Research Projects & Grants

Federal

• NEUROPATHOLOGICAL SIGNATURES CONNECTING EARLY-LIFE TRAUMA TO COMPULSIVE EATING BEHAVIOR AND OBESITY, Role: Other Significant Contributor, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases/NIH/DHHS, (04/2020 - 01/2024) Status: Closed
• LLU-NIH Initiative for Maximizing Student Development, Role: Other Significant Contributor, National Institute of General Medical Sciences/NIH/DHHS, (01/2018 - 12/2023) Status: Closed
• NIH-LLU Initiative for Maximizing Student Diversity, Role: Mentor, National Institute of General Medical Sciences/NIH/DHHS, (04/2009 - 03/2013) Status: Closed
• Regulation of oxidative stress induced apoptosis in osteoblasts (Gabriel Linares), Role: Principal Investigator, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases/NIH/DHHS, (07/2008 - 06/2010) Status: Closed
• Research Training in Biomedical Studies of Bone, Role: Principal Investigator, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases/NIH/DHHS, (05/2003 - 04/2005) Status: Closed
• Endosteal bone volume regulation and osteoporosis, National Institutes of Health/DHHS, (07/2001 - 06/2002) Status: Closed
• Studies on the mechanism of age-related decline in serum insulin-like growth factor-I, Role: Investigator, LLVARE, Status: Completed

Internal

• Activation of Caloric Deficit Pathways by an FDA-Approved Kv1 Channel Blocker: Treatment for Obesity?, Role: Co-Investigator, LLU - GRASP, (01/2018 - 11/2023) Status: Closed
• The effects of long term behavioral and neuropathology of radiation induced GHD, Role: Co-Investigator, LLU - GRASP, (01/2014 - 12/2016) Status: Closed
• Insulin-like growth factors and the binding proteins response to myocardial ischemia and coronary plaque rupture, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Cardiopulmonary Sciences, (06/1999 - 06/2000) Status: Completed