Past Research Projects – D2D: The Driven to Discover Research Facility

2019 Research Projects

Study Title	Eligibility	Investigators / Department	Estimated Enrollment (# of 5-hour shifts)
Combating Invasive Carp via Genetic Engineering	Age 18+	Michael Smanski, PhD CBS, BMBB and Biotechnology Institute	701 (3)
Hello! My Name is IGDI: Testing Preschool Literacy	Children 4 years old	Scott McConnell, PhD & Alisha Wackerle-Hollman, PhD CEHD, Educational Psychology	115 (3)
Where does my money go?	Age 18+	Virginia Zuiker, PhD CEHD, Family Social Science	670 (3)
24-Carrot Advice	Age 18+	Staci Gallahue & Leonard Marquart, PhD, RD CFANS, Food Science and Nutrition	952 (4)
The Nutrient Cascade: How Fresh is your Freshwater?	Age 18+	Leanna Leverich CFANS, Soil, Water & Climate	597 (2)
Got milk? Goat milk? Oat milk?	Age 18+	Kota Minegishi, PhD CFANS, Applied Economics	1344 (7)
Bug Appetit	All ages	Sujaya Rao, PhD CFANS, Entomology	123 (1)
Can you hear me? Check it hear!	Age 18+	Evelyn Davies-Venn, PhD CLA, Speech-Language-Hearing-Sciences	368 (3)
Is that a yes or no?	Children aged 4-10 years with typical development	Timothy Huang, MS & Lizbeth Finestack, PhD CLA, Speech-Language-Hearing-Sciences	65 (2)
Are You Sure About That?	Ages 18-80, normal or corrected-to-normal vision	Iris Vilares, PhD CLA, Psychology	150 (3)
You be the judge!	Age 18+	Charlene Zhang & Nathan Kuncel, PhD CLA, Psychology	410 (2)
Lend a HAND for 3D SCANS	Ages 15+	Linsey Griffin, PhD College of Design, Design, Housing, & Apparel	410 (7)
Strong bodies, Strong minds	Families with preschool and elementary-aged children	Mary Stenson, PhD & Catherine Bohn-Gettler, PhD College of St. Benedict/St. John’s University, Exercise Science and Sports Studies	68 (1)
Got [my kind of] milk?	Age 18+	Julie Adamchick, DVM & Andres Perez, DVM, PhD College of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary Population Medicine	918 (3)
Under Pressure	Age 18+	Kristin Lefebvre, DPT & Amy Toonstra, DPT Concordia University, Doctor of Physical Therapy	106 (1)
Got Staph?	Age 18+	Mandy Brosnahan, PhD & Taylor Mach, PhD Concordia University, Science	242 (1)
Top Drone	Ages 18 and older, normal vision or vision corrected to normal by contact lenses	Courtney Hutton & Evan Suma Rosenberg, PhD CSE, Computer Science & Engineering	22 (1)
Why did the chicken cross the RCI?	Age 18+, Licensed Driver, No history of motion, sea, or car sickness, No medical issues that restrict driving	Nichole Morris, PhD & Curtis Craig, PhD CSE, Mechanical Engineering	340 (4)
Create your own 3D Avatar	Age 10+	Hyun Soo Park, PhD CSE, Computer Science and Engineering	450 (6)
CoRobotic Printing: Can you outperform a surgeon?	Age 18+	Rebecca Smith & Timothy Kowalewski, PhD CSE, Mechanical Engineering
Guided Navigation in Virtual Reality	20/20 (or corrected to 20/20) vision, no history of severe motion sickness, not currently pregnant	Evan Suma Rosenberg, PhD CSE, Computer Science & Engineering	72 (2)
Potholes and politics: How to patch them up?	All MN residents aged 18+	Kathy Quick, PhD Humphrey School of Public Affairs	884 (4)
Contrasperm: the Future of Male Birth Control	People aged 18-45 years, Currently or previously sexually active, Use of birth control to prevent pregnancy	Christy Boraas, MD Medical School, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women’s Health	605 (4)
The Mystery of Palliative Care	Age 18+	Chen Chen, MD & Deanna Teoh, MD Medical School, Obstetrics, Gynecology & Women’s Health, Gynecologic Oncology	1608 (4)
Let’s Talk About Sex	Age 18+	Jennifer Connor, PhD & Abby Girard, PsyD Medical School, Family Medicine & Community Health	555 (3)
The Brain Games	Ages 12-25	Meredith Gunlicks-Stoessel, PhD, LP Medical School, Psychiatry, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry	445 (6)
The Menopause Study	Women who are peri or post-menopausal	Manda Keller-Ross, PhD, DPT Medical School, Physical Therapy	500 (6)
Circumcision: A Complicated Issue	Age 18+	Jane Lewis, MD Medical School, Urology	1000 (6)
Measure of a man or just a mess? Opinions on male sexual functions	Age 18+, sexually active	Maria Ordonez, MD Medical School, Urology	200 (2)
CMV @ D2D	Kids age 0-5 and their parents, MN resident	Logan Spector, PhD & Mark Schleiss, MD Medical School, Pediatrics	150 (3)
What do Women Want?? Living Longer, Living Well for Women over 60	Women aged 60 and over	Carrie Terrell, MD Medical School, Dept of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women’s Health	317 (2)
No peeking! Where is your hand?	Children ages 3 to 17, individuals age 14 years and younger must be with a parent or guardian	Lucie Turcotte, MD & Jürgen Konczak, PhD Medical School, Pediatrics	167 (6)
Your Sneak Peek into your body	Ages 18 and older, not currently pregnant	Ann Van de Winckel, PhD Medical School, Division of Physical Therapy, Division of Rehabilitation Science, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine	344 (3)
All Aboard the Brain Train	Aged 18-80	Sophia Vinogradov, MD Medical School, Psychiatry	330 (5)
Test Your Sunscreen IQ!	Age 18+	Lindsey Voller Medical School, Dermatology	496 (1)
To Mesh or Not To Mesh?	Females ages 18 and older, Males ages 18 and older with a current female partner	Danielle Westenberg, MD & John Fischer, MD Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women’s Health	1200 (4)
What’s preventing the prevention?	Women age 18 or older	Annelise Wilhite, MD & Rahel Ghebre, MD Medical School, Gynecologic Oncology	1649 (4)
You’re a Citizen Scientist!	Everybody!	Sarah Coleman, MBA Medical School, Psychiatry	81 – Recruitment Only (1)
Cheese, curd you contribute to eating disorders research?	Females ages 18 to 55	Scott Crow, MD Medical School, Psychiatry	161 – Recruitment Only (2)
Brain Health in Girls and Young Women: The Future is Female!	Females, ages 12-24	Kathryn Cullen, MD Medical School, Psychiatry	339 – Recruitment Only (5)
10,000 Families Study	Do you live in Minnesota? Do you have a family member living in Minnesota? Are you 18 years or older?	Logan Spector, PhD Medical School, Pediatrics	1178 – Recruitment Only (10)
Brains on a Stick!	Youth ages 8-16, Parent/Guardian of an 8-16 year old	Jeff Wozniak, PhD, LP Medical School, Psychiatry	48 – Recruitment Only (2)
Your dentist said what?	Parents of children between the ages of 9 and 17	Cyndee Stull, MDH & Elise Sarvas, DDS School of Dentistry, Dept of Dental Primary Care/Division of Dental Hygiene	219 (3)
How Does Your Child Mooove?	Parents of children ages 2 to 7 years who are meeting developmental milestones	Casey Hooke, PhD & Carole Tucker, PhD School of Nursing	224 (2)
Tip Top Kids	Kids & adolescents ages 2 – 17	Wendy Looman, PhD & Peter Scal, MD School of Nursing	374 (3)
#Time’s Up Healthcare	Age 18 and over, Currently employed in healthcare (providing direct patient care or contact) or a health professions student	Carrie Neerland, PhD & Sarah Hoffman, PhD School of Nursing	512 (3)
The CLIMB Child Registry	Adults with children younger than 18	Barbara Beacham, PhD, RN School of Nursing	420 – Recruitment Only (5)
Swishin’ and a Swabbin’ for Science	Smokers/Vapers: ages 18 older, Non-Smoker/Vaper: ages 18-50, Kids ages 7-17, No history of cancer or autoimmune diagnosis	Silvia Balbo, PhD School of Public Health, Masonic Cancer Center & Enviromental Health Sciences	158 (4)
Flu Shot or Not?	1) Adults aged 18-40 and over 65, 2) MN State Resident	Kimberly Bonner, & Nicole Basta, PhD School of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health	1800 (9)
Guardians of the Healthcare Galaxy: Defining Stewardship	Age 18+	Mary Butler, PhD School of Public Health, Health Policy & Mgmt	576 (3)
What Do You Know About Risks for Cancer?	Age 21+	Collin Calvert, MPH School of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology/Community Health	1730 (5)
Dine or Dash?	18+ years of age, MN Resident	Melanie Firestone, MPH & Craig Hedberg, PhD School of Public Health, Environmental Health Sciences	1188 (4)
Are you caring for someone with memory loss?	Age 18+, caring for someone with memory loss	Joe Gaugler, PhD School of Public Health, Health Policy & Mgmt	Recruitment Only (2)
The Veggie Meter Study	Age 18-65, No Chronic Disease Diagnosis, BMI 18.5 – 29.9, Not Pregnant	Melissa Laska, PhD, RD School of Public Health, Epidemiology and Community Health	144 – Recruitment Only (2)
Toys Designed and Tested by Kids for Kids	Children 18 months to 5 years old	Abigail Clarke-Sather, PhD UM-Duluth, Center for Transportation Studies, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering	54 (2)

2018 Research Projects

Study Title	Eligibility	Investigators / Department	Estimated Enrollment (# of 5-hour shifts)
Elderly Health Care Needs	Ages 16 +	Hossein Akhavi-Pour, PhD Hamline University, School of Business	254 (2)
Swishin’ and a Swabbin’ for Science	Smokers, vapors, & smokeless tobacco users ages 18 + OR non-tobacco or e-cigarette users age 8 +	Silvia Balbo, PhD SPH, Environmental Health Sciences	191 (4)
Like Share Follow: #MNResearch	MN resident, ages 18 +	Joyce (Joy) Balls-Berry, PhD Mayo Clinic, Community Engagement in Research Program	487 (3)
Feel the Good Vibrations!	Ages 18 +	Victor Barocas, PhD Amy Moeller, MD CSE, Biomedical Engineering	102 (4)
CLIMB the pathway to better illness management	Children under 18 years of age diagnosed with a lifelong health condition and their family	Barbara Beacham, PhD, MSN, RN School of Nursing	95 – Recruitment Only (5)
Is Precious Metal Mining Sustainable in Minnesota?	Ages 18 +	Ryan Bergstrom, PhD Afton Clarke-Sather, PhD UM Duluth, CLA, Geography, Urban, Environment & Sustainability Studies	117 (1)
Let’s (NOT) make a baby: Perspectives on Long-Acting Birth Control	Women aged 18-40 not currently pregnant never had a hysterectomy or tubal sterilization (‘tubes tied’) sexually active with male(s) in last 12 months not desiring to be pregnant for at least a year	Christy Boraas, MD, MPH Medical School, Ob/Gyn and Women’s Health	421 (3)
Got Staph?	Ages 18 +	Amanda Brosnahan, PhD Taylor Mach, PhD Concordia University, Department of Science	330 (1)
Sunday Sales: the Good, the Bad, and the Boozy	MN resident for at least 3 years Ages 21 +	Collin Calvert, MPH SPH, Epidemiology & Community Health	1385 (4)
Teach the Computer How U Moove	Youth 8-17 and parent/guardian 18+ with or without a tic disorder	Christine Conelea, PhD Gail Bernstein, PhD Medical School, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry	35 (1)
Build-A-Brain: What’s the Connection?	Youth 8-17 accompanied by a parent or legal guardian	Christine Conelea, PhD Medical School, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry	26 (1)
Knock, Knock, Who’s There?	Parent or caregiver of child(ren) aged 6-17 who are enrolled in primary or secondary education (grades 1-12)	Clayton Cook, PhD, LP CEHD, Educational Psychology	133 (2)
Name that Emotion	Children aged 5-13 accompanied by a parent or legal guardian	Clayton Cook, PhD, LP CEHD, Educational Psychology	161 (2)
Games for brains: How does your brain make decisions?	Ages 10-29	Kathryn Cullen, MD Medical School, Psychiatry	315 (5)
Check it and fix it…hear!	Ages 18 +	Evelyn Davies-Venn, PhD CLA, Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences	412 (4)
A Look at your Liver and Poop may Lengthen your Life!	Ages 18 + For liver screening, must be at risk for fatty liver disease	Piet de Groen, MD Amar Mahgoub, MD Medical School, Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition	460 – Recruitment Only (5)
What Women Want: How Do Women Want to Make Health Care Decisions?	MN resident, females born 1982 to 2000 have seen a health care provider (e.g., doctor, nurse practitioner, physician assistant) in the past 12 months	Priyanka Desai, MSPH SPH, Health Services Research, Policy and Administration	185 – Recruitment Only (2)
How’s Your Muscle?	Males aged 6-30	William Durfee, PhD DeWayne Townsend, DMV, PhD CSE, Mechanical Engineering	311 (4)
Kid Talk Study	Children aged 3-10 years typical development	Lizbeth Finestack, PhD CLA, Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences	169 (5)
Please don’t make me cough, laugh or sneeze!	Women aged 18 +	John Fischer, MD Cynthia Fok, MD Medical School, Ob/Gyn & Women’s Health	1568 (6)
Type 2 Diabetes Prevention in Families	Adults aged 18 + with Type 2 diabetes OR a history of gestational diabetes must have children aged 2-17	Jayne Fulkerson, PhD Muna Sunni, MBBCh, MS School of Nursing	106 (6)
Are you caring for someone with memory loss?	Ages 18 + provide care for an adult with memory loss	Joseph Gaugler, PhD School of Nursing	36 – Recruitment Only (3)
Would you take a ride on the giant ‘Brain Research’ slide?	Aged 18 + has been a parent or caregiver of a child OR is planning to have a child/children someday	Bernadette Gillick, PhD, MSPT Michael Georgieff, MD Medical School, Rehabilitation Medicine	650 (2)
Mind the Gaps: Help us make smart devices smarter	Aged 50 + OR severe visual impairment	Maria Gini Wilma Koutstaal, PhD CSE, Computer Science & Engineering Psychology	176 (2)
The PREC(ar)IOUS Family Study	Aged 18 + currently employed or looking for work provide primary financial & caretaking support to a child, elder, or disabled family member	Renada Goldberg CEHD, Family Social Science	255 (1)
The Brain Games	Ages 12-25 can use iPad independently for games (visual and audio)	Meredith Gunlicks-Stoessel, PhD Medical School, Adolescent Psychiatry	410 (6)
A Stroke of Genius: Who knows more	Aged 18 + ND/OR adult strokesurvivors & their caregivers	Niloufar Hadidi, PhD, APRN School of Nursing	211 (2)
Research Starts with Respect	All are welcome!	Bethany Hansen Community Oversight Board	Community Engagement (5)
Step Up and Mooove!	Kids aged 8 to 18 able to walk on your own able to step up & down an 8 inch step don’t have any chronic illnesses can answer questions	Mary Hooke, PhD, APRN Carole Tucker, PhD, PT School of Nursing	99 (2)
Saving Voices for People Who Have ALS: Your Opinions, Please!	Ages 18 +	Jolene Hyppa Martin, PhD UM Duluth, CEHSP, Communication Sciences & Disorders	886 (5)
Fashion at the Fair!	Women 18-64 no fabric or food allergies	Deborah Roedder John, PhD Yajin Wang, PhD Carlson School of Management, Marketing	155 (2)
Tickle Your Taste Buds	Females 18-64 no food allergies	Deborah Roedder John, PhD Maria Rodas, MBA Carlson School of Management, Marketing	239 (1)
Me, My Meds, and I	Aged 18 + receipt of at least 1 prescription medication in the past year	Erin Krebs, MD, MPH Medical School, Mpls VA Health Care System	1749 (9)
EAT, Talk, and Connect at the Fair!	Ages 18 + past completion of a Project EAT survey at school & by mail/online	Nicole Larson, PhD, MPH, RDN Katie Loth, PhD SPH, Epidemiology & Community Health	376 (7)
Babies R Us	MN resident, ages 18 +	Bonnie LeRoy, MS, CGC CBS, Genetics, Cell Biology & Development	95 (2)
Sun’s Out, Thumbs Out	Healthy hands females & males aged 4-12 males aged 13-21	Corey McGee, PhD Center for Allied Health Programs, Program in Occupational Therapy	(2)
How sleepy are you?	Ages 18 + 20/40 vision or better not suffering any lingering effects of stroke, tumor, or head trauma does not have epilepsy does not suffer from any visual disorders (e.g., color blindness, cataracts, macular degeneration)	Nichole Morris, PhD CSE, Mechanical Engineering	184 (4)
Corporations in your community: Do they make a difference?	MN resident, ages 18 +	Amy O’Connor, PhD CLA, Hubbard School of Journalism & Mass Communication	1788 (10)
WISE Women’s Study	Females aged 18-44	Ashley Oglesby Ruby Nyugen, PhD SPH, Epidemiology & Community Health	922 (4)
ACHIEVE Healthy Aging	Ages 70-84	James Pankow, PhD, MPH SPH, Epidemiology & Community Health	56 – Recruitment Only (2)
Create Your Own 3D avatar	Ages 10 +	Hyun Soo Park, PhD CSE, Computer Science & Engineering	167 (2)
Moo Matters!	Ages 5 + able to read & write	Rielle Perttu Marcia Endres, PhD CFANS, Animal Science	1788 (5)
Let’s Talk About Health!	Ages 18 +	Andrew Petzold, PhD UM Rochester, Center for Learning Innovation	149 (1)
Let your Genes Treat your Hypertension: Precision Medicine Made Available!	Aged 30-80 BMI between 19-50 BP 140/90 to 170/110 (ages 30-59) BP 150/90 to 170/110 (ages 60-80) not currently taking more than 1 class of hypertension medications does not have cardiac disease	Pam Phelps, PharmD Fairview Medical Group, Fairview Health Systems	14 – Recruitment Only (3)
Potholes and politics! How to patch them up?	MN resident, ages 18 +	Kathryn Quick, MCP, PhD Humphrey School of Public Affairs	751 (4)
Jiminy Crickets: What’s In These Chips?	All ages	Sujaya Rao, PhD CFANS, Entomology	192 (1)
Are you sleeping like a baby?		Yvette Reibel, PhD School of Dentistry	646 (2)
Do you consider yourself disfluent? Tell us why	Children & adults who either stutter or do not	Jayanthi Sasisekaran, PhD CLA, Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences	75 – Recruitment Only (2)
The Great Minnesota Sports Concussion Study	Youth ages 8-22 parents with children living in the house	Francis Shen, PhD, JD Law School	482 (2)
10,000 Families Study	Families with young children	Logan Spector, PhD Bharat Thyagarajan, MD, PhD, MPH Medical School, Pediatrics Laboratory Medicine & Pathology	702 – Recruitment Only (9)
Connecting the Dots: Brain Mapping and Mental Health	Ages 18-59 good general physical health	Scott Sponheim, PhD Medical School, Psychiatry	138 – Recruitment Only (3)
Autism: show what you already know, grow what you don’t know	Ages 18 +	Sheri Stronach, PhD, CCC-SLP CLA, Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences	494 (5)
Going Viral	Women ages 18-44	Katie Tastad, MPH Mark Schleiss, MD SPH, Epidemiology & Community Health Medical School, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology	851 (5)
Whose (HPV vaccine) decision is it anyway?	Parents/guardians of adolescents aged 9-17 adolescents aged 9-17 accompanying the parent/guardian	Deanna Teoh, MD Medical School, Gynecologic Oncology	424 (3)
Listen to your body: measures of body awareness for kids	Children aged 5-17	Lucie Turcotte, MD Juergen Konczak, PhD Medical School, Pediatric Hematology and Oncology	153 (7)
All Aboard the Brain Train	Ages 18-80 fluent in English (learned before age 12) able to use an iPad to complete visual & audio tests without assistance	Sophia Vinogradov, MD Medical School, Psychiatry	347 (5)
Brains on a Stick!	Youth ages 8-16 parent/guardian of an 8-16 year-old no braces	Jeff Wozniak, PhD Medical School, Psychiatry	19 – Recruitment Only (1)

2017 Research Projects

Study Title	Eligibility	Investigators / Department	Estimated Enrollment (# of 5-hour shifts)
Help change the way we think about our health!	Ages 18 and over	Robin Austin, DNP, DC, RN-BC Nursing	606 (2)
Let us pay for your State Fair food!	Ages 18 and over English or Spanish language	Stacie Bosley, PhD Marc Bellemare, PhD Applied Economics	452 (2)
Are You A Rock Star?	Ages 18 and over	Michael Borofsky, MD Urology
Everybody Hurts – What do you know about chronic pain?	Ages 18 and over	Diana Burgess, PhD EpiCH Center for Chronic Disease Outcomes Research, Mpls Veterans Affairs Healthcare System	1268 (10)
Keep Calm & Play On	Ages 6-14	Clayton Cook, PhD, LP Educational Psychology	143 (2)
Brain Booth	Girls, ages 12-14 no braces	Kathryn Cullen, MD Psychiatry	Recruitment Only
Got MILK?	Pregnant women who plan to breast feed their infants Women who are currently exclusively breast-feeding, and their infants	Ellen Demerath, PhD EpiCH	Recruitment Only
See Your Optic Nerves at the Driven to Discover Building	Ages 12-65	Luai Eldweik, MBChB Opthalmology	280 (6)
Kid Talk Study	Children 3 through 9 years Typical development Child and one parent must speak English	Lizbeth Finestack, PhD Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences	173 (5)
Caregivers Count: Helping Loved Ones with Memory Loss	Ages 18 and over Provide care for an adult with memory loss	Joseph Gaugler, PhD Nursing	Recruitment Only
How Do You Moove?	Aged 8 to 18 Able to walk Able to talk and answer questions	Casey Hooke, PhD, APRN, PCNS, CPON Nursing	356 (3)
Earn cash and participate in world-renowned research!	Ages 18 and over	Hubbling, Shelly Carlson Behavioral Labs	Recruitment Only
Tickle Your Taste Buds!	Females 18-64 No food allergies	Deborah Roedder John, PhD Maria Rodas, MBA Marketing	294 (2)
Fashion at the Fair!	Females ages 18-64 No fabric or food allergies	Deborah Roedder John, PhD Yajin Wang, PhD Marketing
Sun’s Out, Thumbs Out!	Ages 13 -21 No history of hand problems	Leah Johnson, MA, OTR/L Program in Rehabilitation Science	225 (2)
SCIENCE SURVEY	Ages 18 and over Fluent reader of English	Miriam Krause, PhD Chemistry	233 (2)
Better Numbers for Better Health!	Ages 18 and over	Sohye Lee, PhD Candidate Nursing	228 (3)
Social Work: A FAIR assessment	Ages 12 and over Any gender or background	Elizabeth Lightfoot, PhD Social Work	1357 (4)
Unravel the Silent Dental Epidemic in Minnesota	Ages 18 and over	Naty Lopez, PhD, Med Primary Dental Care	1543 (4)
Brain Fever	Ages 18 and over Parent of a child who will be attending high school in the 2017/2018 academic year	Dawn Nederhoff, MPH Nicole Basta, PhD, Mphil EpiCh	445 (4)
Be Part of Tomorrow’s Health Care Breakthroughs!	Everyone	Timothy Presley CTSI	Recruitment Only
Share Your Voice and Make a Difference!	Ages 18 and over Current Minnesota resident	Lynette Renner, MSW, PhD Melissa Heinen, MPH Social Work	1840 (10)
Let’s Talk About Sex!	Age 13-17 years OR Parent/guardian of a 13-17 year-old	Kari Schneider, MD Pediatrics	1206 (6)
The Great Minnesota Sports Concussion Study	Youth athletes ages 12-22 Parents with school-aged children	Francis Shen, JD, PhD Jessica Brown, PhD Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences	733 (4)
Beyond Rain Man: Understanding Autism	Ages 18 and over	Sheri Stronach, PhD Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences
Spit on a Stick	Healthy females 0-60 No illness, major injury, or vaccination in past 2 weeks	Frank Symons, PhD Educational Psychology	159 (3)
Going Viral	Women aged 18-44 Minnesota resident at least 6 months of the year Not currently pregnant AND EITHER Never been pregnant OR Pregnant at least once within the past 10 years	Katie Tastad, MPH EpiCH Center for Infectious Diseases & Microbiology Translational Research, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases & Immunology	733 (5)
#HPV messaging on @Instagram: Help us go viral!	Young adults ages 18-26	Deanna Teoh, MD Gynecologic Oncology	1132 (4)
Where Brains Make History: the Human Connectome Project	To participate in the studies: -Ages 8-21 -Ages 36 and older -In good health To learn about this exciting new project: -Everyone!	Melissa Terpstra, PhD Kamil Ugurbil, PhD Essa Yacoub, PhD Kathleen Thomas, PhD Center for Magnetic Resonance Research; Radiology; Child Psychology	Recruitment Only
Let Your Genetics Treat Your High Blood Pressure	Age 30 to 70 History of high blood pressure (hypertension) or confirmed high blood pressure Willing to travel to select Fairview clinics	Dang D. Tran, MD	Recruitment Only
Why do you buy?	Ages 18 and over Involved with making or helping with food purchasing decisions Uses social or traditional media sources for news/current events	Lisa Trimble, PhD Debra Freedman, PhD The Food Protection and Defense Institute	521 (2)
Hair Today		Robert Turesky, PhD Medicinal Chemistry; Pediatrics	176 (3)
Poop..it Happens & We Study That!	Ages 18 and over -Diagnosed with a GI health issue OR -Have a family member with a GI health issue OR -Healthy volunteers for GI research	Byron Vaughn, MD Piet de Groen, MD Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition	Recruitment Only
All Aboard the Brain Train! Citizen Scientists at UMN	Ages 18-70 Can use an iPad for visual and auditory tasks without help Fluent in English	Sophia Vinogradov, MD Psychiatry	279 (5)
How to Build a 21^st Century Village	Ages 18 and over Parent/guardian of one or more minor children	Lindsey Weiler, PhD Family Social Science	425 (3)
Families Living With Technology	Age 5-12 with one adult family member Age 13-18 Age 18 or older	Lana Yarosh, PhD Sarah McRoberts Computer Science & Engineering	412 (4)
Your Health, Your Research, Your Choice	Age 18 or older English-speaking	Heather Zierhut, PhD Genetics, Cell Biology and Development; Educational Psychology	952 (5)

2016 Research Projects

Study Title	Eligibility	Investigators / Department	Estimated Enrollment (# of 6-hour shifts)
10,000 Families Study	Ages 18 and up At least one child (or grandchild) under the age of five who lives in MN.	Heather Nelson, PhD Logan Spector, PhD Pediatrics	Recruitment Only
ABC’s and One to Threes	1-3 year olds and their parent or guardian	Sheri Stronach, PhD Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences	135 (8)
Agritourism: The Final Frontier in Agriculture	Ages 8 and up	Carrie Klumb Joni Sheftel, DVM Bruce Alexander, PhD MN Dept. of Health Upper Midwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center UMN Division of Environmental Health Sciences	1141 (6)
Are Your Hands “Hulk Smash” Strong?	Men and women aged 21-49 Men aged 50-69 Men and women aged 70+	Corey McGee, PhD Occupational Therapy – Rochester	230 (4)
Autism Treatments: Fads and Facts	Ages 18 and up You do not need to have personal experience or knowledge of ASD to participate.	Veronica Fleury, PhD Educational Psychology	648 (5)
Brain Booth!	Ages 8-18 Patient Group: Diagnosis of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), depression or bipolar disorder Healthy Control group: No history of any psychiatric diagnoses	Gail Bernstein, MD Kathryn Cullen, MD Psychiatry	Recruitment Only
Cancer & U: What Do You Know About This Deadly Disease?	Ages 18 and up No cancer history	Hee Yun Lee, PhD School of Social Work	725 (9)
Food for Tot	Children ages 3-5 and a parent or guardian	Amy Gross, PhD Megan Flynn, PhD Claudia Fox, MD Pediatrics	174 (4)
Food Matters	Ages 18 and up English-speaking Able to complete a survey using an iPad	Mary Jo Kreitzner, PhD Roni Evans, DC, PhD, MS Jenny Breen Center for Spirituality & Healing	660 (4)
Genetics Hide and Seek	Ages 18 and up English-speaking	Bonnie LeRoy, PhD Heather Zierhut, PhD Genetics Cell Biology & Development	864 (5)
Heart of the Matter 2016	Ages 18 and up Not pregnant	Sara Love, PhD Fred Apple, PhD Medical School	300 (4)
How Are You Feeling?	Ages 18 and up	Mary Butler, PhD Robert Kane, PhD School of Public Health	1016 (4)
How Good Are Your Eyes?	Ages 18 and up Smokers and nonsmokers	Andrew Lee, MD Yao Wang Medical School	108 (4)
How Well Do You Know Your Body?	Ages 65 and up	Ann Van de Winckel, PhD Manda Keller-Ross, PhD, DPT, PT Physical Therapy	111 (6)
If You’re Happy, How Do You Show It?	Ages 18 and up No history of facial paralysis	Emily Walsechuk, MD Sofia Lyford-Pike, MD Medical School	225 (7)
Information Overload	Ages 18 and up	Chris Weight, MD Medical School	394 (4)
Looking for ADAPT-able Military Families	Has served or is serving in the U.S. military Has experienced at least one overseas deployment since 2001 Has a child aged 5-12	Abigail Gewirtz, PhD Amy Majerly Chris Bray College of Education and Human Development	Recruitment Only
Make the GRADE in Diabetes Control	Type 2 Diabetes patients with less than 10 years duration Ages 20 and up Taking only Metformin to treat Type 2 Diabetes	Elizabeth Seaquist, MD Medicine / Dept. of Emergency Medicine	Recruitment Only
My Doctor Said What?!	Ages 18 and up MN resident English-speaking	Nicole Theis-Mahon Shanda Hunt Bio-Medical Library	273 (2)
Ready-to-Eat or Ready-to-Cook?	Ages 18 and up You regularly shop for groceries for yourself or your household.	Gianna Short, PhD Hikaru Peterson, PhD Applied Economics	500 (4)
StudyFinder: Find Research Opportunities and Share Your Perceptions of Health Research	Everyone is invited to check out StudyFinder and play trivia! Must be age 18 or older to participate in the survey	Melissa Mueller Timothy Presley Clinical and Translational Science Institute	Recruitment Only
Sun Safety in Children	Ages 18 and up Parent (or guardian) of a child entering K-8th grade	Ingrid Polcari, MD Erin Dodd Medical School	409 (4)
The Kid Talk Study	Children 3 through 8 years Typical development Child and one parent must speak English.	Lizbeth Finestack, PhD Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences	292 (10)
The Smile Study: What Matters in a Smile?	Ages 18 and up	Sofia Lyford-Pike, MD Medical School	500 (5)
Try Out the Videochat of the Future!	Ages 18 and up Normal or corrected vision Ability to use at least one hand	Lana Yarosh, PhD Computer Science & Engineering	114 (4)
Unpack Your Parenting, Get a Backpack	Parent of at least one child aged 3-25	Xiang Zhou Advisor: Richard Lee, PhD Psychology	866 (5)
What Have You HEARD about the HERD?	Ages 18 and up MN resident for at least 6 months per year	Nicole Basta, PhD Jacqueline Logan Fareed Awan Dawn Nederhoff School of Public Health	1047 (5)
What Is Wellbeing and How Do You Get it?	Ages 18 and up English-speaking	Pamela Jo Johnson, PhD Todd Rockwood, PhD Roni Evans, DC, PhD Center for Spirituality & Healing	1106 (4)
What We Buy, What We Eat	Ages 18 and up Regularly shops and prepares food for the household	Hikaru Peterson, PhD Vaneesha Dusoruth Applied Economics	339 (4)
What’s in Your Glass? (Part 2)	Ages 18-74 Parent of a child aged 6-12 Primary responsibility for providing food for the child Access to a computer or a smart phone Speak and read English	Arwa Zahid Marla Reicks, PhD Food Science & Nutrition	195 (3)
Whether You’re 5 or 95: Help Us Explore the Science of Attention and Memory!	All ages welcome Parent or legal guardian needed for children under 18.	Yuhong Jiang, PhD Psychology	Recruitment Only
Whoop(ing Cough), There It Is!	Ages 1 and up (children under 18 must have legal guardian present) Minnesota resident Not immunocompromised	Erinn Sanstead Shalini Kulasingam, PhD School of Public Health	104 (3)

2015 Research Projects

Study Title	Eligibility	Estimated Recruitment
ABC’s and One to Threes	1-3 year olds and their parents	70
Animals and Human Health, from City to Silo	Ages: 21 and older, live in MN, and are not pregnant	626
Blue Ribbon Snacking Study	Ages: 18 and older and have eaten at least one thing at the fair	306
Brain Based Therapy for Motor Recovery after Stroke	3-12 months post-stroke and in stable condition. Ages: 18-70	NA (recruitment only)
Brain Booth	Ages 8-17. OCD subjects not on treatment. Control subjects too!	54
Can You Crack the Health Care Code?	Ages: 18 and older	371
Can You Detect a Liar?	Ages: 18 and older	620
Do You Hear What I Hear?	Ages: 18 and older	268
Do You See What I See?	Ages 6-35. No diagnosis affecting social perception.	46
Eczema, Allergy and the Skin: Itchy Insights	Ages: 18 and older. Parent of a child under the age of 18.	398
Exploring the Exciting World of Science	Ages: 18 and older	484
FINDing Connections	Everyone is eligible!	NA (recruitment only)
Got Iron?	Women, ages 18-45	190
Growing Healthy Kids: Little Sprouts Garden Study	Parents: 18 and older. Kids: 3-5	92
Hand Strength on a Stick	Ages 13-30 or Ages: 50 and above	319
Heart of the Matter	Ages: 18 and older. Can’t participate for certain medical conditions	366
Help CONTROL Autoimmune Diseases!	Ages: 18 and older. No autoimmune disorder diagnosis	235
If You’re Happy, How Do You Show It?	Ages: 18 and older	1,352
Join us for a Ride on the Reading Railroad!	Ages: 8 and older. No dyslexia	173
Make the GRADE in Diabetes Control	Type 2 Diabetes patients < than 10 years duration, ages 20 & older	NA (recruitment only)
Minnesota Risk Preferences	Ages: 19-70	400
Minnesota Sibling Support	Ages: 9-17 with a sibling. Does not have developmental disability.	53
MinnWorks: A Job Market Study	Ages: 18 and older	490
Musicality Study: Test Your Musical Ability!	Ages: 18 and older	368
Sunscreen Dispensers at the Fair	Everyone is eligible!	2,187
Path to Math Survey	Kids ages 8 and older. Parents of school-aged kids.	533
POP Quiz: Enlighten your Mind and Save a Life	Ages: 18 and older	1,488
Resilience Games	Parent/Child pairs. Kids: ages 4-12. Parents: ages 18 and older.	320
Safe Schools Survey 2015	Ages 15-23. Current high school or college student in MN.	956
Shifting Gears: Survey of Service Members’ Reintegration onto American Roads	Anyone who served in the military between 2001 to the present	30
Social Science on a Stick	Ages: 18 and older	1,134
The Game Buffet	Parents of kids ages 2-4	97
The Gift of Grandparenting	Grandparents	220
The Kid Talk Study	Kids ages 3-8	232
The Real Life Game of Chance	Ages: 18 and older	900
Tickle Your Taste Buds!	Females, ages 18-50. No food allergies.	450
TrainMeUp MN at the Fair	Ages 18-40. BMI > 25. Sedentary, otherwise healthy.	NA (recruitment only)
UFFDA Study	Ages: 18 and older. Don’t have certain medical conditions.	579
What’s in Your Glass?	Ages 18-74. Parent of kids ages 6-12.	380
Where is My Arm?	Ages 18 and younger	229
Wise and Well	Ages 55 and older	413

2014 Research Projects

Study Title	Eligibility	Estimated Recruitment
Safe Schools Survey	Ages 14-19	788
The Kid Talk Study	Ages 3-7	220
FIND Your Way. Develop Your Brain	Autistic Spectrum Disorder Patients	67
Choices, Choices, Choices	Kids: 4-7, Adults: 18-35	122
Cooking with Kids in Rural MN	Parents of 8-12 year-olds. Live in Rural MN	176
Minnesota Munchkins with Microbes	Ages 3-70, at least 2 family members participate	207
Dental Therapists: Tooth or Consequences	Ages: 18 and older. Live in Minnesota	410
Rainbow Heart Health	Ages: 18 and older	252
MN Veterans Coming Home Study	OEF/OIF/Veterans deployed overseas OR spouses/partners of eligible veterans	91
Take it 2 Heart. Learn Your Lipids.	Ages: 18 and older. Can’t have certain medical conditions	973
Make the GRADE in Diabetes Control	Type 2 diabetes patients with less than 10 years duration. Ages: 20 and older.	15
Mythbusting Unreasonable Entrepreneurship	Ages: 18 and older. Are or intend to be an entrepreneur.	127
R U @ Rsk 4 T1D?	First degree relatives of Type 1 Diabetes patients, ages: 1-45	12
State Fair Justice	Ages: 18 and older	284
Social Science on a Stick	Ages: 18 and older	457
Minnesota Taste 12	Ages 50-80	135
Faces at the Fair	Ages 8-30	81
Brain Power	Ages: 18 and older	399
Know Your Drink Study	Kids: 9-12 and their parents, ages: 18 and older	392
Fitness After Fifty-Five	Ages: 55 and older	434
Bipeds and Bad Dreams	Ages 20-80	187
Food (Alert!)	Ages: 18 and older	47
Spill the Bean Study	Parents (ages: 18 and older) of children ages: 5-18	283
UFFDA Study	Ages: 18 and older. Can’t have certain medical conditions.	778
Distracted Driving Simulator	Ages 16 and older	203
Colon Cancer. iPrevent. iTreat. iBeat.	African American men, ages 18-65	310
Gopher Kids Study	Previous participants in Gopher Kids.	207
What’s Behind Your Food?	Ages: 18 and older	260
Blue Ribbon Snacking Study	Ages: 18 and older	224