Research Projects & Grants

College/University

  • VIPS: Vascular Effects of Infection in Pediatric Stroke, Role: Principal Investigator, University of California, San Francisco, (08/2011 - 07/2013) Status: Closed

Federal

  • Therapeutic hypothermia after pediatric cardiac arrest (the THAPCA trials) version 1.12, Role: Investigator, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS, (02/2017 - 02/2018) Status: Completed
  • Non pharmacological interventions for procedural pain in preterm neonates, Role: Other Significant Contributor, National Institute of Nursing Research/NIH/DHHS, (09/2014 - 07/2019) Status: Closed
  • VIPS: Vascular effects of infection in pediatric stroke, Role: PI, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke/NIH/DHHS, (05/2013 - 05/2014) Status: Completed
  • Pediatric TBI and DAI: Normal Appearing Brain is Not Normal, Role: PD/PI, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke/NIH/DHHS, (09/2009 - 03/2013) Status: Closed
  • Pain and Hypoxia in Premature Neonates, Role: Consultant, National Institute of Nursing Research/NIH/DHHS, (07/2009 - 04/2014) Status: Closed
  • AQP4 and JNK Inhibition Together Reduce Edema and Excitotoxic Injury in jTBI, Role: Principal Investigator, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/NIH/DHHS, (07/2009 - 06/2015) Status: Closed
  • Neonatal Brain Ischemia: Neuroimaging as a Basis For Rational Stem Cell Therapy, Role: PD/PI, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke/NIH/DHHS, (03/2009 - 02/2014) Status: Closed
  • Automated MRI qualification of therapeutic neuronal stem cell activity, Role: Principal Investigator, National Medical Technology Testbed, Inc., (02/2009 - 03/2011) Status: Closed
  • Procedural pain and hypoxia in preterm infants (R21), Role: Co-investigator, National Institutes of Health/DHHS, (07/2007 - 05/2008) Status: Closed
  • Pediatric TBI and DAI: normal appearing brain is not normal, Role: Principal Investigator, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke/NIH/DHHS, (06/2006 - 03/2015) Status: Closed
  • Pediatric TBI and DAI: Normal appearing brain is not normal, Role: PI, National Institutes of Health/DHHS, (05/2026 - 05/2027) Status: Approved
  • A phase II multi-center study of rapamycin for treating kidney angiomyolipomas in TSC or LAM patients, Role: PI, National Institutes of Health/DHHS, (06/2010 - 06/2011) Status: Completed
  • Validation of the NIH stroke scale in children, Role: Investigator, National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS, (04/2010 - 04/2011) Status: Completed
  • Essential fatty acid therapy for children with uncontrolled seizures., Role: Investigator, National Medical Technology Testbed, Inc., (07/2003 - 07/2004) Status: Completed
  • Tuberous sclerosis complex natural history study: Renal manifestations, Role: PI, U.S. Department of Defense, (10/2012 - 10/2013) Status: Completed

For Profit Organization

  • General Research-Stem Cell, Role: Principal Investigator, Private Funds, (08/2007 - 06/2011) Status: Closed
  • Ritalinic acid assessment in urine, Role: Investigator, ANSYS Diagnostics, Inc, (06/1999 - 06/2000) Status: Completed

Internal

  • Prolonged metabolic and perfusion abnormalities following remote mild traumatic brain injury detected by 1H magnetic resonance spectroscopy and perfusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Radiology, (01/2026 - 01/2027) Status: Approved
  • Concussions: When is it safe for student athletes to return to play?, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Radiology, (06/2018 - 06/2019) Status: Completed
  • The effect of whole body cooling on cerebral metabolism following perinatal hypoxic-ischemic injury, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Radiology, (08/2016 - 08/2017) Status: Completed
  • Automated Core-Penumbra Quantification in Acute Ischemic Stroke, Role: Co-Investigator, LLU School of Medicine, (01/2013 - 06/2015) Status: Closed
  • Sports Concussions: When is it safe to return to play?, Role: Co-Investigator, LLU Children's Hospital, (11/2011 - 12/2017) Status: Closed
  • Neonatal Brain Ischemia, Role: Principal Investigator, LLU Dept. of Pediatrics, (04/1996 - 06/2011) Status: Closed
  • Assessment of immune system involvement in Tourette's syndrome, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Pediatrics, (11/2000 - 11/2001) Status: Completed
  • Open-label treatment with fluvoxamine for obsessive compulsive disorder in patients with Tourette Syndrome, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Pediatrics, (04/1999 - 04/2000) Status: Completed

Non-Profit Organization

  • Transcritptional Mechanisms Underlying Hypoxia-induced White Matter Injury During Early Postnatal Development, Role: Mentor, Pediatric Epilepsy Research Foundation, (11/2012 - 10/2015) Status: Closed
  • Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) natural history database project, Role: PI, Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance, (01/2026 - 01/2027) Status: Approved