- First, research is often expensive. It is rare for a real research study to cost less than $10,000.
- Second, there are lots of levels and kinds of research.
- Third, unless you are doing a single case study, case study series or literature review you must have an ethics review to do your research.
At Expand Health Research we are willing to listen to your idea and help you to determine the correct level of research for your study. We will give you ideas on how to keep the costs down. Your study is an investment and needs to produce results. We provide very high quality work from a well trained team, where you only purchase the support and people you need, for the number of hours that you need them. Below is a list of some of the many types of research studies that can be done and that our team can potentially do for you.
For more information on what potential types of study might meet your needs, feel free to contact Dr. Caitlin Connor at Caitlin_Connor@mindspring.com.
- Single Case Study
- Case Study Series
- Literature Search Study
- Proof of Concept
- Pilot Study
- Efficacy Trial
- Effectiveness Trial
- Single Blind study
- Double Blind study
- Age and Sex matched study
- Observational Studies
- Longitudinal Studies
- Clinical Study
- Diagnostic Research
- Epidemiological Studies
- Genetic Studies
- Prevention Research
- Quality of Life Research
- Screening Research
- Treatment Research
Sample Studies Follow the link to read the journal article.
Recruiting for the Following Research Studies:
This is another exercise study, but looking at the X-39 patch. This is a two month long double blinded study looking at a non-transdermal phototherapy patch. It looks like the patch increases the amount of GHK and GHK-Cu produced by the body. GHK is a tripeptide which is produced naturally by the body, but it decreases with age. GHK and GHK-Cu tie in to stem cells and epigenetic changes. There are 4 datapoints, at Day 1, 7, 30 and 60. There is an exercise assessment on Day 1, 30, and 60, and you get a custom exercise plan from that. We also have a 3D scanner, so that we can look at changes in muscle over the two months, which is also on Day 1, 30, and 60. In addition to the scanner we will be looking at three comparison measures, an Acugraph, a Biowell, and acupuncture points measured with a datalogging multimeter, as well as looking at three physiology measures, oxygen saturation, temperature, and blood pressure. We also have questionnaires at each datapoint and there is a nutrition and meditation consult. We are looking for 54 healthy men and woman, age 40-81. Compensation for this study is $200 worth of exercise equipment on completion of your participation in the study.
Get yourself in shape before all the holiday eating! Call for more information. 520-609-1765.
Future studies:
Distance Reiki Attunement:
Does it impact brain and body in the same way as local attunements?
Impact of practitioner depression and bipolar illness on client brain health in energy healing.
Arthritis and Inflammation Pain.
Status of existing studies:
Men and Women’s Double Blind Study:
Recruitment complete, analysis in process.
Darkfield III:
Recruitment in process.
AHK Direct:
Recruitment complete, analysis in process.
Below is a sample of some of our completed studies:
Applied Product Research
PhotobiomodulationConnor, M., Connor, C., Eickhoff, J., “LifeWave pilot demonstrates light triggered changes.” International Journal of Healing and Caring, March 3, 2020.
Connor, C., Connor, M.., Wagner, S., Chang, C., Lin, D., Eickhoff, J., “X-39 plasma pilot.” International Journal of Healing and Caring, March 3, 2020.
Connor CA, Connor MH, Yue D, Eickhoff J, Wagner S, et al. (2021) Double-Blind Testing of the Lifewave X39 Patch to Determine GHK-Cu Production Levels. InternalMed Res Open J Volume 6(1): 1-3.
Connor, M.., Connor, C., Gombosuren, N., Eickhoff, J. Anderson, N., Perry, M., Peugh, L., “Phototherapy Induced Metabolism Change Produced by the LifeWave X39- Non-transdermal Patch.” International Journal of Research Studies in Medical and Health Sciences. 6(5), June 4, 2021.
Energy Healing Studies
Connor, M., Connor, C., Eickhoff, J., Schwartz, GE., “Prospective Empirical Test Suite for Energy Practitioners.” Explore, Aug 1, 2020.
Connor, M., Jacobs, L., Connor, C., Riojas, S., Byraktar, I., Schwartz, G., “Two Series of Ethical Codes used by US Reiki Practitioners: A Demographics Study”, International Journal of Healing and Caring Online, 6(1), January 2006.
