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Integrative Science for Healthy Aging Research Registry
Principal Investigator: Julia Sheffler, PhD
We are inviting anyone aged 40 and older who is interested in being contacted for future research studies to complete a brief survey (~5) about yourself and your interest in different types of lifestyle and disease prevention research. Information from this survey will be used by our team to help determine your eligibility for future studies and contact you with studies that may be of interest. You are making no commitment to be involved in future studies by completing this survey.
Who Can Participate:
- Anyone 40 years or older is eligible to complete the survey. If you do not have access to a computer to complete the survey, a member of our team can complete it with you by phone or in-person.
Duration:
- Around five minutes.
Compensation:
- $5 e-gift card for completing the survey.
Primary Contact: Julia Sheffler, PhD; julia.sheffler@med.fsu.edu; 850-644-4199
Networks Across the Lifespan
Principal Investigator: Caterina Gratton, PhD
Looking for participants in a study that looks at how the brain changes across the lifespan. The study consists of collecting behavioral and MRI data.
Who Can Participate:
- Ages 36-75 years
- No non-removable metal
- Native English speaker
- No history of neurological or psychiatric disorders
Duration:
- Up to 8 lab visits over 1-3 months
Compensation:
- Participants may earn up to $540
Primary Contact: Gretchen; grattonlaboratory@gmail.com; 702-203-5302
Supporting Physical & Mental Health in Veterans with Heart Failure (CARE-HF)
Principal Investigator: Lucinda J. Graven, PhD, APRN, FAHA, FAAN
We are inviting those living with heart failure to participate in a 12-week tailored intervention delivered by a registered nurse over the telephone, designed to improve problem-solving, and support physical and mental health in the home. As a component of the intervention, tailored heart failure self-care education will be provided.
Who Can Participate:
- This study is open to all U.S. citizens who have been diagnosed with heart failure (rural and urban residents). All participants must be English-Speaking.
Duration:
- Eight telehealth sessions over 12 weeks. These sessions are conducted weekly for the first month and every other week for the next two months.
Compensation:
- Up to $100 gift card, based on study completion.
Primary Contact: Lucinda J. Graven, PhD, APRN, FAHA, FAAN; lgraven@fsu.edu; 850-644-5601
Resistance Exercise Training Modulation of Fat Metabolism in Obese Postmenopausal Women
Principal Investigators: Robert Hickner, PhD, and Michael Ormsbee, PhD
This study examines changes in body composition, physical fitness, and metabolism in postmenopausal women after completing 12 weeks of either resistance or aerobic exercise training.
Who Can Participate:
- Women between the ages of 50-70 years old who have completed menopause, have excess body fat, and are at risk of developing type II diabetes
- Prospective subjects should not be on any medications to treat chronic disease conditions, not currently partaking in exercise, nor have any cardiorespiratory or musculoskeletal condition that would limit their ability to exercise.
Duration:
- 12 weeks
Compensation:
- Up to $1,000 upon study completion
Primary Contact: Cameron McCarthy; cmm21n@fsu.edu; 770-533-0364
The Effect of Speech Rehabilitation Based on Mobile Application for People with Dysarthria After Stroke: A Single-center, Investigator-blinded, Randomized, Cross-Over Trial
Principal Investigator: Yunjung Kim, PhD
This study develops and tests a smartphone application to be used for speech therapy for stroke survivors. The application allows patients to receive personalized treatment remotely, as an effort to improve accessibility and convenience of speech rehabilitation services.
Who Can Participate:
- Stroke survivors who are 18 years or older with speech intelligibility deficits.
- Individuals who have no problems using a smartphone application (physically and cognitively).
- Native speakers of English who can read and write.
- Individuals without other neurological conditions (e.g. dementia, Pick's disease, Huntington's disease, Parkinson's disease, or Parkinsonism)
- Individuals without severe mental illness (e.g. schizophrenia, severe depression, alcohol or substance abuse disorders).
Duration:
- Individuals will actively participate in a 4-week clinical trial of our remote speech therapy program using the application, which will be installed to your cellphone for free.
Compensation:
- $200 upon study completion
Primary Contact: Haley Willms; haw23a@fsu.edu
LGBTQ Retirement Planning Study
Principal Investigator: Koji Ueno, PhD
A research team invites LGBTQ people to participate in an interview study that focuses on their thoughts and plans for retirement as well as their experiences of retirement transitions.
Who Can Participate:
- Identify as non-heterosexual or non-cisgender
- Age between 60 and 75
- Currently working (Those who have previously retired are not eligible for the study, even if they are currently working.)
- Live in the United States
Duration:
- One 60 minute virtual interview over Zoom.
Compensation:
- $25 Amazon gift card
Primary Contact: Koji Ueno, PhD; kueno@fsu.edu; 850-273-8108
How Does My Brain Hear? Speech Understanding and Emotion Perception
Principal Investigator: Zilong Xie, PhD
A research team invites you to participate in a research study to investigate how our brains process speech sounds as we age. In this study, you will listen and respond to speech sounds in a quiet room. You may also undergo testing of brain responses, in which sensors will be placed on your head to record brain waves specific to hearing.
Who Can Participate:
- Aged 18 years and older
- Native English speaker
- Normal or corrected-to-normal vision
- Normal or near-normal hearing
- No history of psychiatric or neurological disorders
- No history of use of psychiatric medication
Compensation:
- $15 hourly stipend
Primary Contact: Hayley Krush; hearlab@cci.fsu.edu; 850-645-3174
Environments of Health and Socializing in Florida's Capital Region
Principal Investigator: Amber DeJohn, PhD
Environments of Health and Socializing in Florida's Capital Region
Who Can Participate:
- Adults at least 55 years old
- Those living in Leon, Wakulla, Gadsden or Jefferson County
Duration:
- The main survey takes roughly 15 minutes
Compensation:
- Up to $15 upon completion of the initial and second survey
Primary Contact: Dr. Amber DeJohn; amber.dejohn@fsu.edu; 448-488-5805
The Mousa Lab Blood Bank
Principal Investigator: Jarrod Mousa, PhD
The goal of this study is to create a biorepository of human blood samples for the study of immunity to infectious diseases.
Who Can Participate:
- Those between the ages of 18 and 65 years old.
- Those weighing more than 110 lbs.
- Those fluent in English.
Compensation:
- $20 gift card for each sample
Primary Contact: Jarrod Mousa, PhD; jarrod.mousa@med.fsu.edu; 850-644-1214
Cognitive Aging in Middle-Aged and Older Adults with Neurofibromatosis Type 1: Patterns and Predictors
Principal Investigator: Yang Hou
This study aims to discover how cognition varies across ages in adults with NF1, how cognition patterns differ between adults with and without NF1, and how NF1-related factors and psychosocial factors are associated with cognition.
Who Can Participate:
- Adults 40 years of age and/ older
- Must be diagnosed with Neurofibromatosis 1 (NF1)
- Those fluent in English
- Must be a resident of the United States
Duration:
- Participation will include an in-person visit to obtain a medical history, some measurements (height, weight, blood pressure, etc.), and draw a single vial of blood. The entire meeting will take no longer than 40-45 minutes.
Compensation:
- $40 upon study completion
Primary Contact: Yang Hao; dearlab@med.fsu.edu; 850-645-6897
HippoCamera and Depression Study
Principal Investigator: Valerie Sainterant
This study is interested in researching if hippoCamera memory replay can help increase the mood of older adults with depression, while it also helps improve memories.p>
Who Can Participate:
- Adults 65 years of age and/ older
- Those without neurological disorders (NF1)
- Those without a history of seizures
- Must own a smartphone/table with a camera
Duration:
- Participation will include an in-person visit to obtain a medical history, some measurements (height, weight, blood pressure, etc.), and draw a single vial of blood. The entire meeting will take no longer than 40-45 minutes.
Compensation and free parking provided.
Primary Contact: Valeria Saiterant; vs18b@fsu.edu; 850-645-0655