Research Projects & Grants

For Profit Organization

  • A stuDy eVAluatiNg the effiCacy and safety of ralinEpag to improve treatment OUTCOMES in PAH patients (ADVANCE-outcomes), Role: PI, United Therapeutics Corporation, (01/2022 - 01/2023) Status: Completed
  • OPUS Registry: Opsumit (macitentan) users registry protocol AC-055-503, Role: PI, Actelion Pharmaceuticals, Ltd., (01/2020 - 01/2021) Status: Completed
  • Study of pulmonary rehabilitation in Nintedanib treated patients with IPF: Improvements in activity, exercise endurance time, and QoL, Role: Investigator, Boehringer-Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, (11/2019 - 11/2020) Status: Completed
  • Opsumit historical users cohort study, Role: PI, Actelion Pharmaceuticals, Ltd., (11/2017 - 10/2018) Status: Completed
  • LJ501-CRH01: A phase 3, placebo-controlled, randomized, double-blind, multi-center study of LJPC-501 in patients with catecholamine-resistant hypotension (CRH), Role: Investigator, La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company, (02/2017 - 02/2018) Status: Completed
  • Evaluating the use of polymyxin B hemoperfusion in a randomized controlled trial of adults treated for endotoxemia and septic shock (EUPHRATES), Role: Investigator, Spectral Diagnostics Inc., (07/2014 - 07/2015) Status: Completed
  • A sample collection study to validate the astute medical NephroCheck test in critically ill subjects at risk for acute kidney injury, Role: Investigator, Astute Medical, Inc, (06/2012 - 06/2013) Status: Completed
  • PEERLESS Study, Role: Investigator, Inari Medical, Inc., (09/2024) Status: Completed

Internal

  • Impact ofCOVID-19 on Patients with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (iCOVID-PAH), Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Medicine, (08/2022) Status: Approved
  • Survey assessing clinical decision-making by patients with pulmonary hypertension and practitioners that treat patients with pulmonary hypertension, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Medicine, (04/2022) Status: Approved
  • Evaluation of different pulmonary function test reference equations: A Retrospective study, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Medicine, (07/2021 - 01/2025) Status: Completed
  • Comparing Clinical Outcomes between SARS-CoV-2 PCR Positive and Negative Hospitalized Patients with Lower Respiratory Tract Infection (LRTIS), Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Medicine, (04/2020) Status: Approved
  • A randomized study of Ultrasound Simulation Training by residents Immediately Prior to Central venous catheter Insertion and its effects on catheter insertion success and catheter-related outcomes (US-TIPCI), Role: PI, LLU School of Medicine, (07/2016 - 07/2017) Status: Completed
  • Rho-kinase inhibitors targeted to the pulmonary vascularture for treatment of pulmonary hypertension, Role: Principal Investigator, LLU School of Medicine, (02/2015 - 02/2017) Status: Closed
  • Registry of Percutaneous Dilatational Tracheotomy (PDT) performed by intensivists, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Medicine, (05/2014 - 05/2015) Status: Completed
  • IMPact of a Critical care ultrasound course during fellowship Training (IMPACT), Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Medicine, (08/2013 - 07/2014) Status: Completed