Research Projects & Grants

Federal

• High Throughput DNA Sequencer, Role: Minor User, National Institutes of Health/DHHS, (04/2015 - 04/2016) Status: Closed
• NIH-LLU Initiative for Maximizing Student Diversity, Role: Mentor, National Institute of General Medical Sciences/NIH/DHHS, (04/2009 - 03/2013) Status: Closed
• Externally Applied Vibration to Treat Diabetic Ulcers, Role: Principal Investigator, National Medical Technology Testbed, Inc., (02/2009 - 03/2011) Status: Closed

Internal

• 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
• Activation of Caloric Deficit Pathways by an FDA-Approved Kv1 Channel Blocker: Treatment for Obesity?, Role: Co-Investigator, LLU - GRASP, (01/2018 - 11/2023) Status: Closed
• The effect of vibration on skin blood flow, skin temperature, and blood pressure in good controlled versus poor controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus, Role: Investigator, LLU - GRASP, (08/2012 - 08/2013) Status: Completed
• Mechanism of vibration-induced skin blood flow, Role: PD/PI, LLU - GRASP, (02/2011 - 02/2012) Status: Closed
• The Effect of Endurance Exercise Training on Cytokine and Endocrine Release, Role: Principal Investigator, LLU Dept. of Physiology & Pharmacology, (06/2004 - 06/2011) Status: Closed
• Desensitization of a Chemosensory Signaling Pathway, Role: Principal Investigator, LLU Dept. of Physiology & Pharmacology, (04/2001 - 03/2010) Status: Closed
• Norepinephrine release in the sea anemone, Aiptasia pallida., Role: Key, LLU School of Medicine (BRSG), (04/2001 - 03/2002) Status: Closed