Research Projects & Grants

Federal

  • Cancer prevention and plant based nutrition, Role: Investigator, National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS, (06/1996 - 06/1997) Status: Completed

For Profit Organization

  • Effectiveness of semaglutide 2.4 mg vs. commercially available medications for chronic weight management in participants with obesity in a multi-employer setting in the US – a pragmatic clinical study (POSEY), Role: PI, Novo Nordisk Pharmaceuticals Inc., (10/2022) Status: Approved
  • Latino Semaglutide Study (LSS), Role: PI, Novo Nordisk Pharmaceuticals Inc., (07/2022) Status: Approved
  • Weight Management for the Remission of Type 2 Diabetes Using A Proprietary Meal Replacement System, Role: PI, Orgain, Inc., (03/2021) Status: Approved
  • Dextromethorphan: Effect on smoking #NC-002, Role: PI, Algos Pharmaceutical Corporation, (10/1998 - 10/1999) Status: Completed

Foreign

  • A Randomized Crossover Latino Semaglutide 2.4 MG Study (LGSS-Latino Genomic Semaglutide Study), Role: PD/PI, Novo Nordisk Fonden, (11/2021 - 09/2022) Status: Awarded

Internal

  • Genetic and Psychological Predictors of Obesity, Role: PI, LLU Center for Health Research, (04/1995 - 04/1996) Status: Completed
  • Transcriptomics of Pharmaceutically Assisted Lifestyle Management of Obesity Study (Ts)”, Role: Investigator, LLU School of Public Health, (06/2023) Status: Approved
  • Does personality predict adherence, health behaviors, and weight loss outcomes during the Latino Crossover Semaglutide Study? (STORY-LCSS Project), Role: Investigator, LLU School of Public Health, (12/2022) Status: Approved
  • Auditory Gamma in MCI, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Psychology, (10/2022) Status: Approved
  • Early Dementia Marker Detection (EDMD), Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Pathology & Human Anatomy, (11/2021) Status: Approved
  • The Weight Loss Journey of Center for Health Promotion Patients who have taken the Weight-Loss Medication Saxenda, a GLP-1 (Glucagon Like Peptide 1) Analogue, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Preventive Medicine (SM), (05/2021) Status: Approved
  • Functional assessment of ashwagandha root extract during weight-loss, Role: PI, LLU Center for Health Research, (06/2020 - 06/2021) Status: Completed
  • Predictors of outcome among candidates for weight loss interventions, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Psychology, (01/2017 - 01/2018) Status: Completed
  • A prospective study on a weight control program and its impact on regional and total body composition in post menopausal women, Role: Investigator, LLU School of Public Health, (06/1998 - 06/1999) Status: Completed
  • A prospective study on weight control programs and their impact on hormone status, regional and total body composition in postmenopausal women., Role: Investigator, LLU School of Public Health, (08/1996 - 08/1997) Status: Completed
  • Anti-Obesity Medication Research & Testing, Role: PD/PI, LLU School of Public Health, (12/2019 - 11/2021) Status: Awarded