Research Projects & Grants

Federal

  • Cancer epidemiology in Adventists - a low risk group, Role: Investigator, National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS, (07/2024 - 07/2025) Status: Approved
  • NEUROPATHOLOGICAL SIGNATURES CONNECTING EARLY-LIFE TRAUMA TO COMPULSIVE EATING BEHAVIOR AND OBESITY, Role: Other Significant Contributor, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases/NIH/DHHS, (04/2020 - 01/2024) Status: Closed
  • LLU Center for Health Disparities Research, Role: Other, National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities/NIH/NIMHD, (07/2012 - 01/2020) Status: Closed
  • Plant-based diets and risk of cancer, Role: Co-Investigator, National Institutes of Health/DHHS, (09/2011 - 08/2017) Status: Closed
  • Cancer Epidemiology in Adventists - A Low Risk Group, Role: Co-investigator, National Institutes of Health/DHHS, (07/2007 - 12/2008) Status: Closed
  • Health effects of long term exposure to particles & other air pollutants in elderly nonsmoking CA residents, Role: Investigator, Environmental Protection Agency, (11/2005 - 11/2006) Status: Completed
  • Relating cardiovascular disease risk to ambient air pollutants using geographic information systems technology and bayesian neural networks: the AHSMOG study, Role: Key, Environmental Protection Agency, (02/2003 - 01/2009) Status: Closed
  • Cancer Epidemiology in Adventists - A Low Risk Group, National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS, (09/2002 - 06/2003) Status: Closed

For Profit Organization

  • Responding to a Community’s Call for Action: Studying the Health Effects of an Intermodal Railyard in San Bernardino, Role: Co-PD/PI, BP America, Inc., (11/2010 - 06/2013) Status: Closed

Internal

  • Measuring Patient Experience And Expectations In Healthcare Food Service Using SERVQUAL, Role: Investigator, LLU School of Public Health, (01/2024 - 07/2024) Status: Completed
  • Determinants of COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy among Low-Income Mothers in Riverside County, California, Role: Investigator, LLU School of Public Health, (01/2024 - 05/2024) Status: Completed
  • Older Adults’ Perceptions of the Ageing Experience in Trinidad & Tobago: A Mixed Methods Study, Role: Investigator, LLU School of Public Health, (12/2023 - 05/2024) Status: Completed
  • Perceptions and Determinants of Maternal Morbidity in Black South Carolinians, Role: Investigator, LLU Center for Nutrition, Healthy Lifestyles, and Disease Prevention, (08/2023 - 06/2024) Status: Completed
  • Amplifying Undocumented Latinx Experiences on Food Insecurity: A Mixed-Methods Study, Role: Investigator, LLU School of Public Health, (01/2023) Status: Approved
  • A Mixed-Methods Investigation of a Hybrid Work Model in Los Angeles, Role: Investigator, LLU Center for Nutrition, Healthy Lifestyles, and Disease Prevention, (01/2023 - 01/2024) Status: Completed
  • TRAUMA-INFORMED HEALTHY LIFESTYLE PROGRAM FOR TRANSITIONAL AGE FOSTER YOUTH, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Nutrition, (08/2022 - 08/2024) Status: Completed
  • Attitudes and Beliefs that Impact Stigmas Among Black Women Seeking Mental Health Services, Role: Investigator, LLU Center for Community Resilience, (03/2022 - 06/2023) Status: Completed
  • Improving Maternal Outcomes among Black Mother and Child in California, Role: Investigator, LLU Center for Nutrition, Healthy Lifestyles, and Disease Prevention, (02/2022 - 01/2024) Status: Completed
  • Reflexive-Reflective Responses to Public Statements about COVID-19: Implications for Health Literacy, Role: Investigator, LLU Center for Nutrition, Healthy Lifestyles, and Disease Prevention, (02/2022 - 01/2024) Status: Completed
  • Religiosity and Type II Diabetes Self-Management in the Muslim Community in California, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Nutrition, (09/2021 - 01/2024) Status: Completed
  • Cross-cultural assessment of stressful life events and the influence of social capital, Role: Investigator, LLU Center for Nutrition, Healthy Lifestyles, and Disease Prevention, (02/2020 - 01/2024) Status: Completed
  • The Health and Spirituality Survey, Role: Research Manager, LLU Center for Nutrition, Healthy Lifestyles, and Disease Prevention, (10/2019 - 10/2024) Status: Approved
  • Is pack years predictive of postoperative complications and total weight loss in bariatric surgery?, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Surgery, (06/2019) Status: Approved
  • Novel Combinatorial Approach to Enhance Cognitive Resilience in Obese Individuals, Role: Consultant, LLU, (01/2019 - 07/2022) Status: Closed
  • Polypharma Study, Role: Investigator, LLU Center for Nutrition, Healthy Lifestyles, and Disease Prevention, (09/2018 - 09/2019) Status: Completed
  • Hong Kong lifestyle study, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Health Promotion and Education, (07/2018 - 07/2019) Status: Completed
  • Survey of dietary patterns in Loma Linda, Role: Investigator, LLU Center for Nutrition, Healthy Lifestyles, and Disease Prevention, (09/2017) Status: Completed
  • Responding to a community's call for action: Studying the health effects of an intermodal railyard in San Bernardino (phase 1), Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Environmental & Occupational Health, (10/2012 - 10/2013) Status: Completed
  • Risk of hand and forearm injury and over-sized fingernails in clerical workers (pilot study), Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Environmental & Occupational Health, (05/2011) Status: Completed
  • Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) in the medical treatment of soft tissue radiation damage (STRD) and osteoradionecrosis (ORN): a retrospective study, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Medicine, (03/2010) Status: Completed
  • Clinical outcomes of induction therapies in renal transplant patients, Role: Investigator, LLU Transplantation Institute, (12/2007 - 12/2015) Status: Completed
  • Oasis dumping and burning in Eastern Coachella Valley District, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Emergency Medicine, (05/2007) Status: Completed
  • Body weight reduction using dairy products, Role: Investigator, LLU School of Public Health, (02/2007 - 01/2008) Status: Completed
  • Cancer epidemiology in Adventists - a low risk group. Pretesting., Role: Investigator, LLU Center for Health Research, (12/1999 - 12/2000) Status: Completed
  • Investigating Cleaning Practices: Worker Perceptions of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms in Hospital Call Lights- A Mixed Method Study, Role: Investigator, LLU School of Public Health, (12/2024) Status: Approved
  • Examining Mental Health Stigma: A Mixed-Methods Study on Nigerian Immigrants in the United States, Role: Investigator, LLU School of Public Health, (12/2024) Status: Approved

Non-Profit Organization

  • Full plate diet clinical trial, Role: Investigator, Ardmore Institute of Health, (07/2020 - 07/2021) Status: Completed
  • Responding to a community's call for action: studying the health effects of an intermodal railyard in San Bernardino (community-based health assessment) - Phase 2, Role: Investigator, BP / South Coast Air Quality Management District, (07/2013 - 07/2014) Status: Completed
  • Responding to a community's call for action: studying the health effects of an intermodal railyard in San Bernardino (Phase 3), Role: Investigator, BP / South Coast Air Quality Management District, (08/2012 - 08/2013) Status: Completed
  • Lifestyle survey of General Conference 2000 Attendees, Role: Investigator, General Conference, (06/2000) Status: Completed