Study Listing
[Researchers who would like to list a study on this page, please fill out our Study Listing Form (RTF) and send to Michelle Panulla at mib105@psu.edu or 201 Kern Graduate Building.]
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If you or your family are interested in participating in research, please view our listing of PSU Research Clinics.
Choose the appropriate gender below to see a listing of studies that are recruiting participants:
Males or Females
Males only
Females only
Discriminating SLI and APD in School-Age Children
General Description: Many children have difficulty expressing themselves verbally, understanding what others say, or both. This study investigates the characteristics of children with these problems. We are looking for children who are receiving speech/language services, or who have been told they have auditory processing disorder. We are also looking for children who have never had a problem with speech, language, or listening.
Brief Explanation: Participants will have their hearing tested and will participate in tests and activities that measure language, processing of sounds, visual-spatial skills, reaction time, and memory.
Inclusion Criteria: Children must be between 8 and 12 years old and be native English speakers.
Exclusion Criteria: Having cognitive impairment or brain injury, autism or related disorder, severe impairment of movement. Other eligibility criteria apply; we will explain fully before enrolling a child in the study.
Length of Study: 5 hours, usually divided into 3 sessions.
Location of Study: Penn State Speech and Hearing Clinic, Ford Building, University Park. We can come to your home if needed.
Contact Name: Carol Miller, Ph.D., (814) 865-6213, cam47@psu.edu
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Exposure Assessment by Physiological Sampling: Physiological Sampling Pump (PSP) - Laboratory Evaluation of PSP (Phase II)
General Description: The purpose of this research is to test and evaluate an air sampling system that uses a special shirt designed to send and record measurements such as heart rate and breathing rate during exercise. Neither mouthpiece nor nose-clips will be used.
Brief Explanation: Volunteers will be doing a series of stepping test and exposed to low concentrations of a chemical in a chamber. The concentration of the chemical will be 1/5 of the current safety standard.
Inclusion Criteria: Healthy participants < 45 years of age (men) or < 55 years of age (women) and asymptomatic are allowed to be involved in this research.
Exclusion Criteria: Subjects fail to pass the pre-participation screening questionnaire, or fit any following criteria:
- BMI > 30
- Suffers from any balance problem
- Height > 6 ft. 3 in.
- Pregnancy
- Known cardiovascular disease
- Chest or breathing conditions which restrict activities
- Recent surgery limiting physical activities
- Back, knee, or ankle pain
- Sensitivity to Lycra or Spandex materials.
Length of Study: The overall stepping test lasts 80 minutes
Location of Study: Hosler Building, University Park
Contact Name: Ming-I Lin 814-441-2221 MUL157@psu.edu
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Diabetes-related Research Studies
General Description: Diabetes-related research studies, under the direction of Dr. Jan S. Ulbrecht and colleagues, are ongoing at the University Park and Hershey Medical Center campuses of The Pennsylvania State University. Past studies have included topics such as: maintaining self-care, sticking to a walking program, healthy eating and diabetes prevention.
Brief Explanation: People with Type 1 Diabetes, relatives of people with Type 1 Diabetes and people with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus are recruited for these studies.
Inclusion Criteria: Males and females with diabetes, of any age, may be needed.
Location of Study: Usually studies are conducted at the General Clinical Research Center in the Elmore Clinical Research Wing on the University Park campus of Penn State or at the General Clinical Research Center at the Hershey Medical Center. Free parking is available at both sites.
Contact Name: If you would like to be contacted and considered for future studies, please call Kathryn Peters or Lauren Kipp at 814-865-1392, toll-free at 1-800-393-0782 or email at kfp1@psu.edu or luk10@psu.edu. Information such as name, further contact information and type of diabetes will be asked and kept in a confidential file in order to notify you of new studies. Potential volunteers are also invited to visit Penn State Diabetes Center's website at http://www.hmc.psu.edu/diabetes/ - click on "PSDC Volunteers."
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At this time, there are no studies for males only.
Performance and Health Enhanced by Diet
General Description: This study is a research study designed to examine the effects of a 6 month period of increased food intake on the health and exercise performance in physically active women who have irregular or absent (amenorrhea) menstrual cycles. Irregular and absent menstrual cycles can cause infertility and bone loss.
Brief Explanation: Participants in this research will be asked to complete several tests which will include blood draws, laboratory test of fitness, bone density, body composition, the amount of calories burned throughout the day, the amount and types of food eaten, and menstrual cycle status. Depending on the group to which subjects are randomly (by chance) assigned, they may be asked to augment their daily intake of calories by about 20-30% over their current energy requirements.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Female between the ages of 18-35 yrs old
- Absence of menses for 3 months and no more than 6 periods in the previous year
- Participate in aerobic or resistance training for at least 3 hr/wk
- Not taking any form of oral or hormonal contraceptives in past 6 months
- In good general health
Exclusion Criteria:
- Smoking
- Use of medications incompatible with measurement of reproductive hormones
- Pregnancy or planning to become pregnant in the next 6-7 months
Length of Study: 7.5 months
Location of Study: Exercise Endocrinology and Metabolism Laboratory
109 Noll Laboratory
University Park, Pa
16802
Contact Name: Ann Albert, (814) 863-4488, aec147@psu.edu or getfit@psu.edu
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