The West Virginia Initiative for Innate Health is involved in the following research projects, which have been approved by the West Virginia University Institutional Review Board:

1. Evaluating the Effectiveness of Health Realization/Innate Health Seminars on Reducing Employee Stress.
   
   First opened: 5/31/01
   Project closed for enrollment: 3/24/03
   Project remains open for data analysis through 10/09/06
   
   Principal Investigator: William F. Pettit, M.D.
   Co-Investigators: Scott A. Cottrell, PhD., Judith A. Sedgeman, M.A., James M. Shumway, Ph.D.
   
   Initial findings (Click here)
   
   
2. Construction of a Measure of Effectiveness of Innate Health.
   
   Instrument, SBI-34, is developed and has been successfully tested for Reliability.
   Project remains open for Validity study.
   
   Principal Investigator: James Shumway, Ph.D.
   Co-Investigator: Scott Cottrell, Ph.D.
   
   
3. Change in Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) Score in a Systemic Sample of Patients Receiving Mind, Thought & Consciousness Therapy (MTC).
   
   Chart Review opened: 12/31/04
   Chart Review completed: 10/28/05
   
   Principal Investigator: William F. Pettit, M.D.
   Co-Investigators: Judith A. Sedgeman, M.A., Sarah S. Quesen, M.P.H.
   
   
4. Effect of Innate Health Psychoeducational Intervention in Stress Levels in HIV/AIDS patients.
   
   First opened: 10/20/05
   Project closes: 10/20/06
   Status: Completed
   
   Principal Investigator: Judith A. Sedgeman, M.A.
   Co-Investigator: Arif Sarwari, M.D.
   
   Initial findings: (Click here)
   Article submitted for publication, May, 2006.
   
   
5. Program Evaluation of an Innate Health Program for High School Students.
   
   Principal Investigator: Reagan Curtis, Ph.D.
   Co-Investigator: Judith A. Sedgeman, M.A.
   
   Project opened: February, 2006
   Project closes: February, 2007
   
   Status: Programs completed
   Follow-up data gathering and data analysis under way
   
   
6. Engineering Students’ Perceptions of Stress: A Qualitative Pilot Study.
   
   Principal Investigator: Judith A. Sedgeman, M.A.
   
   Project opened: February, 2006
   Project completed: April, 2006
   
   Findings: (Click here)
   
   
7. Burnout in Emergency Medicine: An Attempt to Modify Stress Response by Journaling.
   
   Principal Investigator: Rosanna D. Sikora, M.D.
   Co- Investigators: Bradley Mongold, M.D., Debra Paulson, M.D., Stephen Davis, M.P.A., M.S.W., and Judith Sedgeman, M.A.
   
   Project opened: February, 2006
   
   Study in process; WVIIH is conducting the qualitative component regarding participants’ state of mind before and while journaling and their perceptions of stress.