Research Projects & Grants

Federal

  • Immunoseroproteomics in prostate cancer: focus on health disparities, Role: Investigator, National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities/NIH/NIMHD, (01/2024 - 01/2025) Status: Approved
  • Sickle Cell Family Planning: A Surveillance, Prevention, & Caring Pathway, Role: PI, Maternal and Child Health Bureau/Health Resources and Services Administration/DHHS, (10/2023) Status: Approved
  • Maternal Health Research Collaborative for Minority-Serving Institutions, Role: PD/PI, Maternal and Child Health Bureau/Health Resources and Services Administration/DHHS, (09/2023 - 09/2025) Status: Awarded
  • Project C.H.A.N.G.E. understanding health beliefs and readiness for lifestyle change in young, low-income African American men, Role: Investigator, National Institutes of Health/DHHS, (05/2022 - 05/2023) Status: Completed
  • Advanced Nursing Education Program, Role: PD/PI, Bureau of Health Professions/Health Resources and Services Administration/DHHS, (07/2016 - 12/2019) Status: Closed

Internal

  • Lived Experiences of Black Women who visit Pregnancy Resource Centers, Role: PI, LLU School of Nursing, (08/2024) Status: Approved
  • Development of a Situational Judgment Test about Family Supportive Supervisor Behaviors (SJT-FSSB), Role: PI, LLU School of Nursing, (03/2024) Status: Approved
  • Cultivating Awareness: A Pilot Intervention to Enhance Knowledge and Attitudes towards Prostate Cancer Screening in African American Men, Phase 1, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Social Work, (01/2024) Status: Approved
  • Fulbright Study: Globalization, Urbanization and Poor Indian Women, Role: PI, LLU School of Nursing, (03/2022) Status: Approved
  • Haitian nurses study, Role: PI, LLU School of Nursing, (04/2021 - 04/2022) Status: Completed
  • Wellness Over Weariness for Nurses (WOW for Nurses), Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Nursing - Graduate, (10/2020) Status: Approved
  • Dr. Roberts' General Research account managed and funded by Research Affairs, Role: PD/PI, LLU Dept. of Nursing - Graduate, (04/2020 - 03/2026) Status: Awarded
  • Support after stillbirth and infant death (SASAID), Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Nursing - Graduate, (10/2019 - 06/2023) Status: Completed
  • CHE- Xela MT, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Nursing - Graduate, (10/2019 - 09/2020) Status: Completed
  • Grip Strength Study, Role: Principal Investigator, LLU School of Nursing, (10/2019 - 10/2025) Status: Awarded
  • Grip strength study, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Nursing - Graduate, (08/2019) Status: Approved
  • CRM for adults with chronic illnesses outpatient program research study, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Social Work, (07/2019) Status: Approved
  • Support After Stillbirth and Infant Death (SASAID), Role: Principal Investigator, LLU, (05/2019 - 05/2025) Status: Awarded
  • Social support and cultural specific stressors that predict postpartum depression in Karachi, Pakistan, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Nursing - Graduate, (11/2017 - 11/2018) Status: Completed
  • Understanding Health and Emotional Responses and Perceptions of Asian Indian Needs (HER-PAIN), Role: PD/PI, LLU - GRASP, (03/2017 - 03/2022) Status: Closed
  • Mindfulness intervention for perinatal grief education and reduction (MIPGER), Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Nursing - Graduate, (06/2015 - 06/2016) Status: Completed
  • Supporting Families of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and Challenging Behavior: A Pilot Study of the MAPS Project, Role: PD/PI, LLU - GRASP, (08/2013 - 07/2015) Status: Closed
  • Exploring factors that inhibit or enhance maternal coping with stillbirth in Chhattisgarh, India, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Health Promotion and Education, (12/2010 - 12/2011) Status: Completed
  • Second Generation Agent Orange: The Health Experiences of Vietnam Veteran Progeny, Role: PI, LLU School of Nursing, (10/2024) Status: Approved

Non-Profit Organization

  • Building COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence among Nurses and Communities, Role: PD/PI, American Association of College Nursing, (03/2022 - 06/2022) Status: Closed

State

  • Song Brown: Family Nurse PractitionerTraining Program/Physician Assistant Training Program, Role: Principal Investigator, Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, (06/2016 - 12/2017) Status: Closed

Other Research

  • Wellness Over Weariness (WOW) for Nurses The aims of the study are to explore stress and wellbeing among LLUH nursing staff and investigate the effectiveness of a short, biologically based, wellness intervention, and to replicate a previous study in a similar sample. (10/2020 - 10/2021)
  • PhD Nursing Science Inventory The aims of the study are to explore how PhD prepared nurses are supporting the science of nursing by categorizing prevalent dissertation topics to identify gaps in preparation amenable to new pedagogical techniques, and determine the extent to which these PhD faculty are engaged in teaching at schools of nursing.  Additionally, investigating factors that may influence PhD prepared nurses’ research trajectories and scholarly productivity will increase understanding of current trends in PhD students’ intention to go into academia, research, or administration in clinical settings. (10/2020 - 10/2021)