The purpose of this research study is to learn how Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS), which targets a part of the brain called the subthalamic nucleus (STN), may affect thinking and memory in people with Parkinson's Disease (PD). We plan to include about 55 people with PD who have already had DBS surgery at MUSC's Clinical DBS Program.

As part of the study, participants will attend two visits after their DBS surgery. The first visit, which will last about three hours, includes going over the study information and consent form, collecting background information (demographics), and completing tests that measure thinking and memory (cognitive assessments). The second visit, also about three hours, will involve an MRI scan to look at how the brain's networks change when the DBS device is turned on and off.

These findings may help doctors and researchers make better decisions about which patients are most likely to benefit from DBS surgery and how to choose the best stimulation settings to reduce unwanted changes in thinking and memory.

Quitting smoking is hard, and many Veterans struggle even with current treatments. This study is testing a safe, non-invasive brain stimulation called repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS), which is already FDA-approved to help people stop smoking. We're comparing two types—standard and personalized—to see which works better. We aim to find the best option to help Veterans quit for good.

This study is looking for participants who have had a stroke for the first time and have also had weakness (known as "paresis") in their arms or legs. People who have weakness in their arms or legs after their stroke are at risk of developing spasticity. Spasticity is a condition where muscles stiffen or tighten involuntarily, preventing normal movement, and sometimes causing discomfort or pain.

This study is looking at the proportion of first-ever stroke participants with paresis who develop spasticity up to 12 months after their stroke. We would like to do this by contacting you regularly to see whether you have developed spasticity. The study period for each individual participant will vary depending on whether and when spasticity or problematic spasticity develops.

LiveWell is a telehealth-delivered coping skills training program for people living with advanced lung cancer. LiveWell teaches skills from dialectical behavioral therapy, a type of evidence-based psychotherapy, that have been specifically adapted for people living with advanced lung cancer. The skills (e.g., mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, interpersonal effectiveness) are designed to help you live as well as possible, with cancer. We are interested in seeing whether the program can help you to balance your emotions and better manage distress (e.g., anxiety, sadness) and symptoms (e.g., fatigue, breathlessness, pain) that can be common when living with lung cancer.
 
If you participate in this study, you will be randomly assigned to one of two groups: the LiveWell group, or usual care. LiveWell involves meeting with a skills trainer once per week for eight weeks via telemedicine, in addition to receiving your usual cancer care. Meetings last 45-60 minutes and are scheduled at a time that works best for you. You will not know whether you will be in the LiveWell group or the usual care group before enrolling in the study, but you will know which group you are in after enrolling. Participants in both groups will complete questionnaires three times: at baseline, 8 weeks later, and 3 months after that. For most people, your participation will last approximately 5 months.  You will be compensated for completing study questionnaires.
 

This is a randomized, phase II study for patients with Relapsed/Refractory Large B-Cell Lymphoma. The purpose of this study is to determine how long people with Large B-Cell Lymphoma can live without their disease getting worse when treated with two different combinations of cancer drugs. One group will get tafasitamab + lenalidomide + tazemetostat, and the other group will get tafasitamab + lenalidomide + zanubrutinib. The researchers want to see which combination works better. They also want to figure out the best and safest dose of each drug combination to use in future studies. Tafasitamab is a lab-made antibody that helps the immune system find and attack cancer cells. Lenalidomide is a drug that boosts the immune system and helps fight cancer. Tazemetostat is a drug that blocks a protein (EZH2) that helps cancer cells grow. Zanubrutinib is a drug that blocks another protein (BTK) involved in cancer cell survival. The treatment period may last approximately 1 year and the follow up period may last up to 3 years.