Research Projects & Grants

Internal

  • UNDERSTANDING HOW LATINO POPULATIONS USE SOCIAL MEDIA TO IMPROVE HEALTH LITERACY: A QUALITATIVE STUDY, Role: PI, LLU School of Public Health, (02/2024) Status: Approved
  • Californian Public University Students' Attitudes, Beliefs, & Barriers to Plant-Based Nutrition, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Nutrition, (01/2024 - 06/2024) Status: Completed
  • Evaluation of an online health insurance program among college students, Role: PI, LLU Center for Community Resilience, (11/2023) Status: Approved
  • “Barriers Impacting Breast Cancer Screening During COVID-19 among Hispanic Women in New Jersey”, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Nutrition, (11/2023 - 06/2024) Status: Completed
  • The Health and Readiness Optimization (HeRO) Program: Program Evaluation, Role: Investigator, LLU Center for Nutrition, Healthy Lifestyles, and Disease Prevention, (04/2023) Status: Approved
  • Comparison of Faith-based Virtual and In-Person Diabetes Education Programs in a Pandemic Environment, Role: PI, LLU Center for Community Resilience, (02/2023) Status: Approved
  • The Impact of Social Media Usage on Lifestyle Behaviors and Health, Role: Investigator, LLU School of Public Health, (12/2022) Status: Approved
  • Attitudes and Beliefs that Impact Stigmas Among Black Women Seeking Mental Health Services, Role: PI, LLU Center for Community Resilience, (03/2022 - 06/2023) Status: Completed
  • Reflexive-Reflective Responses to Public Statements about COVID-19: Implications for Health Literacy, Role: Investigator, LLU Center for Nutrition, Healthy Lifestyles, and Disease Prevention, (02/2022 - 01/2024) Status: Completed
  • COVID-19 Vaccine Perceptions among Loma Linda University Outpatient, Role: Investigator, LLU Center for Nutrition, Healthy Lifestyles, and Disease Prevention, (01/2022) Status: Completed
  • Impacts of the Neurodevelopmental Disorder Diagnostic Practices on First Nations’ Mothers in Yukon, Canada, Role: Investigator, LLU Center for Nutrition, Healthy Lifestyles, and Disease Prevention, (11/2021 - 05/2023) Status: Completed
  • An Assessment of Graduate and Employer’s Perception of SMGC Health Certificate Programs, Role: PI, LLU Center for Community Resilience, (04/2021 - 06/2022) Status: Completed
  • Influence of DEA X-waivers on the Likelihood of Prescribing Buprenorphine, Role: PI, LLU Center for Community Resilience, (02/2021 - 06/2022) Status: Completed
  • Social Media Use and Exercise Behaviors, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Nutrition, (01/2021) Status: Approved
  • Reclaiming Fatherhood: Linking Health Literacy to Resilience in Young Men, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Health Promotion and Education, (10/2020) Status: Approved
  • Health belief model and parent perceptions influencing life jacket usage for children, Role: PI, LLU Center for Community Resilience, (05/2019 - 10/2020) Status: Completed
  • Ecological predictors of health literacy and tobacco use in Black college students, Role: Investigator, LLU Center for Nutrition, Healthy Lifestyles, and Disease Prevention, (07/2015) Status: Completed
  • Healthcare providers compliance with WHO HIV-related infant feeding guidelines in Busoga Uganda, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Health Promotion and Education, (07/2013 - 07/2014) Status: Completed
  • Effects of photovoice on youth perception of healthy food access in the built environment, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Health Promotion and Education, (05/2011 - 05/2012) Status: Completed
  • Effective Screening of Traumatic Brain Injury Amongst the Homeless, Role: Principal Investigator, LLU Center for Health Research, (01/2011 - 01/2012) Status: Closed
  • The role of unrealistic optimism in explaining preventive behaviors in high versus low endemic malaria settings in Belize, Role: Investigator, LLU School of Public Health, (08/2009) Status: Completed
  • EXPLORING THE ASIAN-AMERICAN EXPERIENCE OF HEALTHCARE ACCESS: A QUALITATIVE STUDY, Role: Investigator, LLU School of Public Health, (12/2024) Status: Approved

Non-Profit Organization

  • Implications of community supported agriculture-farmshare programs as alternative food networks, Role: Investigator, Latino Health Collaborative, (06/2016 - 06/2017) Status: Completed