Research Projects & Grants

College/University

  • Steerable Laser Interstitial Thermotherapy (SLIT) Robot for Brain Tumor Therapy, Role: Co-Investigator, University of California, Riverside, (09/2023 - 08/2026) Status: Awarded
  • Brain Oxygenation - II, Role: Investigator, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, (07/2022) Status: Completed

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, (11/2025 - 11/2026) Status: Approved

Internal

  • Evaluating the Impact of Social Factors in Predicting Developmental Outcomes in Infants< 32 weeks gestation and/or< 1500 grams, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Pediatrics, (06/2024) Status: Approved
  • Quantitative brain MRI predictors and markers of neurological outcome, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Radiology, (03/2026 - 03/2027) Status: Approved
  • CT-detected Incidental Thyroid Nodules: Assessment and Management with American College of Radiology Recommendations, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Radiology, (04/2024) Status: Approved
  • Characterizing HIE risk categories to identify the most weighted contributor in determining outcomes, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Pediatrics, (04/2023) Status: Approved
  • Susceptibility-weighted MRI investigation of the association between cardiopulmonary bypass and cerebral microhemorrhages in pediatric patients, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Radiology, (02/2018 - 02/2019) Status: Completed
  • Fetal intracranial hemorrhage, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Radiology, (11/2016) Status: Completed
  • Overall ionizing and non-ionizing imaging exams over the past decade with a review of how the imaging algorithm has changed in pediatric patients presenting with abdominal pain in the acute setting, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Radiology, (12/2013 - 12/2014) Status: Completed
  • Effect of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation on ventricular size, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Radiology, (08/2013 - 08/2014) Status: Completed
  • Evaluating cerebral microhemorrhages in patients receiving chemotherapy, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Radiology, (04/2007) Status: Completed
  • MIRNA in Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy study (MIRNAH), 20230310, Role: Investigator, LLU Basic Science, (06/2023) Status: Approved
  • Identifying MR Imaging and Spectroscopic Markers of brain injury after non-accidental trauma, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Radiology, (03/2026 - 03/2027) Status: Approved
  • Correlation of Neonatal Head Ultrasound with MRI, MR Spectroscopy, and Neurological Outcomes in Preterm Infants with Periventricular Leukomalacia, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Radiology, (06/2025) Status: Approved
  • Early Head Ultrasound as a Predictor of Metabolic Injury in Neonatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy: Correlation with MR Spectroscopy Findings, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Radiology, (06/2025) Status: Approved

Non-Profit Organization

  • Susceptibility weighted imaging as a marker of reduced cerebral oxygen in a newborn, Role: PD/PI, Society for Pediatric Radiology, (07/2019 - 01/2025) Status: Closed
  • Cerebral deoxyhemoglobin imaging: A biomarker for poor neurological outcomes in neonates with acute hypoxic ischemic brain injury, Role: Principal Investigator, Association of University Radiologists, (07/2016 - 06/2018) Status: Closed