Research Projects & Grants

College/University

  • Exosomes and the Immune Response in Allograft Outcomes in Pediatric Transplant Recipients, Role: PD/PI, Stanford University, (08/2020 - 06/2023) Status: Awarded
  • Ancillary to ABC PICU to Study MOD in Critically Ill Children, Role: PD/PI, University of California, Los Angeles, (05/2020 - 04/2023) Status: Awarded

Federal

  • Transfusion Associated Pathophysiology in Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome (TRAP-MODS), Role: PI, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/NIH/DHHS, (02/2025 - 02/2026) Status: Approved
  • An Observational Cohort Study to Determine Late Outcomes and Immunological Responses after Infection with SARS-CoV-2 in Children with and without Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome (MIS-C), Role: PI, National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS, (10/2024 - 10/2025) Status: Approved

Internal

  • Post- operative outcomes in an institute that follows deep hypothermia as the cardiopulmonary bypass perfusion strategy- single centered study, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Pediatrics, (03/2024) Status: Approved
  • Bronchiolitis and Critical Care Outcomes with Noninvasive Respiratory Support (BACON 2.0), Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Pediatrics, (08/2023) Status: Approved
  • Critical Bronchiolitis: A Single-Center Experience, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Pediatrics, (11/2022) Status: Approved
  • Clinical Outcomes in Patients Prescribed Antibiotics for Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C), Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Pharmacy Practice, (09/2021) Status: Approved
  • Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) Associated with COVID-19 Infection: An Institutional Experience, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Pediatrics, (03/2021) Status: Approved
  • Critical cardiac kid emergency activation - A review of the implementation of an expedited assessment and admission process at Loma Linda University Children's Hospital and the outcome of the patient, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Surgery (Cardiothoracic), (02/2021 - 02/2022) Status: Completed
  • Bronchiolitis and bacterial CO-DetectioN Study, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Pediatrics, (03/2020) Status: Approved
  • Advanced cardiac therapies improving outcomes network to improve the health of pediatric and congenital heart disease patients with heart failure, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Pediatrics, (12/2019) Status: Approved
  • Non-accidental trauma: current trends and effects of mortality and length of ICU stay, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Pediatrics, (08/2019 - 08/2020) Status: Completed
  • Pre-operative lung ultrasound score and its association with post-operative outcomes in infants with congenital cardiac defect, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Pediatrics, (01/2025) Status: Approved

Other Research

  • Death One Hour After Terminal Extubation (DONATE) Study Multicenter research studyAvesar M (PI), Shah J, Chandnani H (05/2021 - Present)
  • ARDS in Children and ECMO initiation strategies impact on Neuro-Development (ASCEND) Chandnani H, Akers C, Lopez M (PI) (02/2021 - Present)
  • An Observational Cohort Study to Determine Late Outcomes and Immunological Responses after Infection with SARS-CoV-2 in Children with and without Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome (MIS-C) Chandnani H (Site PI) (10/2020 - Present)
  • Transfusion Associated Pathophysiology inMultiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome (TRAP-MODS) Multicenter prospective studyChandnani H (Site PI) (09/2020 - Present)
  • Bronchiolitis and bacterial CO-DetectioN (BACON) Study Multicenter research studySite PI (01/2020 - Present)