Back pain study volunteers
The department of kinesiology is recruiting pregnant women to participate in a study. Volunteers must have current back pain or a history of back pain, must be between the ages of 18 and 35, must be willing to be randomly assigned to one of three exercise programs and must not be past the 21st week of pregnancy. Participating women must also be free of selected complications and must obtain approval from their pregnancy health-care providers.

Baby-sitting will be provided at the exercise and testing sessions. Volunteers will be paid $150 for participation and $60 for completing three one-hour testing sessions.

The 16-week moderate intensity resistance exercise programs involve either exercise during pregnancy, exercise after pregnancy or exercise after pregnancy with health education during pregnancy.

The health education will involve pregnancy related education classes to be held in the evening at Athens Regional Medical Center.

Additional information can be obtained from Tameka Gude at (706) 542-4138, tgude@uga.edu or at projects.coe.uga.edu/bpepstudy.

Infant-feeding study volunteers
Volunteers are being sought for two studies currently under way at the Infant Feeding and Body Composition Research Laboratory of the department of foods and nutrition in the College of Family and Consumer Sciences. Both studies are focused on the effects of infant feeding on the body composition of infants and their mothers.

For the first study, pregnant women in their third trimester are sought. Participants will come to the research laboratory, Room 261 in Dawson Hall, for prenatal and postnatal visits at two weeks, one month, two months and three months. In particular, pregnant women who intend to formula-feed their newborn are being sought. Volunteers who complete all of the visits will receive $150. Plus, both the mother and baby will have their body compositions measured with state-of-the-art equipment.

For a second, cross-sectional study, mothers with infants 3 months or younger are being sought. The study is seeking both mothers who are breastfeeding and those who are formula feeding. In this study, mothers and their infants only visit the lab for measurements one time and will receive $50 as compensation.

Free parking is available as well as transportation and mileage reimbursement for participants who may travel long distances or use public transportation to participate.

For more information, contact Alex Anderson, assistant professor of foods and nutrition, by e-mail (anderson@fcs.uga.edu) or phone (706) 542-7614.

Special UGA registration rates for Carter conference
UGA faculty, staff and retirees may register for “The Carter Presidency: Lessons for the 21st Century,” conference at a special discounted rate of $299 for the full conference, $149 for Jan. 19  only and $185 for Jan. 20 and Jan. 21.

Faculty and staff may purchase tickets for the Jan. 20  keynote dinner at $150 per person. Visit www.uga.edu/carterconference/special and enter your UGA MyID and password to obtain the special registration form.

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