Research Projects & Grants

College/University

  • Heart Failure Progression and Diet: Racial Disparities, Role: Co-Investigator, Charles R. Drew University, (05/2018 - 02/2022) Status: Closed
  • Heart Failure Progression and Diet: Racial Disparities, Role: Co-PD/PI, Charles R. Drew University, (05/2018 - 02/2022) Status: Closed

Federal

  • Cancer epidemiology in Adventists - a low risk group, Role: Investigator, National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS, (07/2024 - 07/2025) Status: Approved
  • Improving quality of life after diagnosis and treatment, Role: Investigator, National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS, (10/2019 - 10/2020) Status: Completed
  • Validation of self-reported heart failure from the Adventist Health Study-2, Role: Principal Investigator, United States Department of Agriculture, (12/2011 - 05/2012) Status: Closed
  • Plant-based diets and risk of cancer, Role: Co-Investigator, National Institutes of Health/DHHS, (09/2011 - 08/2017) Status: Closed
  • Cancer Epidemiology in Adventists - A Low Risk Group, Role: Co-investigator, National Institutes of Health/DHHS, (07/2007 - 12/2008) Status: Closed
  • Health effects of long term exposure to particles & other air pollutants in elderly nonsmoking CA residents, Role: PI, Environmental Protection Agency, (11/2005 - 11/2006) Status: Completed
  • Relating cardiovascular disease risk to ambient air pollutants using geographic information systems technology and bayesian neural networks: the AHSMOG study, Environmental Protection Agency, (02/2003 - 01/2009) Status: Closed
  • Cancer Epidemiology in Adventists - A Low Risk Group, National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS, (09/2002 - 06/2003) Status: Closed

For Profit Organization

  • Responding to a Community’s Call for Action: Studying the Health Effects of an Intermodal Railyard in San Bernardino, Role: Co-PD/PI, BP America, Inc., (11/2010 - 06/2013) Status: Closed

Internal

  • Comparison of DNA methylation profiles in leukocytes, prostate cancer tissues and adjacent normal prostate tissues among vegans and non-vegetarians, Role: Investigator, LLU Center for Community Resilience, (01/2025 - 01/2026) Status: Approved
  • Biomarkers of Oral Carcinogenesis and Oral Cancer Pain, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, (07/2020) Status: Approved
  • Comparison of DNA methylation profiles in leukocytes, prostate cancer tissues and adjacent prostate tissues among vegans and non-vegetarians, Role: Co-Investigator, LLU - GRASP, (01/2018 - 12/2025) Status: Awarded
  • The association between air pollution and biological aging and cognition, Role: Co-Investigator, LLU - GRASP, (01/2018 - 12/2021) Status: Closed
  • The Association Between Adverse Life Events and Biological Aging, Role: Co-Investigator, LLU - GRASP, (01/2015 - 06/2018) Status: Closed
  • Association between dietary factors & subclinical CHF, A feasibility Study of AHS-2 subjects, Role: PD/PI, LLU School of Public Health, (03/2013 - 09/2014) Status: Closed
  • Responding to a community's call for action: Studying the health effects of an intermodal railyard in San Bernardino (phase 1), Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Environmental & Occupational Health, (10/2012 - 10/2013) Status: Completed
  • Impact of Dietary Protein Intake and Sunlight Exposure on Serum Fibroblast Growth Factor 23, Role: Other Professional, LLU Center for Health Research, (01/2011 - 01/2013) Status: Closed
  • The effectiveness of a novel treatment for tooth decay, Role: Investigator, LLU School of Dentistry, (01/2010 - 01/2011) Status: Completed
  • Effects of breastfeeding on maternal long-term weight change, Role: Investigator, LLU School of Public Health, (12/2009) Status: Completed
  • Preliminary data collection foe validation study of adolescen meat and soy intake, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Epidemiology/Biostatistics, (10/2007 - 10/2008) Status: Completed

Non-Profit Organization

  • Adventist Health Study: The Next Generation in Transformational Health Knowledge, Role: Co-Investigator, Ardmore Institute of Health, (01/2019 - 01/2024) Status: Closed
  • Responding to a community's call for action: studying the health effects of an intermodal railyard in San Bernardino (community-based health assessment) - Phase 2, Role: Investigator, BP / South Coast Air Quality Management District, (07/2013 - 07/2014) Status: Completed
  • Responding to a community's call for action: studying the health effects of an intermodal railyard in San Bernardino (Phase 3), Role: Investigator, BP / South Coast Air Quality Management District, (08/2012 - 08/2013) Status: Completed
  • Associations Between Soy Consumption & TSH Levels, Role: Co- Invetigator, Soy Nutrition Institute, (09/2011 - 02/2013) Status: Closed
  • Dairy, Meat, Linolenic Acid and Soy Consumption as Risk Factors for Prostate, Colorectal, and Breast Cancer in a Cohort with a Wide Range of Dietary Habits: Adventist Health Study-2 (AHS-2), Role: Co-Investigator, World Cancer Research Fund, (03/2010 - 03/2015) Status: Closed
  • Developing a valid screening tool for assessing nutritional adequacy and osteoporosis among vegans in the United States, Role: Investigator, McClean Endowment Research Fund, (05/2004 - 05/2005) Status: Completed
  • Lifestyle survey of General Conference 2000 Attendees, Role: Investigator, General Conference, (06/2000) Status: Completed