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Research Participant Info
The
following research studies are ongoing and open for enrollment
for volunteers who meet the eligibility requirements. A few
of the key eligibility requirements are listed below. If you
are interested in possible participation, or have questions
about the study, please address your inquiries to the contact
person listed.
All clinical
research studies in the UAB Department of Ophthalmology take
place in the Callahan Eye Foundation Hospital (unless otherwise
specifically noted). The hospital is at 700 18th Street South
covering the entire block between University Blvd. and 7th
Avenue South. We have an attached parking deck for our visitors.
Those participating in research studies receive free parking.
Enter the parking deck from University Blvd. For an area street
map of our location, please click here.
| Problem Solving Training for Persons in Low Vision Rehabilitation |
The objective of this longitudinal study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a brief, telephone-based psychoeducational program (Problem-Solving Training) for
1) preventing negative health and emotional outcomes related to adjustment to low vision rehabilitation and 2) enhancing positive outcomes related to adjustment.
Participants who may be eligible must be:
- Referred for an initial low vision rehabilitation
evaluation
- 19 years of age or older
- Have access to a telephone
- Further screening for eligibility will be determined
during or following the initial low vision eye
examination
- A total monetary honorarium is provided in the
amount of $300 following full completion of all the aspects of the study.
For more information, please contact Dr. Laura E. Dreer
of the UAB Department of Ophthalmology at (205) 325-8681
or (205) 325-8616 or by email at dreer@uab.edu. |
| Driving Performance in Persons with Hemianopsia and Related Disorders |
| The purpose of this study is to gather information about driving performance in persons with visual field impairment due to hemianopsia, quadranopsia, or related disorders. Little is currently known about the driving characteristics of this population. Persons eligible for participation must be licensed drivers and should have peripheral vision problems because of a stroke, brain tumor, or a traumatic brain injury. Participation involves an interview about general health and driving habits and some vision tests and cognitive tests much like one’s own ophthalmologist or neurologist would administer. In addition, the participant will be asked to drive our project car for about 45 to 60 minutes on streets around the south side of Birmingham, while accompanied by a certified driving rehabilitation specialist and licensed occupational therapist. For more information, contact Chris Meek at 325-8662 or gmeek@uab.edu. |
| Age-Related Eye Disease Study 2 (AREDS2) |
The primary objective of AREDS2 is to evaluate the effect of the nutritional supplements lutein/zeaxanthin and/or omega -3 LCPUFAs (DHA and EPA) on progression to advanced AMD. This objective will be accomplished by collecting and assessing the data on participants aged 50 to 85 years, who at the time of enrollment have either: 1) bilateral large drusen or 2) large drusen in one eye and advanced AMD (neovascular AMD or central geographic atrophy) in the fellow eye. An additional goal of the study is to assess whether forms of the AREDS nutritional supplement with reduced zinc and/or no beta-carotene works as well as the original supplement in reducing the risk of progression to advanced AMD.
For more information, please contact Katherine Kallies at 325-8527 or
kallika@uab.edu. |
Thank
you for your interest! Without research volunteers, scientific
progress toward developing new and improved treatments would
not be possible.
| UAB’s
Institutional Review Board for Human Use has approved
all human research protocols carried out in the Department
of Ophthalmology’s Clinical Research Unit. |
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