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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Ladies and Gentlemen:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I have been asked to circulate information about the below described study. The NFB of Colorado neither endorses nor opposes this study, its results, or the University of Texas itself. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Best,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Scott<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> SWEETHEART Study <sweetheartstudy@gmail.com> <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 21, 2020 1:21 PM<br><b>To:</b> slabarre@labarrelaw.com<br><b>Cc:</b> Heydarian, Nazanin M <nmheydarian@austin.utexas.edu><br><b>Subject:</b> University of Texas at Austin Research Study Seeking Blind & Low-Vision Adults<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Good Afternoon President LaBarre,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>I am contacting you on behalf of the SWEETHEART Study Team at the University of Texas at Austin to ask you to disseminate information about our research study to the members of the NFB of Colorado membership email list. We are seeking blind and low-vision adults to complete a survey about their diabetes or cardiovascular disease and earn $30. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>The study is expected to take less than an hour to complete. The purpose of the study is to identify the chronic disease self-management practices used by adults who have cardiovascular disease or diabetes. This study is being conducted to inform education and intervention for persons with chronic diseases and their healthcare providers. This research has been approved by the Institutional Review Board of the University of Texas at Austin and the National Federation of the Blind’s Research Advisory Council. If interested, participants can contact the research team at the following email address: <b><a href="mailto:sweetheartstudy@gmail.com" target="_blank">sweetheartstudy@gmail.com</a></b> to request a link to the study.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Please let us know if you have any questions and thank you for your attention.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Sincerely,</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>The SWEETHEART Study Team<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:11.75pt'><span style='color:black'>Investigators: Yessenia Castro, PhD. and Nazanin Heydarian, PhD<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>