Research Projects & Grants

Federal

  • TSLP and pediatric leukemia mechanisms and treatment, Role: Investigator, National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS, (06/2024 - 06/2025) Status: Approved
  • Glucocorticoid signaling, taxane resistance, and prostate cancer mortality disparity, Role: Co-Investigator, National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS, (04/2019 - 03/2022) Status: Closed
  • Cytokines, genetic background and response to low dose and simulated flare protons, Role: Investigator, National Aeronautics & Space Administration, (07/2016 - 07/2017) Status: Completed

Internal

  • Experiences Participating in Synchronous Online Lectures among Radiography Students During COVID-19 Stay-at-Home Orders, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Radiation Technology, (07/2021) Status: Completed
  • Effects of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation on intra-abdominal pressure and acute kidney injury, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Pediatrics, (10/2020 - 10/2021) Status: Completed
  • Children with cleft palate: Surgical decision making, quality of life, and parental stress, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Communication Sciences and Disorders, (09/2020) Status: Completed
  • The Impact of Student Supervision on Supervisor Productivity in Medical Settings, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Communication Sciences and Disorders, (06/2020) Status: Approved
  • The effect of sensory play on learning in neurotypical adult females, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Communication Sciences and Disorders, (06/2020) Status: Completed
  • Surveying responses of physicians, prosthetists, and transtibial amputees on the utilization of immediate postoperative prosthesis (IPOP), Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Physical Therapy, (01/2020) Status: Completed
  • Self-perceived social communication skills of high school graduates with Autism, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Communication Sciences and Disorders, (09/2019 - 03/2022) Status: Completed
  • Phonetic analysis of Spasmodic dysphonia, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Communication Sciences and Disorders, (08/2019) Status: Completed
  • Predictor of success on the American Registry of Radiology Technologists (ARRT) credentialing examination: Differences by generation status, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Radiology, (08/2019 - 08/2020) Status: Completed
  • Measuring the variance in transtibial socket fit between students, residents, and certified prosthetists using the aqua casting technique, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Allied Health Studies, (01/2019 - 01/2020) Status: Completed
  • Reduction of shear forces using semi-flexible sockets on transtibial amputees, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Allied Health Studies, (01/2018 - 01/2019) Status: Completed
  • The identification of practitioner time in delivery of a transtibial prosthesis to the first time dysvascular user, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Physical Therapy, (01/2017) Status: Completed
  • Testing specialized cycling equipment in rehabilitation for patients with lower limb-strength discrepancies on able-bodied subjects, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Physical Therapy, (01/2017 - 01/2018) Status: Completed
  • Fall rates of K2 above knee amputees as compared to K3 above knee amputees, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Allied Health Studies, (01/2017) Status: Completed
  • A novel approach of using gelatin for shape capture, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Physical Therapy, (01/2017 - 01/2018) Status: Completed
  • Qualitative and quantitative comparison of transtibial sockets and designs: polymer socket, and carbon fiber socket, Role: Investigator, LLU School of Allied Health Professionals, (03/2016 - 03/2017) Status: Completed
  • Medicare denials, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Physical Therapy, (02/2016) Status: Completed