Research Projects & Grants

  • The impact of cultural values and acculturation on Asian American mother-daughter conflict., Role: PI, (06/1999) Status: Completed

Federal

  • Biological and psychosocial manifestations of religion, Role: PI, National Institutes of Health/DHHS, (01/2024 - 01/2025) Status: Approved
  • Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training Program, Role: Program Evaluation, Bureau of Health Professions/Health Resources and Services Administration/DHHS, (09/2023 - 09/2025) Status: Awarded
  • Graduate Psychology Education Programs FY23-25, Role: PD/PI, Bureau of Health Professions/Health Resources and Services Administration/DHHS, (07/2023 - 06/2025) Status: Awarded
  • Primary Care Training and Enhancement - Residency Training in Mental and Behavioral Health, Role: Co-PD/PI, Bureau of Health Professions/Health Resources and Services Administration/DHHS, (12/2022 - 09/2027) Status: Awarded
  • Hispanic Center of Excellence in Pharmacy, Role: Evaluator and BH Integration Coordinator, Bureau of Health Professions/Health Resources and Services Administration/DHHS, (07/2022 - 06/2027) Status: Awarded
  • Behavioral Health Workforce and training at LLU SBH, Role: Co-Investigator, Bureau of Health Professions/Health Resources and Services Administration/DHHS, (07/2021 - 06/2025) Status: Awarded
  • Primary Care Psychology Pipeline Program (4P), Role: 4P Diversity Faculty Member, Bureau of Health Professions/Health Resources and Services Administration/DHHS, (07/2020 - 06/2025) Status: Awarded
  • Graduate Psychology Education Program, Role: PD/PI, Bureau of Health Professions/Health Resources and Services Administration/DHHS, (09/2019 - 08/2023) Status: Closed
  • IMPACT - Integrated Medical Home for Patients: Access, Cost and Targeted management, Role: PD/PI, Bureau of Health Professions/Health Resources and Services Administration/DHHS, (07/2016 - 06/2022) Status: Closed
  • Needs and resource assessment for integrative medicine curriculum development: Preventive medicine residency program at Loma Linda University Health, Role: Investigator, Health Resources and Services Administration/DHHS, (08/2013 - 08/2014) Status: Completed
  • From I to We Teams Delivering WPC to Vulnerable Patients in a Residency PCMH, Role: Co-PD/PI, Health Resources and Services Administration/DHHS, (09/2011 - 09/2016) Status: Closed
  • From I to We: Teams Delivering WPC to Vulnerable Patients, Role: Co-PD/PI, Health Resources and Services Administration/DHHS, (09/2011 - 09/2016) Status: Closed
  • Urinary cortisol assessment for biosychosocial religion and health study, Role: Co-PD/PI, United States Department of Agriculture, (06/2011 - 05/2012) Status: Closed
  • Assays to assess allostatic load in the Biological Manifestations of Religion Study, Role: Co-Investigator, United States Department of Agriculture, (01/2011 - 05/2012) Status: Closed
  • ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS IN PRIMARY CARE, Role: Statistics and research Dire, Health Resources and Services Administration/DHHS, (09/2010 - 08/2011) Status: Closed
  • ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS IN PRIMARY CARE, Role: Statistics and research Dire, Health Resources and Services Administration/DHHS, (09/2009 - 08/2010) Status: Closed
  • Pre-doctoral training in primary care, Role: Statistics and research Dire, Health Resources and Services Administration/DHHS, (07/2009 - 06/2012) Status: Closed
  • Academic administrative units in primary care, Role: Statistics and Researc, Health Resources and Services Administration/DHHS, (09/2008 - 08/2011) Status: Closed
  • Residency training in primary care, Role: Co-I, Health Resources and Services Administration/DHHS, (07/2007 - 06/2010) Status: Closed
  • Biological and Psychosocial Manifestations of Religion, Role: Co-Investigator, National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS, (09/2005 - 07/2011) Status: Closed

Internal

  • Crisis averted? The impact of opioid education on resident knowledge, confidence, and attitudes, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Family Medicine, (12/2019) Status: Completed
  • The association between air pollution and biological aging and cognition, Role: Co-Investigator, LLU - GRASP, (01/2018 - 12/2021) Status: Closed
  • Postpartum depression screening in family medicine, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Psychology, (07/2016 - 07/2017) Status: Completed
  • A case series report of resident physician group prenatal visits compared to traditional prenatal visits, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Family Medicine, (03/2016 - 03/2017) Status: Completed
  • The Association Between Adverse Life Events and Biological Aging, Role: Co-Investigator, LLU - GRASP, (01/2015 - 06/2018) Status: Closed
  • The impact of clinical pharmacist participation in warfarin management and addition of INR after-visit summaries on average INR levels in a family practice FQHC-LA residency clinic, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Family Medicine, (05/2014 - 05/2015) Status: Completed
  • Effects of an online teaching module and clinical palliative care education on clinician understanding of limitation of treatment orders, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Family Medicine, (05/2014) Status: Completed
  • Outreach phone calls, mailed orders and nurse only visits to improve four preventive care quality measures: CRC screening, mammography, influenza and pneumonia vaccinations, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Family Medicine, (02/2014 - 02/2015) Status: Completed
  • Provider satisfaction in caring for sickle cell and other chronic pain patients in an inpatient setting, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Family Medicine, (08/2013) Status: Completed
  • Care quality for CHF patient in family medicine, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Family Medicine, (09/2012) Status: Completed
  • Electronic template to improve adherence to preventive care guidelines, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Family Medicine, (02/2012 - 02/2013) Status: Completed
  • The role of worldview and religious coping in moderation depression in adult child sexual abuse survivors, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Family Medicine, (12/2011 - 12/2012) Status: Completed
  • Neuroendocrine alterations from television in a waiting room environment (NATWRE), Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Family Medicine, (04/2011 - 04/2012) Status: Completed
  • Creating a systematic process to maintain accurate and updated electronic medication lists, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Family Medicine, (03/2011) Status: Completed
  • The impact of longitudinal obesity education on residents' recognition and management of obesity, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Family Medicine, (01/2011 - 01/2012) Status: Completed
  • Lipid lowering effects and patient-provider satisfaction: A resident-run telephone lipid intervention for patients with diabetes, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Family Medicine, (05/2010) Status: Completed
  • The effectiveness of group educational intervention on patient satisfaction and transfer of knowledge for patients admitted to the family medicine service, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Family Medicine, (04/2010) Status: Completed
  • Practice patterns for managing dyspepsia at Loma Linda Family Medicine clinics (FMG and FMC), Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Family Medicine, (03/2008) Status: Completed
  • Diabetes outcome among Latino and Anglo Americans: social cognitions and cultural value predictors, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Psychology, (02/2008 - 02/2009) Status: Completed
  • Longitudinal evaluation of the coping process: the contributions of religious and nonreligious coping, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Psychology, (01/2008 - 01/2009) Status: Completed
  • Breast cancer screening disparities in Japanese-American women, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Psychology, (05/2007) Status: Completed
  • Glitazone therapy and the development of CHF in patients with diabetes mellitus, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Family Medicine, (04/2007 - 04/2008) Status: Completed
  • Lost in translation: International transmission of cultural values and self-development in Asian Americans, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Psychology, (03/2007) Status: Completed
  • Physician conflict management style and satisfaction with end-of-life care, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Psychology, (03/2006) Status: Completed
  • Stages of change outcomes following a diabetes education/behavior management program, Role: Investigator, LLU School of Public Health, (08/2004 - 08/2005) Status: Completed
  • The prediction of moral reasoning: the effects of empathy and emotional regulation, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Psychology, (04/2004) Status: Completed
  • Diabetic foot exam performance within family medicine faculty and resident clinics, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Family Medicine, (03/2004) Status: Completed
  • Measuring the relationships between moral motivation and moral judgment among Chinese Americans, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Psychology, (02/2004) Status: Completed
  • Reasons for complementary and alternative medicine usage in Japanese Americans, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Psychology, (11/2003) Status: Completed
  • Hispanic batterers: describing a profile and treatment outcomes, Role: Investigator, LLU School of Public Health, (03/2003) Status: Completed
  • Physician compliance with their own preventive health care, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Family Medicine, (05/2001) Status: Completed
  • An examinatin of death salience - a component of the death anxiety model, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Psychology, (04/2001) Status: Completed
  • Protective variables and mechanisms associated with resilliency, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Psychology, (08/2000) Status: Completed
  • Culture and well-being survey, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Psychology, (06/2000 - 05/2001) Status: Completed
  • A longitudinal investigation of religious coping, attributions, and quality of life in breast cancer patients, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Psychology, (05/2000 - 05/2001) Status: Completed
  • Medical care preferences survey, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Family Medicine, (10/1999) Status: Completed
  • Adult attachment style as a predictor of child custody negotiation outcomes, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Psychology, (08/1999) Status: Completed
  • Cancer patients in the intensive-care unit: Prognosis, survival, and efficacy, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Psychology, (07/1999) Status: Completed
  • Family relationships and second-generation Korean-american's career satisfaction., Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Psychology, (06/1999) Status: Completed
  • Moderator effects of personality variables on family risk for alcoholism, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Psychology, (03/1999) Status: Completed
  • Non-conventional medicine survey, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Family Medicine, (09/1998) Status: Completed
  • Values, religious beliefs and medical care decisions., Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Psychology, (01/1998) Status: Completed
  • Subacute program descriptions: service provisions priorities, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Psychology, (04/1997) Status: Completed
  • Acculturation and illness beliefs among Japanese and Japanese/Americans, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Psychiatry, (03/1997) Status: Completed
  • The Effects of Medical Training on Values and Attitudes, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Family Medicine, (03/1997 - 02/1998) Status: Completed
  • Cultural differences in medical decision making in women with stage I and II breast cancer, Role: Investigator, LLU Center for Health Research, Status: Completed
  • Repression and dissociation: factors predicting disrupted vs. continuous memories of child sexual abuse, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Psychology, Status: Completed
  • The effects of surviving parent's religious coping style on the adaptive behaviors of children following the death of a parent, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Psychology, Status: Completed
  • Decision-making and professional socialization, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Family Medicine, Status: Completed
  • Religious coping as a moderator for bereaved spouses experiencing grief, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Psychology, Status: Completed
  • HPV vaccination attitudes, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Family Medicine, Status: Completed

Non-Profit Organization

  • Can Religion/Spirituality and Lifestyle Buffer the Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Health?, Role: PD/PI, Ardmore Institute of Health, (09/2019 - 08/2020) Status: Closed
  • Blue Region resiliency among Adventist seniors, Role: Investigator, Ardmore Foundation, (08/2019 - 08/2023) Status: Completed
  • The relationship between egg intake and cognitive decline in the AHS-2 cohort of older adults, Role: Co-Investigator, American Egg Board, (05/2018 - 10/2020) Status: Closed
  • The effect of spirituality and stress-management on patient outcomes following illness related loss of functioning, Role: PI, Fetzer Foundation, (03/1999 - 03/2000) Status: Completed

State

  • Family Medicine Residency Training for Underserved Care in California- Existing PCR, Role: PD/PI, Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, (06/2022 - 08/2025) Status: Awarded
  • Family Medicine Residency Training for Underserved Care in California- Existing THC, Role: PD/PI, Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, (01/2022 - 03/2023) Status: Closed
  • Loma Linda - Inland Empire Consortium for Healthcare Education, Family Medicine Residency Program 2021-2024 EXP, Role: PD/PI, Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, (06/2021 - 08/2024) Status: Awarded
  • Loma Linda-Inland Empire Consortium for Healthcare Education, FM Residency Program-Existing and Expansion Slots, Role: PD/PI, Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, (06/2019 - 06/2022) Status: Closed

Other Research

  • Fraser, G., Lee, J., Morton, K., Haviland, M., Bellinger, D., & Walters, J. (2009).  The psychological manifestations of religion on health – NIA grant supplement, unfunded. (07/2009)