Miranda Van Tilburg, PhD

(919) 843-0688

School-Related Seasonality in Pediatric Functional Abdominal Pain

Does your child suffer from stomachaches?  We want to know what factors make children's stomachaches worse or better during the school year.

We are looking for parents of children/adolescents who:

• Have frequent stomachaches - no prior physician diagnosis needed
• Attend school from fall to spring and have summers off

The research study will involve 2 online questionnaires.  No visits to UNC are required.  Participants completing the study will be automatically entered in a drawing for a $50 or $100 Amazon gift card redeemable online.

Miranda Van Tilburg, PhD

(919) 843-0688

F³ Study - Finding foods fearful: A study of children and adolescents with a fear of trying new foods

If you think your child has a fear of trying new foods and/or has such a limited food variety that it gets in the way, join our online registry of parents who have a child who struggles with food neophobia.  Your responses will help us to learn more about this behavioral pattern so we can develop new treatments, help parents feel less blamed, and learn more about the development of taste preferences in general.

Miranda Van Tilburg, PhD

(919) 843-0688

Managing Child Abdominal Pain

Volunteers needed to take part in a research study that looks at ways to help parents manage their child's stomachaches.  If you enroll in this study, you will be asked to complete three sessions with a research clinician.  You and your child will also complete five surveys over a period of a year.  No medicines will be used in this study.

Requirements:

You may be eligible if your child is between the ages of 7 and 12, AND experienced at least three stomachaches in the past three months which affected his/her activities.

Compensation:

You will receive up to $260 in total, your child will receive up to $25 in gift cards.

Angela Kibiy, RN

(919) 537-3841

Genetic and environmental factors that cause or influence IBS

This study involves measuring the relationship between genes, the environment, and various psychological and health factors in men and women with IBS. Individuals who participate will need to come to two visits to the GI Psychophysiology Lab.

Angela Kibiy, RN

(919) 537-3841

Healthy Controls Needed for Research Study

We are conducting a research study investigating a broad range of factors that may cause or influence IBS. We are looking for subjects without IBS or any other gastrointestinal (stomach or bowel) symptoms to participate.

Meley Woldeghebriel

(919) 966-8328

Need Men and Women 18 - 80 Years Old with IBS-D

The purpose of this research study is to try to evaluate an investigational drug for improving diarrhea predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS-D).

Meley Woldeghebriel

Need Men and Women over the age of 18 with an anal fissure.

Has your physician diagnosed you with an anal fissure?

The UNC Center for Functional GI and Motility Disorders is conducting a research study to evaluate an investigational drug (diltiazem).

Daniel Temas

(919) 843-1003

The UNC Center for Functional GI and Motility Disorders is currently conducting a Phase III drug trial to investigate the long-term efficacy of Rifaximin for the treatment of IBS-D symptoms.

Rifaximin is a non-absorbed antibiotic currently approved by the FDA for the treatment of Traveler’s Diarrhea and Hepatic Encephalopathy. Previous studies have shown significant improvement of symptoms with Rifaximin treatment in subjects with IBS-D.

Meley Woldeghebriel

(919) 966-8328

The UNC Center for Functional GI and Motility Disorders is currently recruiting people with diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome (IBS-D) to participate in a research study.

This study will compare an investigational drug to a placebo (pill identical in appearance without any active medication).