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Participants Being Sought for a Vascular Health Research Study

Apply now(opens in a new window) Job No: 508222
Division/Organization: School of Education
Department: Kinesiology
Job Type: UW Student Jobs
Remote Eligbility: Not Remote
Location: MEDICAL SCIENCES CENTER
Salary/Wage Range or Lump Sum: Lump Sum: $220.00
Job Categories: Interpersonal Communication, Teamwork/Collaboration, Healthcare and Health Sciences, Nonprofit/Community-Based Organization, STEM, Career Management

Department Overview:

 The Human Integrative Physiology Lab in the Department of Kinesiology is looking for research participants for a study involving healthy adult men and women.

Anticipated Start Date:

 Immediately

Anticipated End Date (If Applicable):

  

Remote Work Eligibility Detail:

Not Remote

 

Anticipated Hours Per Week:

 1

Schedule:

 This study involves a screening visit (~1 hr), exercise visit (~1 hr), and two study visits (~2.5 hrs each). Total time involved in the study would be 6-8 hours over 4 visits.

Salary/Wage Range/Lump Sum:

 Lump Sum: $220.00

Number of Positions:

 40

Qualifications:

 The Human Integrative Physiology Lab in the Department of Kinesiology is looking for research participants for a study involving healthy adult men and women. You are receiving this email because you are a student or employee at UW-Madison between the ages of 18-40.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

If you take part in this study, procedures would include:
• measuring height, weight, and blood pressure,
• blood draw to measure variables (ex: glucose, cholesterol, and hormones levels)
• a maximal exercise (fitness) test
• inserting a small catheter into a vein in your arm
• breathing high oxygen gas
• imaging (MRI) of your brain blood vessels
• oral supplementation of antioxidants

To be able to take part in this study you must:
• be 18-40 years old,
• be a non-tobacco user,
• have normal cholesterol and glucose,
• be taking no cardiovascular (anti-hypertensives, statins, platelet inhibitors, etc.) or metabolic (insulin-sensitizing) medications,
• women must not be on hormonal birth control or must be willing to suspend hormonal birth control for up to 6 months.
• have weekday availability for MRI scans (Monday-Friday; 8am-5pm).

Position Summary/Job Duties:

This study involves a screening visit (~1 hr), exercise visit (~1 hr), and two study visits (~2.5 hrs each). Total time involved in the study would be 6-8 hours over 4 visits.

Physical Demands:

Laying down in an MRI for up to 1 hour.

Institutional Statements:

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

UW-Madison is an Equal Employment, Equal Access Employer committed to increasing the diversity of our workforce.

Institutional Statement on Diversity:

Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background-people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.

For more information on diversity and inclusion on campus, please visit: diversity.wisc.edu

Accommodation Statement:

If you need to request an accommodation because of a disability, you can find information about how to make a request at the following website:https://employeedisabilities.wisc.edu/disability-accommodation-information-for-applicants/
 
 

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