Research Projects & Grants

Internal

  • A clinical work systems analysis of Diabetes co-management in hospitalized patients with continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII), Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Medicine, (06/2020) Status: Approved
  • Spiritual needs of patients and family caregivers living with heart failure, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Nursing - Graduate, (05/2019 - 05/2020) Status: Completed
  • An Interpretive Phenomenological Study of Black/African American Undergraduate Nursing Students’ Common Lived Experience of Retention and Progression, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Nursing - Graduate, Status: Completed

Non-Profit Organization

  • "What should I say?": Educating nurses to provide healing responses to patients' spiritual concerns, Role: Investigator, John Templeton Foundation, (01/2008 - 01/2009) Status: Completed

Other Research

  • "Spiritual needs of patients and family caregivers living with heart failure" Research collaboration between Loma Linda University (Dr. Iris Mamier, Dr. Denise Petersen, Dr. Elizabeth Johnston Taylor), Sahmyook University (Dr. Kyung-Ah Kang), and VA Loma Linda Health Care System (Dr. Sun Min Kim) Comparing the spiritual needs of stage 3 & 4 HF patients and their family caregivers at three different sites. Project is in the dissemination phase. (12/2017 - 12/2020)