FAQs

Q. Is my participation private?

A. Yes. No one outside of the company will know that you are taking part. Personal information collected will not be shared with anyone outside of the company.

Q. How will my information be used?

A. Healing Biome's policy is to never sell or share personal information collected by participants with anyone. Information collected will be used to better understand health and develop products related to improving health.  

Q. Can I withdraw my participation at anytime?

A. Yes, just notify us.

Q. When is payment sent?

A. Generally, payment is sent within one to two weeks of your participation unless otherwise stated.

Q. How is payment sent?

A. The preferred payment method is PayPal. Please notify us if you require an alternate payment method. 

 Ongoing Paid Opportunities

DANA Trials

Purpose: 

Imagine if you were able to monetize your waste! You can actually do just that by taking part in trials for DANA. DANA (Digestive Health and Nutrition Analyzer) is an artificial intelligence platform designed to analyze digestive health based on surveys and stool photos. Yes, you read that correctly! The shape, color, and overall appearance of your stool reveals a lot about your health. DANA will be used to assist people learn about the state of their health and it can make suggestions based on the info received. For example, DANA can be used to determine whether you are drinking enough water, constipated due to stress, figure out which foods caused your gas, or send a list of diet recommendations based on your results. What makes DANA especially unique is that it exclusively uses data from Black, Hispanic, and Asian women to develop it's intelligence. This means that it is tailored to serve these populations. 

Here is a link that provides information about a similar AI platform that was developed: https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/28/tech/artificial-intelligence-poop-training/index.html

Procedure: 

Participants will be asked to submit quick journals and photos for a select number of days. Some participants have been selected to send pics for 1 or 2 days while others have submitted for a month.

Virtual Interviews:

Participants may also be asked to take part in virtual interviews with DANA in which they will answer questions related to digestive health for 30 min to 1 hr. The interviews will be used to enhance DANA's ability to interact and learn from participants. Participation in an interview does not guarantee that you will be asked to submit surveys and photos for DANA.

Tips for Photos:

• Turn flash on your camera if lighting is poor.

•  Make sure tissue is not covering anything. 

• Give a thumb's up in the photo. This is intended to help ensure that the photo is yours. DANA is able to recognize photos that are already posted online and will disqualify them. 

• Do not send images during your menstrual cycle. 

Disqualifications:

Submissions may be disqualified for the following reasons:

• Photo was unusable due to poor quality or other reasons.

• Surveys were not properly completed.

Qualifications:

• Age 21-50

• Female with Black, Hispanic, or Asian background

Payment:

$1/photo

$1/survey

$1 bonus per photo

You may be asked to submit up to 2 pics and 1 survey per day. The pics must be submitted on the same day you take them. A $1 bonus may be applied per photo if activated. This means that you can earn up to $5 per day you take part. You may also be asked to submit additional info for $1 per BM and this boosts your earnings to $7 per day. This means that 10 days of submissions could result in $70 while 30 days of submissions could result in $210.

Application:

To use DANA, complete the preliminary form below. If you're eligible, you'll be emailed further instructions. https://s.surveyplanet.com/oecbcwjj

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Impact of Pain on Patients & Practitioners Project (or Pain Impact Project) *Limited Availability

Purpose:  Procedures conducted by medical practitioners in hospitals and clinics may cause pain to patients (getting shots, surgeries, etc.). These experiences can cause patients to subconsciously associate pain with medical staff, which may cause patients to develop negative feelings towards these practitioners. This project seeks to mock practitioner-patient interactions to better understand the thought patterns and behavior of practitioners and patients during pain inducing interactions. Below are a list of questions this projects seeks to answer.

• How do practitioners and patients cope with practitioner induced pain?

• How does a patient's perception of medical staff change as a result of induced pain?

• What role does perceived benefit of a pain inducing procedure play in thoughts and actions of practitioners and patients?

Benefit: This project will assist in developing methods to enhance the care patients receive by medical staff. 

Procedure: 

An individual has been selected to serve as a mock patient. This patient has been provided with a pain stimulating device as well as an EEG cap that will be used to measure brain waves. Both devices have been approved for safe use for this project, the patient has been informed of any possible risks associated with the project, and the patient has signed a liability waiver. The risk of any serious harm to the patient is low. The patient will experience mild temporary pain to their abdomen when their device is triggered. The patient is free to end their participation at anytime, the patient has conducted numerous trials so far without issue. (Please see the note from the mock patient below.)

Participants are currently being accepted to serve as mock medical practitioners. They are responsible for triggering mock treatments that induce pain for the patient. Participants will administer treatments by completing trials for sub-projects. A sub-project is a project that is connected to the Pain Impact Project via its funding source and goals. There are two reasons why this was decided. 

1. Healing Biome has received a significantly larger portion of funding for this project than for our other project ideas. Turning our other projects into sub-projects of this study provides us with more funding for those projects too.  

2. Trials for sub-projects will occur at scheduled and random times daily and we can measure how the patient responds to this. 

One of the sub-projects that is available is a driving study. Participants will trigger a treatment to occur for the patient by completing a trial for this study. Once the participant has finished the activity, we will activate the pain stimulating device remotely for the patient. The patient's EEG cap will measure their brain waves as the device is triggered. The pain stimulator and the EEG will be worn by the patient throughout their day.

Qualifications:

• Reside in U.S. or Canada.

• Age 18-45

Compensation:

Varies per trial. Bonuses may be applied as well.

To apply, complete the application below and you'll be emailed with further instructions. 

https://s.surveyplanet.com/drvqmcjv

Note from Mock Patient (Identifying information about patient was excluded to protect confidentiality) :

Hello everyone! I am acting as a mock patient for the Pain Impact Project. I was very intrigued when Kristina asked me to participate in this project because I have worked in the medical field and know that pain management is an important concern. I'm participating because I hope that I can make a difference for others. I was concerned that the pain from the device might be bad, but its not as bad as I thought it would be. Its similar to stomach cramps. In addition to helping others, you'll be helping me too since I am compensated for each trial as well!