Research Projects & Grants

Internal

  • Determinants of COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy among Low-Income Mothers in Riverside County, California, Role: Investigator, LLU School of Public Health, (01/2024 - 05/2024) Status: Completed
  • Californian Public University Students' Attitudes, Beliefs, & Barriers to Plant-Based Nutrition, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Nutrition, (01/2024 - 06/2024) Status: Completed
  • “Barriers Impacting Breast Cancer Screening During COVID-19 among Hispanic Women in New Jersey”, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Nutrition, (11/2023 - 06/2024) Status: Completed
  • Perceptions and Determinants of Maternal Morbidity in Black South Carolinians, Role: Investigator, LLU Center for Nutrition, Healthy Lifestyles, and Disease Prevention, (08/2023 - 06/2024) Status: Completed
  • The Health and Readiness Optimization (HeRO) Program: Program Evaluation, Role: PI, LLU Center for Nutrition, Healthy Lifestyles, and Disease Prevention, (04/2023) Status: Approved
  • Ending the HIV Epidemic in Black America: Qualitative Insights Following COVID-19, Role: Investigator, LLU Center for Nutrition, Healthy Lifestyles, and Disease Prevention, (02/2023 - 01/2024) Status: Completed
  • Coping, Resilience, and Post-Traumatic Growth Among Colorado Public Health Workers: A Qualitative Study, Role: PI, LLU Center for Nutrition, Healthy Lifestyles, and Disease Prevention, (01/2023) Status: Approved
  • Improving Maternal Outcomes among Black Mother and Child in California, Role: Investigator, LLU Center for Nutrition, Healthy Lifestyles, and Disease Prevention, (02/2022 - 01/2024) Status: Completed
  • Impacts of the Neurodevelopmental Disorder Diagnostic Practices on First Nations’ Mothers in Yukon, Canada, Role: PI, LLU Center for Nutrition, Healthy Lifestyles, and Disease Prevention, (11/2021) Status: Approved
  • Religiosity and Type II Diabetes Self-Management in the Muslim Community in California, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Nutrition, (09/2021 - 01/2024) Status: Completed
  • An Assessment of Graduate and Employer’s Perception of SMGC Health Certificate Programs, Role: Investigator, LLU Center for Community Resilience, (04/2021) Status: Approved
  • Social Media Use and Exercise Behaviors, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Nutrition, (01/2021) Status: Approved
  • Technology preferences and usage of caregivers of children with congenital heart disease, Role: PI, 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: PI, LLU School of Public Health, (09/2019 - 09/2020) Status: Completed
  • Health belief model and parent perceptions influencing life jacket usage for children, Role: Investigator, LLU Center for Community Resilience, (05/2019 - 10/2020) Status: Completed
  • Cardiopulmonary resuscitation education and intention to perform resuscitation among upper elementary students, Role: Investigator, LLU Center for Nutrition, Healthy Lifestyles, and Disease Prevention, (03/2019) Status: Approved
  • Factors influencing implementation of a personalized prevention plan among medicare annual wellness visit patients, Role: PI, LLU Center for Nutrition, Healthy Lifestyles, and Disease Prevention, (09/2018 - 09/2019) Status: Completed
  • Using the theory of planned behavior to understand student compliance to tobacco-free policies in California Universities, Role: PI, LLU Center for Nutrition, Healthy Lifestyles, and Disease Prevention, (01/2018 - 01/2019) Status: Completed
  • Parental perceptions of their child's weight status and pediatric obesity, Role: Investigator, LLU Center for Nutrition, Healthy Lifestyles, and Disease Prevention, (06/2016) Status: Completed
  • Salient beliefs about the use of infant restraints in Saudi Arabia, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Health Promotion and Education, (05/2013 - 05/2014) Status: Completed
  • Health Literacy and Social Media in Young Women, Role: PI, LLU School of Public Health, (11/2024) Status: Approved
  • The Complexity of Compassion: Qualitative Insights from Occupational Therapy Practitioners, Role: Investigator, LLU School of Public Health, (12/2024) Status: Approved
  • Examining Mental Health Stigma: A Mixed-Methods Study on Nigerian Immigrants in the United States, Role: Investigator, LLU School of Public Health, (12/2024) Status: Approved
  • Expecting Balance: Exploring Wellness Perceptions of Working Women Planning Motherhood, Role: Investigator, LLU School of Public Health, (12/2024) Status: Approved

Non-Profit Organization

  • Living Whole Employee Wellness Program, Role: Co-PD/PI, LLUSS - Risk Management, (05/2019 - 08/2020) Status: Closed