I wanted to reach out to you with an update from our conversation yesterday. I discussed the travel with our research team at SRI and they said we could work out a travel plan with you, and that we would fully reimburse you for any travel expenses, as long as you are comfortable and would like to participate.

If you are still interested, I would love to set up a time to talk more about our research with you and see if you are eligible to participate in the study/safe to go into the MRI scan. This phone call would take about 15-20 minutes. Would Monday 11/11 or Tuesday 11/12 in the morning work for you?

If not, no worries, we can try another day or time! Just let me know whatever works best for you.

Thank you, Daria

Daria phoned me at 10:15 a.m. on Monday morning and asked me questions about my ability to under go the various tests including hour long sessions in an MRI and doing tests in the machine.

Usually doctors and others laugh about my drug habits, a cocktail a day and that is it. No smoking or drugs of any kind.

After half an hour of questions, she said she was sure I qualified and wanted to know what drugs I was taking from the VA. She was passing the information to the SRI team and they would contact me if I was still in the research project. Daria set a date to begin testing on January 8th and 9th.

Hope you are having a great day! Thank you so much for your interest in our research studies. I had a great time speaking with you today.

Eligibility Email

Based on our phone interview, it seems that you are eligible to participate in the HE study that you did in 2018. I still have to confirm that you are eligible to participate in the HIVPD study, but I just wanted to confirm the dates that we discussed over the phone. Do these dates and times still work for you for the two in-person days for your visit with the HE study?

• January 8th 2025, 9am-5pm
• January 9th 2025, 9am-5pm

I just double checked the calendar and January 8th is a Wednesday, and January 9th is a Thursday. Do those dates still work with you?

Thank you very much, Daria

I have created a link with the medications I am currently taking and the dosage of each of them. This will aid the research team in evaluating my medical history and the effect it might have on the study.

Link to Current Medications and Dosage

Overview of SRI International

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SRI International (SRI) is an American nonprofit research institute headquartered in Menlo Park, California. The trustees of Stanford University established SRI in 1946 as a center of innovation to support economic development in the region.

SRI is an independent, nonprofit research center that works with clients to take the most advanced R&D from the laboratory to the marketplace. Serving government and industry, we collaborate across technical and scientific disciplines to generate real innovation and create high value for our clients.

We invent solutions that solve your most challenging problems today and look ahead to the needs of the future. For more than 70 years, we’ve led the discovery and design of ground-breaking products, technologies, and industries – from Siri and online banking to medical ultrasound, cancer treatments, and much more.

The organization was founded as the Stanford Research Institute. SRI formally separated from Stanford University in 1970 and became known as SRI International in 1977. SRI performs client-sponsored research and development for government agencies, commercial businesses, and private foundations. It also licenses its technologies, forms strategic partnerships, sells products, and creates spin-off companies. SRI's annual revenue in 2014 was approximately $540 million. SRI's headquarters are located near the Stanford University campus. William A. Jeffrey has served as SRI's president and CEO since September 2014.

SRI employs about 2,100 people. Sarnoff Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of SRI since 1988, was fully integrated into SRI in January 2011.

SRI's focus areas include biomedical sciences, chemistry and materials, computing, Earth and space systems, economic development, education and learning, energy and environmental technology, security and national defense, as well as sensing and devices. SRI has received more than 4,000 patents and patent applications worldwide.

The testing location is on the train line from San Francisco to San Jose at the Menlo Park station, Stanford.

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Prior Testing in 2018 - Maybe Some of the Same Tests

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I put on scrubs and entered the MRI Testing room. I sat on the table and had a heart monitor put on my finger and an oxygen monitor put on my chest. I had a squeeze bulb to press in case I needed to stop the MRI test. I laid down and they put my head in the vise like padded holder and then strapped my head down so I couldn't move it. They also put a plastic mask over one's face to lock you in even more and a mirror is on the top of the mask. I was slowly pulled into the entire MRI tube and there I was asked if I could see the mirror above me. They said I was going to have a scan of the brain for five miutes. Then they were going to run the same test I had taken before entering the room. This test would run for about five minutes also. The MRI would take pictures of my brain and how it fired the neurons as I completed the following task. Use a mouse to select a match or no match on a computer screen for the following: A square will appear for a second, then a word will appear for a second, select one of the keys if the color of the square and the color of the word matches. If the square is red, the word is red - one choses - Does Not Match. If the square is green word is blue - one choses - Does Match - because the items are both green!

After the Matching Test I was told I had to stay still and they would run a 10 minute scan with my eyes open all the time, no sleeping.

Then they ran a scan for about 45 minutes or so and I could close my eyes and sleep if possible. I have had multiple tests in an MRI and this one was probably the loudest I have ever heard. It is a GE Imaging MRI.

I never moved the entire time so the scan was a success. I had a horrible cramp in my left leg in the middle of the scan but I was not going to move and ruin the scan because then I would have to take it again!

And to finalize the testing, we went back to the office and I proceeded to do the same test on the laptop again, match the color of the square with the color of the word!

And I qualified for the $200.00 fee for doing the testing! They want me back in a year and a half for another set of testing!

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Created on: 2024.11.09

Updated on: 2024.11.12

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