Research Projects & Grants

College/University

• Multicenter Pilot Studies for ED Tobacco Interventions, Role: Principal Investigator, Massachusetts General Hospital, (06/2007 - 05/2009) Status: Closed

Federal

• Multicenter pilot studies for emergency department (ED) tobacco interventions -Part 2: healthcare provider survey, Role: PI, National Institutes of Health/DHHS, (01/2009 - 01/2010) Status: Completed
• Multicenter pilot studies for Emergency department tobacco interventions - Pt 1-Cohort study, Role: PI, National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS, (05/2008 - 05/2009) Status: Completed
• DISCOVERIES: Telemedicine Solutions for Emergency Care and Disaster Response, Role: Principal Investigator, Department of Defense, (10/2007 - 11/2009) Status: Closed
• The effect of telemedicine on pre-hospital care of nursing home patients, Role: PI, Department of Defense, (04/2007 - 04/2008) Status: Completed
• The effect of an electronic medical record data collection system on EMS provider satisfaction, Role: PI, Department of Defense, (04/2007 - 04/2008) Status: Completed
• The effect of an electronic medical record data collection system on EMS provider efficiency, Role: PI, Department of Defense, (03/2007 - 03/2008) Status: Completed
• National Emergency Department safety study - Part 2: chart review, Role: PI, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality/DHHS, (01/2006 - 01/2007) Status: Completed
• Research and Development of a Convertible Use Rapidly Expandable Model for a Response to its Disasters and Mass Casualties (CURE), Role: Principal Investigator, United States Army, (09/2005 - 10/2009) Status: Closed

For Profit Organization

• The collection of biological specimens with companion data from subjects that will be catalogued in a biorepository for research, Role: PI, Discovery Life Sciences, Inc., (12/2023 - 12/2024) Status: Completed
• Prospective Blood Sample Collection Study From Thyroid Disease Subjects With Elevated Analyte Concentrations Of Tg (Thyroglobulin), Tgab (Thyroglobulin Antibody), And/Or Ft4 (Free Thyroxine) Version 1.1, Role: PI, Beckman Coulter, Inc., (10/2023 - 06/2024) Status: Completed
• PIVOTAL EVALUATION OF THE ACCESS NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE ASSAY(S) AS AN AID IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND ASSESSMENT OF SEVERITY OF ACUTE HEART FAILURE – EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT SUBJECT ENROLLMENT AND SPECIMEN COLLECTION. Version 1.0, Dated 9/26/2019, Role: PI, Beckman Coulter, Inc., (08/2020) Status: Completed
• Sample collection for INNOVANCE Anti-Xa to measure rivaroxaban or apixaban in citrated human plasma, Role: PI, Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, (02/2020) Status: Approved
• The collection of biological specimens with companion data from subjects that will be catalogued in a biorepository for research. (Pediatric Fever Arm) Protocol No. DLS GSC 2018, Version 2.0, date 04 October 2019, Role: PI, Discovery Life Sciences, Inc., (01/2020 - 12/2024) Status: Completed
• Collection protocol to support validation of Novel Biomarkers and Research and Development Programs, Role: PI, Discovery Life Sciences, Inc., (11/2019 - 12/2024) Status: Completed
• The ICON-RELOADED study: International collaborative of NT -proBNP re-evaluation of acute diagnostic cut-offs in the emergency department, Role: PI, Roche Diagnostics, (10/2017 - 10/2018) Status: Completed
• D-Dimer DVT/PE Exclusionary sample collection project, Role: PI, Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, (04/2015 - 04/2016) Status: Completed
• MN-221-CL-007: A phase II, randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of MN-221 when administered intravenously as an adjunct to standard therapy to adults with an acute exacerbation of asthma, Role: PI, MediciNova, Inc., (07/2011 - 07/2012) Status: Completed
• The Collection of Human Biospecimens for Current and Future Scientific and Medical Research, Role: PI, Discovery Life Sciences, Inc., (11/2024) Status: Approved
• Access BNP Assay Clinical Subject Sample Collection Enrollment Study Protocol, Role: PI, Beckman Coulter, Inc., (10/2024) Status: Approved
• Sysmex CN-6000 – D-dimer Studies for VTE Exclusion Claim, Role: PI, Sysmex Corporation, (01/2025) Status: Approved

Internal

• Tryptase use in the Emergency Department, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Medicine, (04/2024) Status: Approved
• Systemic Review of Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Treated at Loma Linda University Medical Center Emergency Department, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Emergency Medicine, (04/2020) Status: Approved
• Evaluation of hospitals disaster plan and evacuation procedures during hurricane katrina, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Emergency Medicine, (03/2006) Status: Completed