Even 3 years past initial lockdown, the COVID-19 pandemic is still a relatively new phenomenon in the world of sociology that leaves a lot to be explored. My senior thesis project aims to investigate an unexplored corner in this gap, specifically parenting and higher education. I'm interested in researching teaching instructors (professors, teaching graduate students, etc.) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill who had parenting responsibilities through the COVID-19 pandemic while working at the university. I want to explore how the shift to online working/teaching affected parenthood and work/life balance, as well as the return to on-campus teaching. Although it will be an in-depth exploration, I'm specifically interested in what parts of parenting became easier during the pandemic and what instructors miss about the pandemic, and what this reveals about the gaps in higher education work culture.

We would like to learn about how people who apply for healthcare financial assistance experience the application process, including things that make the application process work well or that were challenging. At this time we are not able to offer interviews to people who applied to UNC or Duke, we are interested in hearing from people who applied to other programs (such as Atrium, Novant, Wake, Vidant, ECU, Cape Fear Health Net, Physicians Reach Out, or Project Access).

In this study, we want to learn more about the experiences and activities of high school-aged youth after a neurological event. This study will also help us to understand the perspectives of youth and a parent/caregiver through photos and stories.

This is a survey study to help us learn more about how high schoolers engage in life activities after an unexpected health event. The results of the study will be used to inform healthcare providers and educators so they can help teenagers do things they want to after these health events.

In this study, we want to learn more about how stress related to COVID-19 can affect behaviors and the way that genes work (epigenetics) in healthcare workers. This study focuses on healthcare workers because they are in the frontline of the pandemic.

We study how the immune system protects against viruses and bacteria without causing excessive harm to organs like the lungs, heart, and kidneys. We need a small amount of blood to study how immune cells ("white blood cells") turn on important proteins when they sense a bacteria or virus nearby.

Do you have a child, aged 6 months to 17 years of age, who is planning on receiving the COVID-19 vaccine or booster dose?   We are currently conducting a clinical research study to learn about how the levels of PFAS "forever chemicals" in your child's blood impact their immune system response to the COVID-19 vaccine.   Compensation provided.

In this study, we will follow people who were diagnosed with COVID-19 for the next 18 months. By joining, you will help researchers learn more about the factors that affect symptoms, re-infection, and long COVID-19. Participants who live close to Chapel Hill may be able to take part in an additional study that includes nose swabs and blood draws.

The purpose of this research study is to identify changes in the language during the COVID-19 pandemic in population with or without a history of trauma.

The purpose of this study is to understand the perspectives of middle schoolers as they have navigated schooling during the COVID-19 pandemic.