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Recruiting Adolescent Participants!
The UAB Office of Psychiatric Research is actively recruiting participants for an Adolescent Depression Study and wants to connect with you on our research! Whether you are needing someone to talk to, or even have no history of mental health conditions and are just wanting to further knowledge within the medical and mental health field, we would love to get you involved!
Our Adolescent Study is a Non-Treatment Study. Our Non-Treatment Studies do NOT involve testing a new medication or intervention. Instead, these studies focus on understanding behaviors and experiences of mental health conditions via interviews, tests, or surveys.
COMPENSATION IS PROVIDED FOR BOTH PARENT AND CHILD!
For more information, please reach out to the UAB Office of Psychiatric Research at (205) 934-2484 or go to https://tinyurl.com/UABpsychiatricresearch and our team will be in contact with you shortly!
UAB Office of Psychiatric Research - Recruiting Interested Participants!
The UAB Office of Psychiatric Research is actively recruiting participants for our studies and wants to connect with you on our research! Whether you are needing someone to talk to, or even have no history of mental health conditions and are just wanting to further knowledge within the medical and mental health field, we would love to get you involved!
Our studies can be broken down into two different categories:
1) TREATMENT STUDIES – Our Treatment Studies are designed to evaluate the effectiveness of new antidepressants on individuals living with Major Depressive Disorder or Treatment-Resistant Depression.
2) NON-TREATMENT STUDIES – Our Non-Treatment Studies do NOT involve testing a new medication or intervention. Instead, these studies focus on understanding behaviors and experiences of mental health conditions via interviews, tests, or surveys.
COMPENSATION IS PROVIDED!
For more information, please reach out to the UAB Office of Psychiatric Research at (205) 934-2484 or go to: https://tinyurl.com/UABpsychiatricresearch and our team will be in contact with you shortly!
Have anxiety? Want to learn calligraphy? Join our research study!
Want to learn calligraphy?
Help us explore the effects of guided calligraphy training on mental health!
Check eligibility and sign up here: https://sites.uab.edu/calligraphyresearch
BENEFITS
Learn calligraphy with live instructor • Free online calligraphy training course • Free calligraphy supplies • Drawings for gift cards • Improve manual dexterity
PURPOSE
This is a pilot study to assess the feasibility of performing virtually administered art therapy research, as well as a preliminary study to explore whether calligraphy training affects anxiety levels in healthy individuals with mild to moderate anxiety.
TIME & LOCATION
All meetings and training sessions will be held on Zoom. Participation includes up to a total of 15 hours of time over 12 calendar weeks—an intro meeting, 4 training sessions, a debriefing meeting, and 15 minutes a day of practice--5 days a week for 4 weeks. Pending full recruitment, training classes will be held in January-February 2025.
HOW TO ENROLL
To learn more, check eligibility and sign up, click here: https://sites.uab.edu/calligraphyresearch
Are you over 18, generally healthy, and assigned male at birth?
Research study to find out if a new contact lens can treat nearsightedness in children
We are conducting a research study to find out if a new contact lens can treat nearsightedness in children.
You can be a part of this study if you:
- Are 8-12 Years old
- Need glasses or contact lens to see well at far objects
- Are willing to wear contact lenses
The study includes 6 visits over a year and you will receive contact lenses, lens fitting, and lens prescription free!!
If eligible, you will be compensated $250 at the completion of the study for your time and participation.
For more information, contact Sindhu Gurrala at sgurral2@uab.edu or (205) 975-3881 or study principal investigator Dr. Safal Kanal at skhanal@uab.edu or (205) 934-4558.
Vision Rehabilitation Research
Interested in being part of vision rehabilitation research for healthy older adults aged 50-59 to lay the foundation of using a new device?
Here is an overview of what our study will involve!
The purpose of this study?
- Calculate baseline data for Bioness Integrated Therapy System (BITS) and identify its clinical implications in treating visual impairments.
- Compare the baseline data of Bioness Integrated Therapy System (BITS) to Dynavision for visual scanning.
Who are we looking for?
- Healthy adults aged 50-59 without physical, visual, or cognitive impairment and with no history of seizures or balance problems.
- Adults who are able to walk without assistive devices and are English speakers.
What would you have to do in 60 minutes?
- Fill out a short survey for demographic data.
- Quick functional screening of upper extremities.
- Perform four tests on BITS.
- Perform four tests on Dynavision.
Participants will receive a $25 gift card.
To participate in the study, please fill out this short survey:
https://uab.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_exEYGMKXxc230p0
For more information, please contact us at almulhim@uab.edu