Research Projects & Grants

College/University

• Understanding the Impact of the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) on Children in HUD-Assisted Households, Role: PI, University of North Carolina, (01/2023) Status: Approved
• Understanding the Impact of the Rental Assistance Demonstration on Children in HUD-Assisted Households, Role: PD/PI, University of North Carolina, (10/2020 - 06/2022) Status: Closed

County/Local

• Launch initiative, Role: PI, Inland Empire Economic Partnership, (12/2017 - 12/2018) Status: Completed
• Evaluation of the Launch Program, Role: PD/PI, Inland Empire Economic Partnership, (11/2017 - 04/2019) Status: Closed

Federal

• Understanding the Impact of Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) on children in HUD-Assisted Households, Role: PD/PI, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, (09/2020 - 04/2024) Status: Closed

Internal

• Evaluation of the MEND Program in its Application to Spanish-Speaking Latino Patients, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Counseling & Family Sciences, (09/2022 - 05/2024) Status: Completed
• Anticipating Success Within Mental Health Training, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Counseling & Family Sciences, (05/2021) Status: Completed
• The effects of caffeine on overactive bladder symptoms and mental health in postmenopausal women, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Urology, (01/2021 - 01/2022) Status: Completed
• Residual account for SBH: Dean's office managed by Research Affairs Post Award, Role: Co-PD/PI, LLU Dept. of Social Work, (01/2021 - 06/2025) Status: Awarded
• Adverse childhood experiences and weight status in low socioeconomic status pediatric population, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Preventive Medicine (SM), (07/2019 - 07/2020) Status: Completed
• CRM for adults with chronic illnesses outpatient program research study, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Social Work, (07/2019) Status: Approved
• MEND: Adult cost benefit study, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Counseling & Family Sciences, (08/2018 - 08/2019) Status: Completed
• Exploring wholeness and learning climates among Allied Health Programs at a religious university, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Social Work, (08/2018 - 08/2019) Status: Completed
• MEND parent education and aftercare study, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Counseling & Family Sciences, (08/2018 - 08/2019) Status: Completed
• Evaluation of groups: Process and practice (MFAM 568), an interprofessional group training experience, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Counseling & Family Sciences, (06/2018 - 06/2019) Status: Completed
• Resilience and complicated grief with primary caregivers of hospice patient who have died within the last two years, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Counseling & Family Sciences, (08/2017 - 07/2018) Status: Completed
• Adult MEND program efficacy evaluation, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Counseling & Family Sciences, (02/2017 - 02/2018) Status: Completed
• Self-efficacy in children with chronic illness, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Counseling & Family Sciences, (06/2016 - 06/2017) Status: Completed
• Exploring the parent-child relationship with children who have attempted suicide, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Counseling & Family Sciences, (04/2016 - 04/2017) Status: Completed
• MEND Program effectiveness study: Type I diabetes and chronic kidney disease, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Counseling & Family Sciences, (12/2015 - 12/2016) Status: Completed
• Needs assessment for youth outpatient services, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Counseling & Family Sciences, (11/2015 - 11/2016) Status: Completed
• Construction of the Relationship Balance Assessment (RBA), Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Counseling & Family Sciences, (09/2015 - 08/2016) Status: Completed
• Evaluation of a multi-family group program for socio-economic mobility, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Counseling & Family Sciences, (04/2015 - 04/2016) Status: Completed
• Screening for adverse childhood experiences through pediatric primary care, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Preventive Medicine (SM), (03/2015 - 03/2016) Status: Completed
• The effects of regular and decaffeinated coffee on bladder function and self-reported mental health, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Urology, (02/2015 - 02/2016) Status: Completed
• Teaching and learning in family therapy: how students learn to work across epistemologies, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Counseling & Family Sciences, (08/2014 - 08/2015) Status: Completed
• The experience of hope in persons diagnosed with an eating disorder, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Counseling & Family Sciences, (08/2014 - 08/2015) Status: Completed
• Self defined experience of social mobility and housing assistance, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Counseling & Family Sciences, (12/2013 - 12/2014) Status: Completed
• Individual and relational components of well-being among same-sex couples who are legally married or partnered in a civil union or domestic partnership, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Counseling & Family Sciences, (11/2013 - 11/2014) Status: Completed
• Marital selfless scale (MSS); An exploratory factor analysis, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Counseling & Family Sciences, (06/2013 - 06/2014) Status: Completed
• Indicators of ambiguous loss in families with traumatic brain injured members, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Counseling & Family Sciences, (06/2013 - 06/2014) Status: Completed
• Effects of parental trauma on second generation Cambodian Americans: Mental health, parent-child communication, and academic achievements, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Counseling & Family Sciences, (01/2013 - 01/2014) Status: Completed
• Effectiveness of medical family therapy with vulnerable patient populations, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Counseling & Family Sciences, (10/2012 - 10/2013) Status: Completed
• Impact of female genital mutilation on marital satisfaction of couples living in Kenya and immigrant Kenyan couples in the United States, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Counseling & Family Sciences, (07/2012 - 07/2013) Status: Completed
• SIMS: Behavioral Parent Training: A Community-Driven Implementation Study, Role: Consultant, LLU SIMS, (01/2025 - 12/2026) Status: Awarded

Non-Profit Organization

• Longitudinal Study of The Five-Year Lease Assistance Program And Exiter Study, Role: Investigator, Housing Authority of the County of San Bernardino, (06/2022) Status: Approved
• The Golden and Desert Haven Permanent Housing Program: A Permanent Housing Program through the Housing Authority County of San Bernardino and the No Child Left Unsheltered (NCLU) and Housing Assistance Program (HSP): Housing Authority County of San Bernardino, Role: Investigator, Housing Authority of the County of San Bernardino, (11/2021) Status: Approved
• SACHS Medication-Assisted Treatment-Prescription Drug and Opioid Addiction-MAT PDOA, Role: PD/PI, Social Action Corp Health System, (09/2021 - 08/2026) Status: Closed
• Longitudinal evaluation of local FSS pilot programs for housing assistance: Housing authority County of San Bernardino, Role: PI, Housing Authority of the County of San Bernardino, (04/2021 - 04/2022) Status: Completed
• Longitudinal study of the five year lease assistance program, Role: PI, Housing Authority of the County of San Bernardino, (03/2021 - 03/2022) Status: Completed
• Behavioral Health Integration Incentive Program, Role: PD/PI, Inland Empire Health Plan, (02/2021 - 12/2022) Status: Closed
• Behavioral Health Integration Incentive Program, Role: SubProject PI, Inland Empire Health Plan, (02/2021 - 12/2022) Status: Closed
• No child left unsheltered and housing assistance programs: Housing Authority County of San Bernardino, Role: PI, Housing Authority of the County of San Bernardino, (01/2021 - 01/2022) Status: Completed
• Behavioral Health Integration Incentive Program, Role: PD/PI, Inland Empire Health Plan, (04/2020 - 12/2022) Status: Awarded
• Behavioral Health Integration Incentive Program, Role: SubProject PI, Inland Empire Health Plan, (04/2020 - 12/2022) Status: Awarded
• An evaluation of the "No child left unsheltered" housing program, Role: PI, Housing Authority of the County of San Bernardino, (01/2020 - 01/2021) Status: Completed
• Substance Use Recovery & Wellness Program - family engagement project, Role: PD/PI, Slave 2 Nothing, (01/2020 - 12/2020) Status: Awarded
• The Golden and Desert Haven permanent housing program: A permanent housing program through the Housing Authority County of San Bernardino, Role: PI, Housing Authority of the County of San Bernardino, (08/2019 - 03/2021) Status: Completed
• Research and Evaluation Services HACSB, Role: PD/PI, Housing Authority of the County of San Bernardino, (07/2018 - 07/2023) Status: Closed
• Longitudinal Evaluation of the HACSB: Term Limited Program Evaluation, Role: PD/PI, Housing Authority of the County of San Bernardino, (03/2018 - 03/2020) Status: Closed
• Longitudinal Evaluation of the HACSB: Term Limited Program Evaluation - NCLU, Role: PD/PI, Housing Authority of the County of San Bernardino, (03/2018 - 03/2020) Status: Closed
• A needs assessment for housing assistance: examining the Maplewood homes community, Role: PI, Housing Authority of the County of San Bernardino, (11/2016 - 11/2017) Status: Completed
• Evaluation of individual, family, and community levels of resilience among public housing communities with San Bernardino County, Role: PI, Family Process New Professional Grant, (03/2013 - 03/2014) Status: Completed

State

• LLUMC - Adult: Emergency Psychiatric Assessment, Treatment, and Healing (EmPATH) Units, Role: PD/PI, Mental Health Services Oversight & Accountability Commission, (01/2023 - 12/2025) Status: Awarded
• LLUCH - Pediatrics: Emergency Psychiatric Assessment, Treatment, and Healing (EmPATH) Units, Role: PD/PI, Mental Health Services Oversight & Accountability Commission, (01/2023 - 12/2025) Status: Awarded