Every parent wants the best for their child. We are looking for mothers and their teens to join a study about how a mother's past experiences can affect her child’s emotions and how they respond to stress as they grow up.  We will also study how these experiences may relate to alcohol use as children grow into their teen years.Who may be able to join?We are looking for mothers and their children ages 12 to 14 to take part in this study.The research team will ask additional questions to make sure the study is a safe and appropriate fit for both mother and child.Why take part?Every family has different experiences. By taking part, you can help researchers better understand how stress, emotions, and brain development may be connected as children grow.

We are actively recruiting preschool children (both Cochlear Implant users and Normal Hearing) to participate in a new, NIH funded, longitudinal research study on psychosocial outcomes, titled The Adjustment, Behavior, Language and Executive Functioning (ABLE) Project. In the ABLE project, we investigate how preschool children’s ability to identify, plan, execute, and evaluate goals contributes to social, emotional, and behavioral outcomes.Who can take part in this study?Age: Preschool children between the ages of 3–6 years.Language: Spoken English is the primary language.Hearing: CI Users: Bilateral severe-to-profound hearing loss prior to age 3 years with at least one CI activated by age 3.Normal Hearing Peers: Hearing within normal limits in both ears.

ARE YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW A BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR?; We need your help!Researchers at Purdue University are exploring how relationships and stress affect breast cancer survivors immune and cardiovascular systems during breast cancer survivorship.You may be eligible to participate if:You are 18 years or older.You or your partner had breast cancer and completed treatmentIf participating with a partner, the two of you live togetherYou/your partner will have completed cancer treatment (except for longer-term hormonal therapies).PARTICIPANTS WILL BE COMPENSATED FOR THEIR TIME.

The Indiana Biobank is a research study started in 2010 by Indiana University School of Medicine and IU Health. The Indiana Biobank is like a giant library—but instead of books, it holds over 60,000 blood and other samples. Each sample is connected to the person’s medical records. The person’s name and personal details are removed before researchers can use the samples. These samples help doctors and scientists discover better ways to treat and prevent diseases!When you donate a small blood sample, you’re helping researchers learn more about how to keep people healthy. Your sample is unique, and it can help make sure future treatments work for everyone.Watch this video to learn more: 

One Blood Sample. One Visit. A Big Impact.The Indiana Biobank is a research program that began in 2010 through the Indiana University School of Medicine and IU Health. You can think of it like a huge library—only instead of storing books, it stores more than 60,000 blood and other medical samples.Each sample is linked to a person’s medical records, but names and personal details are removed before researchers ever see them. This protects privacy while still allowing doctors and scientists to learn from the information.This particular study is part of the Biobank’s special collections for Alzheimer’s research.. It focuses on gathering blood samples from three groups of people:Individuals with Alzheimer’s disease (AD),Individuals with cognitive impairment, andHealthy adults (known as “controls”)By studying these samples, scientists can make sure that Alzheimer’s-related blood tests give consistent, reliable results no matter which lab looks at them. This is an important step toward improving how we diagnose and understand Alzheimer’s disease.More information about the Indiana Biobank, as well as FAQs, can be found here:  https://iuhealth.org/find-medical-services/indiana-biobank

Help Researchers Learn More About How Children Speak, Listen, and Communicate.  Ever wonder how your child develops speech skills?  Researchers at Indiana University Bloomington are working to better understand how children learn and use speech, and why some children have speech difficulties.  We are inviting children ages 5-6 with and without speech difficulties to join.  By comparing children with and without speech disorders, we hope to learn more about the brain and speech skills that may help predict how speech difficulties change over time.By taking part, your family can help researchers learn more about childhood speech development and speech disorders, which may support future research and care for children with communication challenges. 

Are you interested in how your brain affects how you feel hungry?  Join us and help make a difference in weight and health research.The Division of Endocrinology and Department of Neurology at Indiana University School of Medicine and Purdue University are doing a study to learn more about how the brain responds to hunger in people with different body types.  We will compare two groups: people with a lower BMI (18–24.9) and people with a higher BMI (30 or above).This is a non-treatment study. That means no medicine will be given. We simply want to see how different areas of the brain respond to hunger and fullness. This may help researchers develop better treatments to manage appetite in the future.You may qualify to take part if you are 18-60 years of age with normal weight or  have obesity.