Studies - General
Rehabilitation in Persons with Arm/Hand Amputation (H-24309)
Are you a person with arm/hand prosthetics? We need your help in a research project. We are studying daily tasks that are difficult in persons with an arm/hand amputation. This information will be useful in the development of new upper extremity prostheses and the rehabilitation of upper extremity amputees. This study is being conducted by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, the Michael E DeBakey VA Medical Center and the Texas Medical Center. Parking will be available. Compensation will be provided.
Contact: To find out more about the study, please call Lincoln Obie at 832-752-8108 or 713-791-6150.
Weight Loss Study (H-22892)
Baylor College of Medicine is recruiting overweight/obese men and women aged 18-64 in good health for a 12 week internet weight loss study using a diet fortified cola. Eligible participants will receive lifestyle counseling over the internet. They will also receive bone density scans, a stipend and for many of those who join, a diet fortified cola.
Contact: For more information, please call 713-798-3479 and leave your name and contact number.
Volunteers Needed To Role Play Patients
Healthy men and women 18 years of age or older are needed by the department of Family and Community Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston to act as patients for the Standardized Patient Program. Standardized Patients (SPs) assist in the training of medical students by providing standardized learning experiences; enabling students to practice interviewing, examinations, patient education, and management negotiation skills; and evaluating students' clinical skills. Standardized Patient projects occur weekday afternoons, and SPs are compensated for all training and role performance. To learn more about the Standardized Patient Program, please visit www.bcm.edu/familymed/spprogram/. Full-time Baylor employees are not eligible.
Contact: To volunteer, call Eugenia Greenfield 713-798-7952.
Trauma Study
Baylor College of Medicine Trauma Surgeons at Ben Taub General Hospital would like to announce a clinical trial that will soon begin at Ben Taub General Hospital. The trial involves utilizing low blood pressures to decrease mortality in patients that have suffered a trauma and are being taken to the operating room. All of the patients that need an operation will be have their blood pressure either maintained at a normal level or will have their blood pressure maintained at a slightly lower level than would be normal for them. While there is always the potential for organ damage and death following trauma this trial has the potential to decrease both of these events. The Surgeons at Baylor and Ben Taub have been leaders in Trauma care for decades. They have previously conducted pre hospital clinical trials examining the effects of giving lower amounts of fluid to trauma patients. This new study will extend into the operating room a previously successful strategy of giving less fluid volume and pressure to trauma patients. People that wish to not participate in the study are encouraged to call or write Dr. Carrick to obtain a free bracelet that they can wear to identify themselves in case they are involved in an accident.
Contact: For information regarding this study or to decline participation in the study please write or call Matthew M. Carrick, M.D. at 713-873-4381 One Baylor Plaza, Houston TX, 77030.