Research Projects & Grants

  • The Effectiveness of the Cooper Wellness Program in Promoting Long-Term Lifestyle Behavior Change, Role: PI, (04/1993 - 04/1994) Status: Completed

College/University

  • Physical fitness & body mass index of 5th-11th grade students attending Seventh-Day Adventists schools: Physicalgenesis study, Role: PI, La Sierra University, Status: Completed

Federal

  • Scholarship Training Award for Community Resilience (STACR) Project: A Public Health Scholarship Program, Role: Alumni Faculty Liaison, Bureau of Health Professions/Health Resources and Services Administration/DHHS, (09/2022 - 09/2025) Status: Awarded

Internal

  • UNDERSTANDING HOW LATINO POPULATIONS USE SOCIAL MEDIA TO IMPROVE HEALTH LITERACY: A QUALITATIVE STUDY, Role: Investigator, LLU School of Public Health, (02/2024) Status: Approved
  • Evaluation of an online health insurance program among college students, Role: Investigator, LLU Center for Community Resilience, (11/2023) Status: Approved
  • The Impact of Social Media Usage on Lifestyle Behaviors and Health, Role: PI, LLU School of Public Health, (12/2022) Status: Approved
  • Health Impacts and Work Performance in Pathology Workforce During Merger & Acquisition (M&A), Role: Investigator, LLU Center for Nutrition, Healthy Lifestyles, and Disease Prevention, (12/2022 - 01/2024) Status: Completed
  • Technology preferences and usage of caregivers of children with congenital heart disease, Role: Investigator, LLU Center for Nutrition, Healthy Lifestyles, and Disease Prevention, (09/2019 - 09/2020) Status: Completed
  • Coping patterns and perceived stress of caregivers of children with a congenital heart defect, Role: Investigator, LLU School of Public Health, (09/2019 - 09/2020) Status: Completed
  • Office worker behavior health study, Role: Investigator, LLU Center for Nutrition, Healthy Lifestyles, and Disease Prevention, (09/2019 - 08/2024) Status: Completed
  • A nutrient-profiling inspired mobile-based application for type-2 diabetes to increase their knowledge about nutrition and improve their dietary behavior, Role: PI, LLU School of Public Health, (12/2017 - 12/2018) Status: Completed
  • The impact of gameful design on sedentary adults' motivation for physical activity and physical activity levels, Role: PI, LLU Center for Nutrition, Healthy Lifestyles, and Disease Prevention, (08/2015 - 08/2016) Status: Completed
  • Assessment of a body composition focused obesity treatment, Role: Investigator, LLU Center for Health Research, Status: Completed
  • Expecting Balance: Exploring Wellness Perceptions of Working Women Planning Motherhood, Role: Investigator, LLU School of Public Health, (12/2024) Status: Approved

Other Research

  • Motivation for Physical Activity and Physical Activity Levels Part of a PhD dissertation study; co-PI with doctoral student. Field supervisor. Doctoral student Domique Wakefield is getting her PhD from the University of Bath, UK. (2013 - 2017)