National Institute Of Environmental Health Sciences (niehs)

This study looks at how stress from being a refugee—like trauma, discrimination, and adjusting to a new culture—affects sleep in Bhutanese refugees living in Ohio. Researchers will hold focus groups and interviews with 70 adults to understand their sleep problems and coping strat…

This study follows 400 children aged 5 to 7 with obesity or normal weight until age 12. Researchers will track puberty signs, hormones, genes, diet, and chemical exposures to see what predicts early puberty. No treatments are given; the goal is to gather information.

This natural history study will explore how life experiences and environmental factors affect heart health and metabolism among 50 Bhutanese adults living in the US. Participants will complete a survey and discuss their views on providing biological samples. The goal is to identi…