Live NOW Lab

07/08/2024

03/13/2024

Hello everyone!
Are you a patient with a primary brain tumor or a caregiver looking for a quick way to give back to the community?
Please consider filling out a voluntary and confidential one-time survey of about 15-20 minutes. By sharing your experiences, you will be assisting us in developing a tool to address the unmet emotional needs in patients with primary brain tumors and their loved ones. You will have the option to enter an Amazon gift card raffle. This study is being conducted at Massey Cancer Center and VCU.
https://tinyurl.com/FCRbrain
Thank you!

11/27/2023

Hello everyone!
Researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University are looking for adults who have been diagnosed with a primary brain tumor or brain metastases and are experiencing emotional distress to participate in a virtual psychotherapeutic intervention: Managing Cancer and Living Meaningfully (CALM).

Check out the video below to learn more, and reach out for additional information!

10/03/2023

Hi Everyone!

If you or your loved one has a primary brain tumor, please consider contributing to this research study.

What is the study about?
The Massey Cancer Center at Virginia Commonwealth University is recruiting for an online research survey to understand and improve mental health and emotional distress in people with primary brain tumors and their loved ones.

What does participation look like?
This one-time survey is estimated to take 20 minutes. There is no cost to participate and you will have the option to enter an Amazon gift card raffle. Your answers are completely confidential.
Your participation includes:
• Screening questions to determine your eligibility
• Reading and completing a consent form
• Answering a series of survey questions

Who can participate?
Adults aged 18 or older who have a primary brain tumor or are the loved one of someone with a primary brain tumor. You must be able to respond to questions in the English language.

To participate, please follow this link:
https://tinyurl.com/FCRbrain

07/26/2023

Hello everyone!

Are you a patient with a primary brain tumor or a caregiver looking for a quick way to give back to the community?

Please consider filling out an anonymous one time survey of about 20 minutes that could help us develop a tool to address the unmet emotional needs in patients with primary brain tumors and their loved ones. Thank you!

https://tinyurl.com/FCRbrain

06/23/2023

Are you a patient with a primary brain tumor or a caregiver looking for a quick way to give back to the community?

Consider a one time anonymous survey (20 minutes) that could help us develop a tool to address the unmet emotional needs in patients with primary brain tumors and their loved ones.

https://tinyurl.com/FCRbrain

04/09/2022

🚨The importance of this work cannot be overemphasized…quality survival MATTERS for our brain tumor patients 🚨
SharedIt Link provided below!

04/07/2022

CAREGIVERS INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN RESEARCH – VIRTUAL FOCUS GROUP FOR CAREGIVERS OF BRAIN TUMOR PATIENTS
Virginia Commonwealth University / Massey Cancer Center / LiveNOW Lab
We are interested in learning more about the emotional needs of caregivers and their preferences for counseling. We are conducting virtual focus groups of bereaved caregivers of
patients diagnosed with brain tumors. The focus group will last approximately 90 minutes and consist of 6-8 other bereaved caregivers. You will be asked to share your perspective on the
caregiving experience and tell us how psychologists can best support caregivers. Following the focus group, we will invite you to complete online surveys (approximately 30 minutes).
If you served as a caregiver of a patient diagnosed with a brain tumor and your loved one passed within the last six months – three years, we would appreciate your input. We will
compensate you for your time with two Amazon gift cards for completing the focus group and subsequent online questionnaires. There is no cost associated with this study.
If you are interested or have additional questions, please contact us at LiveNOW@vcu.edu or 804-828-9815. Thank you for your time and consideration!

03/17/2022

PATIENTS INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN RESEARCH –
VIRTUAL 6-WEEK GROUP INTERVENTION FOR INSOMNIA
Virginia Commonwealth University / Massey Cancer Center / LiveNOW Lab
We are a research lab housed within VCU’s Massey Cancer Center, Division of Neuro-oncology and we are currently recruiting for a research project. If you are having trouble falling asleep, staying asleep, or waking up too early, then you might be interested in our project. Participation involves:
• Complete screening questionnaires to determine if you are eligible to continue in the study and provide informed consent.
• If eligible, you will be asked to virtually attend 6 weekly meetings via Zoom where you will learn behavioral skills and strategies for improving your sleep in a small group of other participants with brain tumors.
• You will be asked to answer a series of surveys online before and after the 6-week study.
There is no cost to participate in the study. We will be compensating you for your time.
No medications will be prescribed as part of this program. This study is not an overnight sleep evaluation (polysomnography). You will instead learn strategies to improve your sleep as part of a weekly, virtual, group intervention. If you are interested or have additional questions, please contact us at LiveNOW@vcu.edu or 804-828-6799. Thank you for your time and consideration!