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3D Video Use in Laparoscopic Training

This study is recruiting CHLA staff/employees/trainees to participate in a study assessing the efficacy of different types of video in teaching a surgical skill to novices. Participants will complete a survey and a medical training task, watch a video, and then repeat the medical training task in 2 weeks.

An Addiction-Based Mobile Health Weight Loss Intervention With Coaching

To test the effectiveness of an addiction-based weight loss intervention, embodied first as a smartphone app with telephone coaching (AppCoach) compared to (1) addiction model based weight-loss app alone (App) and (2) multi-disciplinary in-clinic weight loss intervention (Clinic) on weight outcomes of overweight and obese adolescents at 3, 6, 12 and 18 months post enrollment.

Bioflex Sensor

The purpose of this study is to evaluate a sensor that transmits intracranial pressure, cerebrospinal fluid flow, and makes sure the path of the catheter remains open.

CTC

The purpose of the study is to learn about how to improve access to care during young adulthood and to assess if telehealth is an acceptable form of care.

Extubation failure in newborn infants

Validate the use of respiratory inductance plethysmography (RIP) and esophageal manometry in diagnosing upper airway obstruction (UAO) in newborn infants.

JASPER Early Intervention for Tuberous Sclerosis (JETS)

Two main purposes of the study: (1) to see if social communication of children with TSC can be improved with a short term behavioral intervention (JASPER) and (2) to see if these improvements remain long after the study, and whether they can be observed with electroencephalography (EEG).

NEAT (Neuroimaging: Emotions and Appetite Testing) Study

The NEAT Study is about obesity, appetite, emotions, and how the brain develops in children. The study team is looking for volunteer youth to participate who are either healthy or have a clinical condition called Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH).