Research Projects & Grants

College/University

  • A Multicenter, Randomized Trial of Preterm Infants receiving Caffeine and Less Invasive Surfactant Administration Compared to Caffeine and Early Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CaLI Trial), Role: Investigator, Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women and Newborns, (07/2025 - 06/2026) Status: Approved
  • 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
  • Umbilical cord milking in non-vigorous infants (the MINVI trial), Role: Investigator, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/NIH/DHHS, (09/2024 - 09/2025) Status: Completed

Internal

  • SafeBoosC III two-year follow-up (Safeguarding the Brain of our smallest Children). Cerebral near-infrared spectroscopy monitoring versus treatment as usual for extremely preterm infants: a protocol for the follow-up study for the SafeBoosC-III trial, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Pediatrics, (04/2023) Status: Approved
  • Learning & Implementing Guidelines for Hyperbilirubinemia Treatment (LIGHT), Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Pediatrics, (11/2022) Status: Approved
  • Diabetic embryopathy: exploring underlying metabolic pathways and epigenetic mechanisms (DEM 2.0), Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Pediatrics, (02/2022) Status: Approved
  • Metabolomic and histological characterization of Necrotizing Enterocolitis of the newborn, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Pediatrics, (02/2021) Status: Approved
  • Near-infrared spectroscopy to evaluate feeding tolerance in infants with NEC, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Pediatrics, (12/2019) Status: Approved
  • Incidence of congenital anomalies in infants of diabetic mothers in the Loma Linda University Children's Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Pediatrics, (03/2015 - 03/2016) Status: Completed
  • Outcomes of Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Surgery, (03/2026) Status: Approved
  • Multicenter Inventory of Neonatal-Perinatal Interventions (MINI) Minimum Dataset, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Pediatrics, (02/2026) Status: Approved
  • Evaluating the utility of preoperative amplitude integrated EEG and brain MRI to predict neurodevelopmental abnormalities at 18-24 months of age in infants with complex congenital heart disease, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Pediatrics, (09/2025) Status: Approved
  • Rota virus in the NICU: A Case-Control Study of its Association with Necrotizing Enterocolitis, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Surgery, (09/2025) Status: Approved
  • The effect of maternal soothing on short-term clinical outcomes in preterm NICU infants at risk for Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC)., Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Surgery, (06/2025) Status: Approved