Current Studies
The Center for Metabolic Research is currently recruiting for multiple studies.
To learn more click on the links below.
Pediatrics & Neonatal Care
- Drug management for acute tonic-clonic convulsions including convulsive status epilepticus in children
- Fluoride varnishes for preventing dental caries in children and adolescents
- Optimal duration of exclusive breastfeeding
- Short‐course versus long‐course intravenous therapy with the same antibiotic for severe community‐acquired pneumonia in children aged two months to 59 months
- Nasal intermittent positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV) versus nasal continuous positive airway pressure (NCPAP) for preterm neonates after extubation
- Nasal continuous positive airway pressure immediately after extubation for preventing morbidity in preterm infants
- A Randomized Controlled Trial on Parenteral Nutrition, Oxidative Stress, and Chronic Lung Diseases in Preterm Infants
- TRANS CRANIAL DOPPLER (TCD) SCANNING IN CHILDREN FOR STROKE PREVENTION
- Immunoglobulin for alloimmune hemolytic disease in neonates
Cardiovascular & Respiratory Health
- Omega‐3 fatty acids for the primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease
- Nurse versus physician led care for the management of asthma
- Smartphone and tablet self‐management apps for asthma
- Rutosides for treatment of post‐thrombotic syndrome
- Simple aspiration versus intercostal tube drainage for primary spontaneous pneumothorax in adults
- Exercise‐based cardiac rehabilitation for coronary heart disease
Surgery & Physical Rehabilitation
- Local versus general anaesthesia for carotid endarterectomy
- Pre‐operative education for hip or knee replacement
- Music interventions for preoperative anxiety
- Exercises for mechanical neck disorders
- Preoperative skin antiseptics for preventing surgical wound infections after clean surgery
- Rehabilitation after lumbar disc surgery
Geriatrics, Oncology & Palliative Care
- Music‐based therapeutic interventions for people with dementia
- Rehabilitation for older people in long term care
- Effectiveness and cost‐effectiveness of home palliative care services for adults with advanced illness and their caregivers
- Exercise programs for people with dementia
- Psychosocial interventions for patients with head and neck cancer
- Non‐pharmacological interventions for caregivers of stroke survivors
- Temozolomide for high grade glioma
- Preoperative chemotherapy for resectable thoracic esophageal cancer
Pharmacology, Weight, Psychology & Public Health
- Green tea for weight loss and weight maintenance in overweight or obese adults
- Behavioural and cognitive behavioural training interventions for assisting foster carers in the management of difficult behaviour
- Intra‐uterine insemination for unexplained subfertility
- Non‐prescription (OTC) oral analgesics for acute pain ‐ an overview of Cochrane reviews
- Immune tolerance induction for treating inhibitors in people with congenital haemophilia A or B
- School‐based education programmes for the prevention of child sexual abuse
- Corticosteroids for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy
- Psychological therapies for chronic post‐traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in adults
- Interventions for paracetamol (acetaminophen) overdose
- Antenatal interventions for reducing weight in obese women for improving pregnancy outcome
- Interventions to increase influenza vaccination rates of those 60 years and older in the community
Education, Methodology & International Content
- Continuing education meetings and workshops: effects on professional practice and healthcare outcomes
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- Industry sponsorship and research outcome
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- If you are interested in any of our listed studies, you can contact our
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- Research Recruiter, Rebecca Ross, at: 858-562-85325 x6740.
We are also recruiting for a very important study: THE GRADE STUDY