Research Projects & Grants

Federal

  • Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training Program, Role: Practicum and Curriculum Enhancement, Bureau of Health Professions/Health Resources and Services Administration/DHHS, (09/2023 - 09/2025) Status: Awarded
  • Graduate Psychology Education Programs FY23-25, Role: Motivational Interviewing /IPL Lead, 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: Integrated Care-Online Certificate, Bureau of Health Professions/Health Resources and Services Administration/DHHS, (12/2022 - 09/2027) Status: Awarded
  • Behavioral Health Workforce and training at LLU SBH, Role: PD/PI, 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: Chronic Pain and Opioid Disorders Lead, Bureau of Health Professions/Health Resources and Services Administration/DHHS, (09/2019 - 08/2023) Status: Closed

Internal

  • Partnerships in research for optimizing parenting (PRO-Parenting), Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Psychology, (08/2024 - 08/2025) Status: Approved
  • Understanding the Impact of Melatonin Use on Adolescent Functioning: A Pilot and Feasibility Trial of the Melatonin Adolescent Research Study (MARS), Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Psychology, (06/2024 - 06/2025) Status: Approved
  • GRASP 2024 - Neural Mechanisms Underlying Sleep Disturbances in Autism, Role: Consultant, LLU - GRASP, (06/2024 - 05/2026) Status: Awarded
  • Stress-reduction Techniques for Effective Parenting skills (STEPS) project, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Psychology, (03/2025 - 03/2026) Status: Approved
  • Behavioral Treatment of Sleep in Youth with Autism, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Psychology, (04/2022) Status: Approved
  • The effects of upper airway resistance syndrome on executive function, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Medicine, (03/2022) Status: Approved
  • Etiologies of Apnea of Infancy (AOI): A Follow Up Study, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Pediatrics, (01/2022) Status: Approved
  • Sleep behaviors and its contribution to cognitive and psychiatric outcomes in neurodevelopmental disorders, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Psychology, (06/2021) Status: Approved
  • Understanding the Impact of Melatonin Use on Adolescent Functioning: A Pilot and Feasibility Trial of the Melatonin Adolescent Research Study (MARS), Role: PD/PI, LLU - GRASP, (05/2021 - 12/2025) Status: Awarded
  • Pediatric sleep and wellness study, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Psychology, (08/2019) Status: Approved

Non-Profit Organization

  • Contribution of Central Auditory Processing Disorder to Sleep Disturbances in ASD, Role: Co-Investigator, Autism Speaks, (11/2023 - 06/2025) Status: Awarded
  • Investigating a Behavioral Sleep Intervention for Youth with Autism: The Role of Parenting Stress, Role: Co-Investigator, Organization for Autism Research, (02/2023 - 01/2025) Status: Closed