Day 1 (3-4 Hours)

What to expect?

-Completing questionnaires about yourself (e.g., health, medical history, life experiences, mood)

-Brief tests of memory, mental functioning, and reading ability 

-Nerve function test in which electric pulses are delivered to your ankle, brief neurological exam  

-Body measurements (e.g., blood pressure, height, weight, waist & hip circumference) 

-Finger stick blood draw for collecting lipid levels, blood glucose, and stress hormone information 

-Providing addresses of all the places you have lived to help track your lifetime exposure to environmental toxins 

-1:1 interview about your life experiences 

-Saliva collection demonstration and teaching 


What to bring?

-A pair of shorts

-Cell phone

-Social security number 

-A list of the places you have lived for your whole life


Other Instructions:

As a reminder, this is a fasting visit. Please do not eat any food for 12 hours before your appointment. Free snacks and/or light meals can be provided to you following the finger stick.

Also please refrain from using alcohol and marijuana products on the day of your appointment.

If you cannot attend your session:

-If you arrive more than 20 mins after your scheduled time we will have to reschedule you for another day.

-Please contact the laboratory at 918-660-3048 or tulsa.plan@gmail.com at least 24 hours before your appointment.

-Please do not “no show” to your appointment. Doing so means our team lost 3-4 hours of time we could have been testing another participant.


Where to go?

Our laboratory is located on the third floor of the OU Schusterman Center Administrative Building (Room 3G01; 4502 E 41st St, Tulsa, OK 74135). Please review the attached maps and directions and have them available on the day of your appointment. Also, please don’t hesitate to call if you encounter difficulty navigating the OU-Tulsa campus; a researcher will happily direct you to parking and our lab. 

Study Instructions