The purpose of this study is to understand the motives and objectives of Black podcasters. This study seeks to interview Black podcasters to hear, in their own words, how podcasting has contributed to their own lives - particularly as they are able to broadcast personal conversations to national audiences. This study is important to political communication research that often ignores marginalized voices.

Party identity is thought of as highly important social identity in political science. However, most scholars assume party identity is unlikely to change over the course of one's life after it is set in one's formative years. I argue that large changes in people's social networks may be capable of affecting one's party identity. Thus, I'm conducting a panel study to see if changes in one's social network are associated with changes in one's party identity.

The purpose of this research is to learn about local level planning processes related to wildland fire smoke events and public health. Individuals who are members of local smoke planning teams will be invited to participate in this project. The data collection methods include interviews with local planning team members. These interviews will be completed by phone, however, if a participant requests to submit written responses, the interview guide will be shared and the participant may return the guide with their responses to the questions. Findings will be used to develop and improve resources to support communities prepare for wildland fire smoke events.

Outcome measures are ways we tell how well babies are doing in the hospital or after going home. Outcome measures used in research may not be the best. One reason is that medications, devices, or care practices can affect many different organ systems, so it is important evaluate more than one area. Another is deciding whether to measure outcomes while the infant is still in the hospital or to wait see how the infant is doing after going home. That decision is complex; one consideration is that some families cannot be reached after going home and their valuable information is lost. Finally, researchers and doctors often view outcomes differently than families. While it is important researchers and doctors make sure outcomes are valid and medically relevant, it is just as important to understand parents' and caregivers' opinions on outcome measures.

To understand the unique experiences of low-wage, front-line, health workers and identify strategies to support them during the pandemic, we will conduct in-depth qualitative interviews in three states (CA, PA, and NC) with workers across three parts of the health system (ambulatory, hospital, and long-term care settings).

The purpose of this research study is to see study and enhance design thinking pedagogy across four institutions of higher education in North Carolina and to refine methods for a larger, longitudinal study to start Spring 2021. Design thinking pedagogy is under-studied and we want to identify best practices for teaching it and share more about student and faculty experiences across institutions.

The purpose of the study is to develop effective, sustainable strategies for promoting rapid, REMOTE risk communication strategies for COVID-19 and future public health crises, by using the power of social connections within rural, Black faith communities. This pilot is conducted in partnership with Word Tabernacle Church in Rocky Mount, NC. We will develop COVID-19 risk communication packages for congregation members with and without access to technology, with the hope of sharing broadly to other rural faith communities in the future.

The purpose of this research study is to determine whether and how OB/GYN residency prepares trainees to deliver bad news to patients and families.

We are looking to identify proteins in the blood that may contribute to scarring of a heart valve

Our goal is to compare the research experiences of people who are in the Accelerated Research Program at UNC to people who are not in the program to see how well the program is working.