4/24/2024

Jumpstart offers a wonderful chance to impact your community. As a career exploration experience for students pursuing any major, students build leadership, communication, teamwork and time management skills transferable to any career. Students are matched with 3-5 year old children with limited resources to serve as tutors, building language, literacy and social emotional skills to prepare children for kindergarten. Jumpstart is a work-study job paying $15/hour, additionaly, you can earn 6 hours of course credit towards graduation and an AmeriCorps Education Award of $1565. Must have availabilty on Tues/Thurs from 2:30-7:30 p.m. To learn more and apply, email jamesbet.

The Boone County Early Childhood Coalition (BCECC) can help you find out with free screening to assess the general development and social-emotional health of your children ages 2 months to 5 years who live in Boone County. The screening takes approximately 10 minutes to complete. BCECC staff will discuss results with you and share resources to support your family. Use the link to register and complete an age-appropriate survey for your child today. https://screeninghub.bcecc.org/home/registerfamily.

Psychologists in the University of Missouri Department of Health Psychology are conducting a research study to examine executive functioning, health behaviors and psychological functioning in children and their caregivers. The project is available to children 11 to 17 years of age and their parent or caregiver. The study consists of one in-person session on the MU campus. Youth and caregivers will complete assessments and questionnaires and height and weight will be measured. Families will be compensated and provided a summary of their results. Families interested in participating or who have questions should email Dr. Crystal Lim (PI) at limcs@health.missouri.edu or call the Mizzou Health Psychology Research Lab at 573-882-6832.

MUPD will be at the Wellness Resource Center located on the lower level of the MU Student Center on April 26 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to allow for anyone to safely dispose of their expired, unneeded or unwanted medications. Do your part to ensure your unneeded medications are disposed of correctly and not misused.

Have you experienced speech, language or reading challenges (e.g., learning disability)? Do you find yourself having trouble keeping up in spoken lectures? do you read the same thing over and over? Dr. Larson is doing research on language in the brain. We are enrolling adults ages 18-40 with a history of speech, language or reading difficulty. What’s involved? You’ll spend a few hours doing tasks involving language and problem-solving over Zoom, and you’ll receive a brain scan using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) on the MU campus. You will be compensated up to $100, and we can provide a formal report describing performance. Contact us for more information: llclab@missouri.edu.

The Family and Child Development Lab (directed by Dr. Groh) is recruiting women who are at average child-bearing age (24-33 years old) but not parents to participate in a study on how the brain changes among women who are or who are not parents. Participation includes questionnaires (1 hour) and lab visits at 3 time points over the course of a year. During 1- to 2-hour lab visits, participants' brain activity will be monitored in response to infant expressions. Participants receive $50 after completing each time point (3 total) and an additional $50 after completing all time points for a total of $200. To participate, email mupsycfcdlab@missouri.edu. 

Summer 2024: If you’ll be in Columbia 5/30-6/26 and love working with kids, spend 4 wks with our kids by applying here. Fall 2024: Don’t wait till August to apply for Fall 2024. We are interviewing & hiring in March/April before students leave this summer. MU Adventure Club is a before & after school program located in Columbia elementary schools. Avail. shifts 2:25-5:45 p.m. for one set of schools & 6:40-8:05 a.m. & 3-5:45 p.m. at another set. Shifts avail. M-F, can work 2-10 shifts/wk, schedule stays consistent for a semester. Starting @ $14.15. Application available here. If hired, you will need physical forms of ID in Columbia; please take the necessary steps to secure the forms listed in the link.

The Smith/Patterson Science Journalism Lecture will be given by Maria Parazo Rose, a spatial data analyst who writes and makes maps about Indigenous affairs, conservation and climate migration. Maria will speak on how 14 public universities founded with stolen Indigenous land are still profiting from trust lands, which are often used for oil and gas production, mining or grazing. This project builds on the groundbreaking “Land Grab Universities,” which examined how land grabs capitalized and transformed the U.S. university system. When: Thursday, April 25. What: Free pizza at 5:30, lecture at 6 p.m. Where: Smith Forum (200 Reynolds Journalism Institute).

Learn about innovative research being conducted by Mizzou undergraduates! Over 150 students from a variety of majors (Natural Resources, Economics, Religious Studies, Biology and more) present results of research conducted in their classes within the beautiful Atrium of Bond Life Sciences Center on May 2 from 2-4 p.m. Classrooms aren't just for learning what's already known, but exciting places to create new knowledge! https://undergradresearch.missouri.edu/presentation-opportunities/.

Join the MU NMDP Donor Drive (April 30-May 2, 8 a.m.-2 p.m.) & help us beat the KU Jayhawks by enrolling 1,500 heroes aged 18-35. Let’s rally around Olivia, an MU Tiger, and all in need. Your match can save a life. #BeTheMatch #SaveALife #BeatTheJayhawks. Volunteer signup: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1i4ZD7xFC4h-GQyqrbXflc4aoVrZIH_cI1A0ZLqvlnHg/edit#gid=877107462.

The Department of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology is seeking premenopausal women between the ages of 21-45 years with a weight status classified as overweight or obese. If you a woman that has been told you’re prediabetic or diabetic, you may be eligible to participate in this study. This study is investigating the relationship between hormones and fat health through repeat fat and blood samples taken 8-weeks apart. Participants will be compensated for their time and effort. For more information, please contact Talyia Fordham at tfq82@umsystem.edu.

Researchers in the MU Dept. of Occupational Therapy are seeking youth ages 12-18 with and without autism spectrum disorder who are enrolled in middle or high school for a research study. Participants will engage in a one-time, in-person assessment session that lasts approximately 90 to 120 minutes. Participants will be asked to answer questionnaires and perform simple activities that involve higher level cognitive processes like planning, organization and managing emotions during daily activities. Participation is voluntary, and participants can withdraw their consent at any time without penalty. Participants will be compensated $50 for their time. Contact: Dr. Melanie Tkach at melanie.tkach@health.missouri.edu or 573-882-0992.

Are you a young adult (18-35 years) of Black or non-Hispanic White ethnicity/race and with a weight status classified as overweight or obese? If so, you might be eligible to participate in a study examining the effects of functional foods on health outcomes. This study involves a 1-hr screening visit, two 3.5-hr and three 1-hr research visits and six to eight 1-hr dietary counseling/data collection visits (online possible). Total study duration is 10 weeks. Total compensation for study is $200. Study foods (fruits, vegetables, nuts) provided. For more information, contact Onyedika at MuNepDhillonLab@missouri.edu.

The Department of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology seeks individuals, aged 20-55 years, who are overweight for a research study. Researchers are studying the effect of high fiber meals on appetite, heart and intestinal health. Participants must be in generally good health, willing to consume the study meals and not have metal within or outside their body that is MRI incompatible. Monetary compensation is available and you will be in the study for ~6wk. If you are interested in participating, please contact, Dr. Anguah’s (principal investigator) lab at 573-882-8647 or email at munepanguahlab@missouri.edu. Due to COVID-19, precautions are in place to protect the health and safety for all individuals involved in research at MU.

The Department of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology seeks individuals, aged 20-55 years, who are overweight for a research study. Researchers are studying the effect of pulses (common beans and lentils) or no pulses diets on satiety and colon health. Participants must be in generally good health, willing to consume the study meals, provide fecal samples and complete study questionnaires/surveys. Monetary compensation is available, and you will be in the study for ~7wk. If you are interested in participating, please contact, Dr. Anguah’s (principal investigator) lab at 573-882-8647 or email at muneppulsestudy@missouri.edu.

Join us over Zoom to learn strategies and tips to strengthen your communication skills, discover qualities of a good partner and enrich your own personal well-being in this eight week class. Earn gift cards for class and survey completion! Participants must be single or not in a committed relationship, and living in Missouri. For more information or to set up your enrollment meeting, contact us at 573-882-4325 or email kara.duke@missouri.edu. Class beginning: May 1, Wednesdays 1-3 p.m. OR 6:30-8:30 p.m.; May 2, Thursdays 8-10 p.m.

Women aged 22–34 are needed for the study on public service advertising against domestic violence (to promote better communication about domestic violence). Specifically, (1) White/Caucasian American women who are natives of the United States in, at least, the second generation, and Christians or atheists and (2) Muslim women who have resided in the United States for less than 3 years. Personal experience with domestic violence is NOT required. Participation includes one face-to-face interview about a poster against domestic violence for about 45 minutes. Each participant receives a $25 Amazon gift card. If you are willing to participate in the study, please contact Evgeniia Belobrovkina at ebrmd@umsystem.edu.

The Moderna ROVER Study is currently enrolling children ages 6 months to 5 years who are in generally good health (including chronic conditions that are stable) and who have not previously received a COVID-19 vaccination or have received a COVID-19 vaccine prior to September 2023 and wish to receive an updated vaccine. Participants will take part in a clinical trial to evaluate an investigational vaccine that may help protect children from COVID-19. If interested, please complete the pre-screening questionnaire to get in contact with the study team: Moderna Rover Pre-Screening Questionnaire.

Looking for fun, creative and educational opportunities for your child to learn music this summer? Join us for our innovative experiencing piano group courses. Courses are being offered for beginners ages 5-9. More information: https://music.missouri.edu/experiencing-piano-kids.

We are currently recruiting younger adults (aged 18-30) for a research study to look at how some mental abilities and physioloical features contribute to sleep patterns in older and younger adults. Participants will come to our campus lab to perform some basic assessment tasks (~1 hour), as well as complete at home tasks: online survey, a sleep study and daily 2-3 minute online surveys for 2 weeks. Younger adult participants will receive a compensation of $25 (in form of cash or Amazon giftcard) after completion of the study. If interested, please fill out our eligibility questionnaire (~10minutes): https://missouri.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_43frKJgUX6uIpuu. For more information, please email: mmusich@mail.missouri.edu.