Research Projects & Grants

Federal

  • Cancer epidemiology in Adventists - a low risk group, Role: Investigator, National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS, (07/2024 - 07/2025) Status: Approved
  • Needs and resource assessment for integrative medicine curriculum development: Preventive medicine residency program at Loma Linda University Health, Role: PI, Health Resources and Services Administration/DHHS, (08/2013 - 08/2014) Status: Completed
  • Loma Linda University Integrative Medicine Program, Role: Collaborating Investigator, Bureau of Health Professions/Health Resources and Services Administration/DHHS, (09/2012 - 09/2014) Status: Closed
  • An Analysis of the Relationship Between Dietary and Lifestyle Factors and Rheumatoid Arthritis Prevalence in Seventh-day Adventists, Role: Principal Investigator, United States Department of Agriculture, (09/2010 - 05/2012) Status: Closed

Internal

  • The microbiome in AHS-2: feasibility and dietary associations, Role: PI, LLU Center for Nutrition, Healthy Lifestyles, and Disease Prevention, (03/2025 - 03/2026) Status: Approved
  • Vegetarian diets and periodontal disease, Role: Investigator, LLU - GRASP, (01/2025 - 01/2026) Status: Approved
  • Association Between Sunlight Exposure and the Risks of Mortality, Total Cancer Incidence, and Breast Cancer Incidence in the Adventists Health Study-2, Role: Investigator, LLU Center for Nutrition, Healthy Lifestyles, and Disease Prevention, (04/2022) Status: Approved
  • The Effect of a Vegetarian Diet on Periodontal Status, Role: PD/PI, LLU - GRASP, (01/2016 - 06/2020) Status: Closed
  • The Microbiome in AHS-2: Feasibility and Dietary Associations, Role: PD/PI, LLU Center for Health Research, (03/2015 - 03/2017) Status: Closed

Non-Profit Organization

  • Ardmore AHS-2, Role: Co-Investigator, Ardmore Institute of Health, (01/2021 - 12/2021) Status: Awarded
  • Full plate diet clinical trial, Role: Investigator, Ardmore Institute of Health, (07/2020 - 07/2021) Status: Completed
  • Adventist Health Study: The Next Generation in Transformational Health Knowledge, Role: Co-PD/PI, Ardmore Institute of Health, (01/2019 - 01/2024) Status: Closed
  • The effects of fresh mango consumption on cardiometabolic outcomes in free-living individuals with prediabetes: a randomized controlled crossover trial, Role: Investigator, The National Mango Board, (12/2023) Status: Approved
  • Immune and cognitive benefits of mango intake in young adults: A randomized trial, Role: Investigator, The National Mango Board, (01/2024) Status: Approved