Human Research Coordination

119

Approved
created:01/04/2024
updated:09/19/2024

Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring Reproducibility in Young Adults

SHORT TITLE: Assessing the reproducibility of an at-home blood pressure monitor in young adults

Melissa

Witman

College of Health Sciences

2025-08-30
September 30, 2025

Originally Submitted:
January 4, 2024
Contact: Alexs Matias

Org App |

595

99p3l

36

Approved
created:09/14/2023
updated:09/12/2024

Cardiovascular Consequences of Duchenne and Becker Muscular Dystrophinopathies

SHORT TITLE: Cardiovascular Function in Children with Muscular Dystrophy

Melissa

Witman

College of Health Sciences

2025-09-07
October 7, 2025

Originally Submitted:
May 12, 2022
Contact: Krista Szymanski

Org App |

483

d7lj9

143

Approved
created:10/25/2024
updated:04/21/2025

Positive Processes and Transition to Health (PATH)

SHORT TITLE: PTSD/Depression Treatment Study

Adele

Hayes

College of Arts and Sciences

2025-09-12
October 12, 2025

Originally Submitted:
October 24, 2024
Contact: Eliana Schulman

Org App |

696

11dui

73

Approved
created:09/13/2023
updated:09/13/2024

Testing a Dual Mechanism Model of Adolescent Anxiety Development & Related Sex Differences

SHORT TITLE: Adolescents & Anxiety Development

Jeffrey

Spielberg

College of Arts and Sciences

2025-09-14
October 14, 2025

Originally Submitted:
09/13/2023
Contact: Leah Green

Org App |

474

r60i

135

Approved
created:06/13/2024
updated:10/03/2024

Exergaming Intervention Study

SHORT TITLE: Exergaming Intervention Study

Anjana

Bhat

College of Health Sciences

2025-09-20
October 20, 2024

Originally Submitted:
June 12, 2024
Contact: Anjana Bhat

Org App |

646

lox5l

158

Approved
created:04/16/2025
updated:04/17/2025

International students experiences of gender-based violence

SHORT TITLE: International students experiences of gender-based violence

Angela

Hattery

College of Arts and Sciences

2025-10-13
April 11, 2025

Originally Submitted:
April 14, 2025
Contact: Angie Hattery

Org App |

764

k2pv0

27

Approved
created:04/21/2022
updated:10/15/2024

Impact of estradiol on endothelial function in peri-menopausal women

SHORT TITLE: Impact of estrogen on blood vessel function in peri-menopausal women

Megan

Wenner

College of Health Sciences

2025-10-15
November 14, 2025

Originally Submitted:
April 19, 2022
Contact: Kathy Masso

Org App |

85

p1cd7

160

Approved
created:07/01/2025
updated:07/01/2025

Gut function and the menopausal transition

SHORT TITLE: Gut function in women

Shannon

Lennon

College of Health Sciences

2025-10-15
November 14, 2025

Originally Submitted:
June 30, 2025
Contact: Kathryn Kaseman

Org App |

782

c9cos

78

Approved
created:11/30/2022
updated:11/01/2024

Effects of Vitamin D on Cardiovascular Health in Black Women

SHORT TITLE: Vitamin D Study

Melissa

Witman

Biden School, College of Health Sciences

2025-10-18
November 17, 2025

Originally Submitted:
November 30, 2022
Contact: Krista Szymanski

Org App |

282

etnp0

146

Approved
created:11/12/2024
updated:11/13/2024

Validation of tactile aids for detection of diabetes peripheral neuropathy

SHORT TITLE: Testing touch-based tools to detect nerve damage in diabetic patients

Charles

Dhong

College of Engineering, Graduate College

2025-11-10
December 11, 2024

Originally Submitted:
November 12, 2024
Contact: Ashika Singh

Org App |

705

23mrq

115

Approved
created:12/05/2024
updated:12/06/2024

Motor unit discharge behavior during rapid contractions in people with Parkinson’s disease

SHORT TITLE: Nervous System Control of Fast Movements in Adults with and without Parkinson’s Disease

Christopher

Knight

College of Health Sciences

2025-11-15
December 15, 2025

Originally Submitted:
October 11, 2023
Contact: Rebecca Daniels

Org App |

710

r2yff

152

Approved
created:03/04/2025
updated:03/04/2025

Speech Disruption and Word Recognition in Toddlers

SHORT TITLE: Infant Teething Toy Study

Amanda

Seidl

College of Health Sciences

2026-01-09
February 8, 2026

Originally Submitted:
March 3, 2025
Contact: Boshang Yin

Org App |

748

jwj72

64

Approved
created:01/28/2025
updated:01/28/2025

Neural Subtypes of Developmental Stuttering

SHORT TITLE: Stuttering and The Brain

Ho Ming

Chow

College of Health Sciences

2026-01-23
February 22, 2026

Originally Submitted:
September 20, 2022
Contact: Samuel Farrand

Org App |

726

kcby

89

Approved
created:07/12/2023
updated:02/07/2025

Subclinical Cardiovascular Disease in Early Adulthood

SHORT TITLE: WATCH Study

Melissa

Witman

College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment, College of Health Sciences

2026-02-04
March 4, 2026

Originally Submitted:
March 1, 2023
Contact: Krista Szymanski

Org App |

405

e0ags

136

Approved
created:06/17/2024
updated:02/24/2025

Movement and Play in Baby Equipment

SHORT TITLE: Movement and Play in Baby Equipment

Michele

Lobo

College of Health Sciences

2026-02-20
March 22, 2026

Originally Submitted:
June 17, 2024
Contact: Zainab Alghamdi

Org App |

650

dvq9g

148

Approved
created:02/19/2025
updated:02/26/2025

Delaware Center for Cognitive Aging Research (DECCAR) Pre-Screening and Intake Assessment

SHORT TITLE: DECCAR Registry

Matthew

Cohen

College of Health Sciences

2026-02-20
March 21, 2026

Originally Submitted:
February 19th 2025
Contact: Corrine Seeley

Org App |

737

rnu64

159

Approved
created:04/17/2025
updated:04/17/2025

The Role of Sex and Age on Intestinal Permeability, the Gut Microbiota, and Endothelial Function

SHORT TITLE: Gut Permeability Study

Shannon

Lennon

College of Health Sciences

2026-02-20
March 22, 2026

Originally Submitted:
April 17, 2025
Contact: Kate Kaseman

Org App |

768

9nq3r

156

Approved
created:03/19/2025
updated:03/19/2025

Neural correlates of trust and error during human-guided AI training

SHORT TITLE: A neuroscientific study of trust and error during human-guided AI training

Austin

Brockmeier

College of Engineering

2026-02-26
March 28, 2026

Originally Submitted:
March 19, 2025
Contact: Austin Meek

Org App |

758

lxiun

65

Approved
created:03/03/2023
updated:02/26/2025

Engaging Young Autistic Listeners: A Technology Prototyping and Music Theory Community Engagement Project

SHORT TITLE: Music for Young Listeners with ASD

Matthew

Mauriello

College of Arts and Sciences, College of Engineering

2026-02-27
March 27, 2026

Originally Submitted:
September 21, 2022
Contact: Matthew Mauriello

Org App |

328

d1sfc

155

Approved
created:03/19/2025
updated:03/19/2025

Light therapy intervention in individuals with Parkinson’s disease

SHORT TITLE: Light therapy intervention in PD

John

Jeka

College of Health Sciences

2026-03-12
April 11, 2026

Originally Submitted:
March 18, 2025
Contact: Sara Penuela

Org App |

757

av1nq

134

Approved
created:06/05/2024
updated:03/26/2025

Neurological and Cardiovascular Consequences of Head Trauma

SHORT TITLE: Neurological and Cardiovascular Consequences of Head Trauma

Thomas

Buckley

College of Health Sciences

2026-03-24
April 23, 2026

Originally Submitted:
June 4, 2024
Contact: Thomas Buckley

Org App |

642

60r92

164

Approved
created:07/24/2025
updated:09/04/2025

Safer and Healthier Sleep for All: Community-engaged Approach to Inclusive Pediatric Sleep Strategies for Young Delaware Families

SHORT TITLE: Safer and Healthier Sleep Study

Lauren

Covington

College of Health Sciences

2026-04-10
May 10, 2026

Originally Submitted:
July 24, 2025
Contact: Shannon Mayberry

Org App |

792

l0ywq

161

Approved
created:07/11/2025
updated:07/11/2025

Hormonal effect research on tendon properties in females with Achilles tendinopathy

SHORT TITLE: Role of Sex Hormones in Achilles Tendinopathy Symptoms

Morgan

Potter

College of Health Sciences

2026-04-15
May 15, 2026

Originally Submitted:
July 10, 2025
Contact: Morgan Potter

Org App |

786

yjuzw

75

Approved
created:07/01/2024
updated:04/17/2025

Segmented Motor Output: A Marker of Parkinson’s Disease

SHORT TITLE: Motor Output in Parkinson’s Disease

Christopher

Knight

College of Health Sciences

2026-04-21
May 21, 2026

Originally Submitted:
November 2, 2022
Contact: Rebecca Daniels

Org App |

666

i6lzu

79

Approved
created:04/18/2024
updated:04/24/2025

Locomotor learning in people with Parkinson’s disease

SHORT TITLE: Learning to change a walking pattern in people with Parkinson’s disease

Darcy

Reisman

College of Arts and Sciences, College of Health Sciences

2026-04-23
May 23, 2026

Originally Submitted:
December 5, 2022
Contact: Elizabeth Thompson

Org App |

612

iu94k

127

Approved
created:05/02/2024
updated:05/27/2025

Examining the Feasibility of Implementing a Hypertension Storytelling among African Americans with Hypertension

SHORT TITLE: High Blood Pressure Stories (HBPStories): A Storytelling study for African American adults with High Blood Pressure

Yendelela

Cuffee

College of Health Sciences

2026-05-02
June 1, 2026

Originally Submitted:
May 1, 2024
Contact: Jennifer Marmon

Org App |

618

kb3ee

107

Approved
created:08/01/2024
updated:05/30/2025

Roles and Interplay of the Multiple Processes Underlying Sensorimotor Adaptation

SHORT TITLE: Motor Adaptation in Young Adults

Joshua

Cashaback

College of Health Sciences

2026-05-09
June 9, 2026

Originally Submitted:
August 28, 2023
Contact: John Buggeln

Org App |

668

mejl0

144

Approved
created:10/29/2024
updated:05/16/2025

Understanding Brain Changes Underlying Bimanual Coordination

SHORT TITLE: Understanding Brain Changes Underlying Bimanual Coordination

Roxana

Burciu

College of Health Sciences

2026-05-14
May 15, 2026

Originally Submitted:
October 29, 2024
Contact: Abbie Bower

Org App |

699

2j6d9

166

Approved
created:08/12/2025
updated:08/12/2025

Quantifying adapted balance control during walking in chronic stroke

SHORT TITLE: Walking Balance Control in Individuals With and Without Chronic Stroke

Jeremy

Crenshaw

College of Health Sciences

2026-05-14
June 13, 2026

Originally Submitted:
August 11, 2025
Contact: Grace Kellaher

Org App |

797

hdp87

150

Approved
created:12/16/2024
updated:05/14/2025

Forebrain electroneutral transporters in salt-sensitive hypertension: an MRI study

SHORT TITLE: Salt Sensing in the Brain

Megan

Wenner

College of Health Sciences

2026-05-16
June 17, 2026

Originally Submitted:
December 13, 2024
Contact: Katherine Masso

Org App |

716

srxgr

11

Approved
created:05/18/2023
updated:05/16/2025

University of Delaware Participant Recruitment Registry for Parkinson’s Disease Research

SHORT TITLE: Parkinson’s Disease Registry

Roxana

Burciu

College of Health Sciences

2026-05-19
May 20, 2026

Originally Submitted:
March 14, 2022
Contact: Abigail Bower

Org App |

366

13npo

162

Approved
created:07/14/2025
updated:07/14/2025

Exercise Timing Study

SHORT TITLE: XTIME

Freda

Patterson

College of Health Sciences

2026-05-25
June 24, 2026

Originally Submitted:
July 9, 2025
Contact: Thomas Keiser

Org App |

788

lvzb0

142

Approved
created:10/09/2024
updated:06/11/2025

Evaluation of Parents’ Daily Interaction and Play Activity with Young Children

SHORT TITLE: Parent & Infant Play Study

Michele

Lobo

College of Health Sciences

2026-06-11
July 11, 2026

Originally Submitted:
October 8, 2024
Contact: Eman Alhindi

Org App |

691

ii9wn

163

Approved
created:07/17/2025
updated:07/17/2025

Investigating the Effects of High-Definition Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (HD-tDCS) on Lower Limb Function and Associated Brain Changes in Parkinson’s Disease

SHORT TITLE: Effects of a Single Session of Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation on Motor Function in Individuals With and Without Parkinson’s Disease

Roxana

Burciu

College of Health Sciences

2026-06-17
July 17, 2026

Originally Submitted:
July 16, 2025
Contact: Roxana Burciu

Org App |

790

j1gyi

157

Approved
created:04/14/2025
updated:06/17/2025

Assessing Achilles Tendon Load in Healthy Participants using Tensiometry and Plantar Flexion Moment Estimation

SHORT TITLE: Healthy Achilles Tendon Loading

Elisa

Arch

College of Health Sciences

2026-06-19
July 19, 2026

Originally Submitted:
April 11, 2025
Contact: Zahra McKee

Org App |

760

re43f

137

Approved
created:06/24/2024
updated:06/20/2025

Head Trauma in Older Adults: Neurological Health Study

SHORT TITLE: Head Trauma in Older Adults: Neurological Health Study

Thomas

Buckley

College of Health Sciences

2026-06-20
July 20, 2026

Originally Submitted:
June 24, 2024
Contact: Caitlin Gallo

Org App |

664

61d2x

124

Approved
created:12/18/2024
updated:07/08/2025

Neuroscience of Stuttering

SHORT TITLE: Stuttering and the Brain (adult)

Ho Ming

Chow

College of Health Sciences

2026-06-29
July 29, 2026

Originally Submitted:
April 11, 2024
Contact: Samuel Farrand

Org App |

717

vtq2p

165

Approved
created:08/06/2025
updated:08/06/2025

Who wants to talk about love: Gender, identity, and intimacy in the digital age

SHORT TITLE: Relationships & gender interview

Asia

Friedman

College of Arts and Sciences, Graduate College

2026-07-08
August 7, 2026

Originally Submitted:
August 4, 2025
Contact: Adam Gavnik

Org App |

795

tgcm

131

Approved
created:01/28/2025
updated:07/15/2025

Assessing how walking patterns change with pain in and out of the laboratory setting

SHORT TITLE: Pain affect on walking

Jocelyn

Hafer

College of Health Sciences

2026-07-12
August 11, 2026

Originally Submitted:
May 13, 2024
Contact: Julien Mihy

Org App |

725

ylc1a

60

Approved
created:09/16/2022
updated:08/13/2025

Arterial Stiffness and Vascular Function in Children

SHORT TITLE: Blood Vessel Function in Children

Melissa

Witman, PhD

College of Health Sciences

2026-07-18
August 18, 2026

Originally Submitted:
September 16, 2022
Contact: Evan Ciecko

Org App |

225

y4cvv

154

Approved
created:03/18/2025
updated:08/20/2025

Understanding muscle fatigue and its effects on gait in the real world

SHORT TITLE: Fatigue and Real-world walking

Jocelyn

Hafer

College of Health Sciences

2026-08-14
September 14, 2024

Originally Submitted:
March 18, 2025
Contact: Mayumi Wagatsuma

Org App |

754

3np8l

87

Approved
created:08/14/2024
updated:08/14/2025

Stroke Research Registry

SHORT TITLE: Stroke Research Registry

Susanne

Morton

College of Health Sciences, College of Health Sciences

2026-08-18
September 17, 2026

Originally Submitted:
February 20, 2023
Contact: Kenna Gilley

Org App |

669

8f688

26

Approved
created:08/14/2024
updated:09/05/2025

Mechanisms Underlying the Protective Vascular Effects of Dietary Potassium in Humans

SHORT TITLE: Potassium and Vascular Health

Shannon

Lennon

College of Health Sciences

2026-08-19
September 18, 2026

Originally Submitted:
April 14, 2022
Contact: Liza Walker

Org App |

670

7sinr

96

Approved
created:09/13/2024
updated:09/12/2025

Pediatric motor rehabilitation via socially interacting robot swarms

SHORT TITLE: Pediatric motor rehabilitation via socially interacting robot swarms

Bert

Tanner

College of Engineering, College of Health Sciences

2026-09-15
October 15, 2026

Originally Submitted:
May 18, 2023
Contact: Kleio Baxevani

Org App |

676

y2tcr

140

Approved
created:09/20/2024
updated:09/20/2024

Towards Novel Forecasting Methods and In-Home Energy Displays that Utilize Smart Home and Activity Tracking Data to Improve Demand Response and Energy

SHORT TITLE: Electric-Vis: Forecasting Energy Use with Smart Home and Activity Data

Matthew

Mauriello

College of Engineering

2026-11-30
December 30, 2026

Originally Submitted:
September 18, 2024
Contact: Fatimah Alhassan

Org App |

681

h7fwh