Research Areas
Obesity, Diabetes and CVD Research
- Group Visits for Treating Type 2 Diabetes in Hispanics [NIDDK]
- Choices: Family Physicians Treat Overweight Children [NICHD]
- Preventing CVD in Native Populations: The Traditional Living Challenge [NHLBI]
- Project EXPORT [NIH-NCMHD]
- Wellness camp for Indian Children with Diabetes
Tobacco-Related Research
- Community-based Training Models for Tobacco Cessation [NCI]
- Brief Tobacco Intervention Training in Childcare Centers [NCI]
- Community-based Training Models for Tobacco Cessation: Project Reach Hispanic/Latino Cultural Adaptation Supplement [NCI]
- Comparison of the efficacy and safety of 2 oral doses of rimonabant versus placebo [Sanofi]
- A Twelve-week Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Randomized, Multicenter Study with Follow-up Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of Varenicline Tartrate (CP-526,555) in Comparison to Zyban for Smoking Cessation. [Pfizer]
CAM Research
- TCM for TMD: A multi-site randomized whole systems trial [NCCAM]
- Developing Patient Centered Measures for Outcomes of CAM Therapies [NCCAM]
- Individual Differences in CAM Patient-Centered Outcomes: Research & Mentorship [NCCAM]
- Methods Development for Early Phase CAM Trials [NCCAM]
- Polysomnography in Homeopathic Remedy Effects [NCCAM]
- Dilution and Succussion in Homeopathic Remedy Dose-Response Patterns [NCCAM]
- Efffects of Homeopathy on Clinical Outcomes and Physiological Markers in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder [Samueli Foundation]
Cancer Research
- Storytelling to Promote Colorectal Screening in Primary Care Clinics [NCI]
- Juntos en la Salud: Cancer Prevention/Screening for Latinas [ACS]
- Impact of Risk Talks on Patient Colorectal Screening [AHRQ]
Education Research and Training Grants
- Cultural Competence in the Context of Type II Diabetes, Phase I [NIDDK]
- Cultural Competence in the Context of Type II Diabetes, Phase II [NIDDK]
- Distance Learning to Enhance MCH Substance Abuse Services [DHHS]
- Family Medicine Residency Curricular Award in Spirituality and Medicine [George Washington University Institute for Spirituality and Health from Templeton Fdn.]
- Integrated Longitudinal Curriculum for Medical Student in Spirituality and Medicine [George Washington University Institute for Spirituality and Health from Templeton Fdn.]
- Provision of Training and Technical Assistance to U. Minnesota STAR Project [DOD: subcontract to U Minn]
- Professional Development Training Project: [US Department of Education]
- American Indian Research Center for Health: [CDC]
- University Center for Excellent in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research, and Service: [HHS]
Research with American Indian and Mexican American Communities
- Participatory Evaluation [NIJ]
- Community Based Training Models for Tobacco Cessation: Project Reach Hispanic/Latino Cultural Adaptation Supplement (see Tobacco above)
- Brief Tobacco Intervention Training in Childcare Centers (see Tobacco above)
- Wellness camp for Indian Children with Diabetes (see Diabetes above)
- Project EXPORT (see Diabetes above)
- Preventing CVD in Native Populations: The Traditional Living Challenge (see Diabetes above)
- Group Visits for Treating Type 2 Diabetes in Hispanics (see Diabetes above)
- Impact of Risk Talks on Patient Colorectal Screening (see Cancer above)
- Juntos en la Salud: Cancer Prevention/Screening for Latinas (see Cancer above)
- Storytelling to Promote Colorectal Screening in Primary Care Clinics (see Cancer above)
- Cultural Competence in the Context of Type II Diabetes, Phases I (see Education above)
- Cultural Competence in the Context of Type II Diabetes, Phases II (see Education above)
- American Indian Research Center for Health: (see Education above)
- Professional Development Training Project: (see Education above)