Research Projects & Grants

College/University

  • Gastroschisis Outcomes of Delivery (GOOD) Good Study – Fetal Concerns – Pick Trust, Role: PD/PI, Medical College of Wisconsin, (07/2020 - 06/2023) Status: Closed

Federal

  • Premature infants receiving milking or delayed cord clamping: Randomized controlled multicenter non-inferiority trial, Role: Investigator, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/NIH/DHHS, (12/2024 - 12/2025) Status: Approved
  • Umbilical cord milking in non-vigorous infants (the MINVI trial), Role: Investigator, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/NIH/DHHS, (09/2024 - 09/2025) Status: Approved

For Profit Organization

  • HUD: KARL STORZ rigid TTTS Fetoscopy instrument, Role: PI, Karl Storz Endoscopy - America, Inc., (04/2025 - 03/2026) Status: Approved
  • RUBY: Treating Abnormal Postpartum Uterine Bleeding or Postpartum Hemorrhage with the Jada System-A Post-Market Registry, Role: Investigator, Alydia Health, Inc., Status: Completed

Internal

  • Oxidative stress, DNA methylation, gene endothelial biology, and gene expression in the human placenta, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Gynecology & Obstetrics, (08/2024 - 08/2025) Status: Approved
  • Gastroschisis: exploring the pathogenesis, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Gynecology & Obstetrics, (03/2025 - 03/2026) Status: Approved
  • De-identified data and tangible representations from gastroschisis cases between January 1994 and the present, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Gynecology & Obstetrics, (01/2025 - 01/2026) Status: Approved
  • The BK channel as a potential therapeutic target to ameliorate effects of intrauterine hypoxia, Role: PD/PI, LLU School of Medicine, (01/2024 - 12/2025) Status: Awarded
  • Gastroschisis fetal biometry: retrospective review, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Gynecology & Obstetrics, (09/2024 - 09/2025) Status: Approved
  • The uterus as an end organ: The association between glucose intolerance and cardiovascular risk factors with abnormal uterine bleeding, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Gynecology & Obstetrics, (05/2023 - 05/2024) Status: Completed
  • Measurements of inflammatory markers in maternal and cord blood and placental tissues during pregnancy, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Gynecology & Obstetrics, (05/2023) Status: Approved
  • Investigation into Physiologic Mechanisms of Intraneural Facilitation™, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Allied Health Studies, (12/2022) Status: Approved
  • Establishment of a Mesenchymal Stem Cell line for research and therapeutic use, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Gynecology & Obstetrics, (09/2022) Status: Approved
  • Fetal cardiac remodeling and delayed postnatal transitioning in infants born to mothers with preeclampsia, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Pediatrics, (07/2022) Status: Approved
  • Serial Screening and Treatment of Bacterial Vaginosis in Pregnancy to Prevent Preterm Delivery: A Randomized Control Trial (SECRETIVA), Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Gynecology & Obstetrics, (06/2022) Status: Approved
  • Diabetic embryopathy: exploring underlying metabolic pathways and epigenetic mechanisms (DEM 2.0), Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Pediatrics, (02/2022) Status: Approved
  • Quantifying fetal reprogramming in preeclampsia-induced placental insufficiency for neonatal outcome correlation, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Pediatrics, (05/2021) Status: Approved
  • A pilot study evaluating the correlation between uterine blood flow and nitric oxide metabolite concentrations in the placental tissue and placental and maternal blood, Role: Investigator, LLU Center for Perinatal Biology, (12/2020) Status: Approved
  • The role of nitric oxide and its metabolites in mediating intrauterine growth restriction, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Pediatrics, (08/2020 - 08/2021) Status: Completed
  • SARS-CoV2 Asymptomatic Carrier in Obstetrical Population. Southern California SARS-CoV2 Screening Collaborative, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Gynecology & Obstetrics, (06/2020) Status: Approved
  • Validation of Early Warning System (EWS) for COVID-19 Infection with Chest X-ray instead of Chest CT, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Gynecology & Obstetrics, (05/2020) Status: Approved
  • Whole-genome and whole-methylome sequencing of the COVID-19 virus from patient samples, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, (04/2020) Status: Completed
  • Vertical transmission of COVID-19 infection during pregnancy, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, (04/2020) Status: Approved
  • Fetal plasma extracellular vesicles and influence on lung endothelium in gestational long term hypoxia, Role: PD/PI, LLU School of Medicine, (01/2020 - 12/2025) Status: Awarded
  • Pregnancy outcomes and complications in mothers with right ventricular outflow (RVOT) obstruction, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Gynecology & Obstetrics, (12/2019) Status: Approved
  • Impact of maternal factors on the incidence of necrotizing Enterocolitis, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Pediatrics, (07/2019) Status: Approved
  • Loma Linda University Charles and Nancy Sims Institute for Genetics & Translational Genomics Research (IGTG) BioBank and Database, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Gynecology & Obstetrics, (11/2024) Status: Approved
  • LLU Cancer Center biospecimen laboratory - specimens collection protocol, Role: Investigator, LLU Cancer Institute, (09/2024 - 09/2025) Status: Approved
  • Assessing risks associated with increased rate of uterine rupture, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Gynecology & Obstetrics, (03/2021) Status: Approved