing sentences are affected by healthy aging. This will help us create better language therapy for people with aphasia.

There will be one visit. It can be in-person or over Zoom. We will ask you to fill out a questionnaire about yourself, complete a brief cognitive assessment, and complete a sentence production task. This visit should only last about 90 minutes.

up to $15

The purpose of this study is to assess if a healthy diet containing cottonseed oil improves markers of heart and metabolic health compared to healthy diets containing other commonly consumed plant oils. Participants will be asked to consume three different healthy diets containing plant oils for 28 days each, with a minimum 1-month break between the three diets. Measurements of blood markers (sugar, insulin, cholesterol), blood pressure, and heart health, will be done at the start of the study and the end of each diet period.

In this study, you will be asked to consume three different diets for 28 days each. The diets will be provided and include 3 meals, 2 snacks and beverages daily. These diets will meet your energy and nutrient needs. You will be asked not to eat any foods outside of what is provided by the study. You will have a minimum 1-month break between the three diets. Testing will be conducted on two consecutive days at the start of the study, and the end of each of the three diet periods (a total of 8 testing days). For these visits, you will need to fast for 12 hours prior and avoid alcohol for 48 hours prior. At these visits, we will take a blood draw, measure your body weight, and perform non-invasive tests to assess your vascular health.

500

In this work, we wish to explore how social learning can be promoted in the case of adaptive learning.

Poor maternal nutrition is linked to poor birth outcomes. Current vitamin and mineral recommendations in pregnancy are based on limited data mostly from animal models and non-pregnant people. This study seeks to improve our understanding of the amounts of vitamins and minerals that are needed during pregnancy, to improve the health of women and newborns, especially in low-and middle-income countries. Nutrients travel around the body in blood, therefore part of the research is to understand how much blood and the watery component of blood (plasma) increases in pregnancy. This is a collaborative study with George Washington University (lead PI is there). The Penn State team will conduct pilot work to establish a method for measuring plasma volume in 2 phases. In phase 1, nonpregnant will be asked to attend one visit and plasma volume will be measured by injecting indocyanine-green (ICG, a green dye) and hydroxyethyl starch (HES, a form of starch) through an IV in the arm. In phase 2, pregnant women will be asked to attend 2 visits that are 4 weeks apart, but only HES (the starch) will be injected. For both phases (1 and 2), blood draws will occur at each visit and other non-invasive measurements will also be taken (e.g. weight, height, blood pressure). Each visit should take less than 2 hours and will be conducted at the Clinical Research Center in Noll Laboratory on the Penn State campus.

In phase 1, nonpregnant will be asked to attend one visit and plasma volume will be measured by injecting indocyanine-green (ICG, a green dye) and hydroxyethyl starch (HES, a form of starch) through an IV in the arm. In phase 2, pregnant women will be asked to attend 2 visits that are 4 weeks apart, but only HES (the starch) will be injected. For both phases (1 and 2), blood draws will occur at each visit and other non-invasive measurements will also be taken (e.g. weight, height, blood pressure). Each visit should take less than 2 hours and will be conducted at the Clinical Research Center in Noll Laboratory on the Penn State campus.

$50 per visit

This one-time survey seeks to understand both patient and provider perspectives of and preferences for a predictive test for side effects among breast cancer patients treated with an aromatase inhibitor (AI).

Complete a one-time electronic survey asking for opinions on a predictive test for side effects of aromatase inhibitor (AI) breast cancer treatments.

The purpose of the study is to examine how individuals change over time and what impacts their development. In particular, we are interested in mental health outcomes in young adulthood. Participants will be required to complete a survey one time that will take about 10-15 minutes to complete. Participants will be eligible to win a $10.00 amazon gift card.

A Phase 2 Clinical Trial to assess whether study drug DWN12088 is safe and effective in Patients With Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

During this study, you will be asked to come to in-person visits at the Hershey Medical Center over a period of 6 months During that time you will visit the study center 8 times and have various tests done including: signing informed consent, providing demographics, having a chest CT scan, reviewing medical history, having a physical exam done, having vital signs and an ECG taken, having bloodwork done, receiving study drug, receiving patient diaries, having study drug administered, performing lung function tests (spirometry, DLCO and 6-minute walk test), and completing questionnaires.

Evaluating if an immersive virtual reality experience of storm surge flooding gives people an understanding of the scale of the flooding and increases their risk perception of such flooding compared to a non-immersive desktop experience.

A study of the safety and efficacy of removing the total body irradiation part of the treatment of pediatric patients with B-ALL who are negative before their transplant to a sensitive sequencing test which measures minimal residual disease.

•Bone marrow and blood tests: for about a year extra bone marrow and blood will be collected for the disease NGS-MRD (next-generation-sequence minimal residual disease) testing to detect if you have any leukemia.•Let the research team record information from your medical record related to your condition and the treatment you receive.•If your NGS-MRD testing before your transplant shows that you are eligible for the Non-TBI (Total Body Irradiation) Arm of the study, it will be explained to you in a different consent form.

The purpose of this study is to investigate why some individuals who have a few findings of autoimmunity eventually develop a condition such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). In addition to stored biosamples from the SMILE clinical trial, new samples will be collected from persons with findings such as lab tests that are suggestive of lupus with an emphasis on recruitment of individuals ofnon-European ancestry, who were under-represented in the previous clinical trial.

Participants in this study will answer questions about their health and have a short physical exam performed on them. They will provide a blood and urine sample. These procedures will be repeated every twelve months for three years (a total of four times). Both routine and experimental tests will be performed on the blood and urine samples. Genetic studies will be done to help understand the risk of developing lupus.

We are conducting a series of focus groups to examine why people use technologies driven by artificial intelligence, and what gratifications people gain from those interactions. This is part of a larger project to understand human-AI interaction (HAII), a relatively new concept in the field of human-computer interaction. Our goal is to help pioneer a definition of HAII by first understanding the basics of how and why people use AI-driven technologies. Focus groups will consist of 5-10 people and will take no more than one hour to complete. All consenting adults near the State College area are welcome to participate.

This research is being done to study the deterioration of the central olfactory system (sense of smell system) in the brains of patients diagnosed with early- stage Parkinson’s disease.

This trial will be comparing two doses of AAV2-hAQP1 against a placebo for patients with head and neck cancer who have severe dry mouth from receiving radiation.

Patient's will be required to come to all study visits, reports any signs and symptoms they are having and all medications they are taking. You will be required to come in for 2 pre screening visits that will include signing the consent, collecting of saliva, completing questionnaires, seeing the study doctor, having blood drawn, providing a urine specimen to see if you qualify to participate. If you meet the qualifications to participate you will have one visit in which you will receive medication to dry your mouth, than the study doctor will place the medication into the glands in your mouth that produce saliva. You will then be requires to come in the next week for additional saliva collection and to see the study doctor. After that you will come in monthly to see the study doctor too see how you are feeling,complete questionnaires and provide a urine specimen.

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The community of remote learners is on the rise. With the trends of application and skill based knowledge, more and more people are migrating to the learn while you work paradigm. People value flexibility and comfort increasingly. Penn State is one of the few Universities propagating the cause of spreading knowledge via all modalities. The 33,302 students spread across its 19 commonwealth campuses are further a testimony to the prevalent trends. It is important that all these students receive an integrated and cohesive student experience. This also covers the need for the students to feel a sense of social belongingness. The work will focus on bringing together the Penn State community to achieve the true essence of it’s chant WeAre!