Research Projects & Grants

Internal

• Noninvasive Prognostic Biomarker for Oral Cancer using RNA Sequencing, Role: PD/PI, LLU - GRASP, (01/2024 - 12/2025) Status: Awarded
• Establishing Cerebrospinal Fluid Liquid Biopsy as A Reliable Specimen for Diagnosing, Characterizing and Following Up on Central Nervous System Tumors Using Cell-free DNA sequencing, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Pathology & Human Anatomy, (11/2024) Status: Approved
• LLU Cancer Center biospecimen laboratory - specimens collection protocol, Role: Investigator, LLU Cancer Institute, (09/2024 - 09/2025) Status: Approved
• Brain and spine tumors in pediatric and adult patients and their survival outcomes, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Pediatrics, (11/2024) Status: Approved
• Evaluating DNA recovered from the fluids collected during a routine Papanicolaou (Pap) test to detect ovarian and endometrial cancer using genetic analysis, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Pathology & Human Anatomy, (12/2024 - 12/2025) Status: Approved
• Highly Suppressive Regulatory T Cell as a Biomarker for Immunologically Relevant Delayed/Slow Graft Function after Kidney Transplantation, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Surgery, (10/2020) Status: Approved
• Utilizing Multiomic data and Deep Learning Models to Diagnose Rejection and Predict Outcome in Human Kidney Allograft, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Pathology & Human Anatomy, (04/2025) Status: Approved