2007

Louisiana Board of Regents

$60,000

Enhancement of Pre-Nursing Education

Major Goal:

Role: Co-investigator

Summer IRTA Fellow 2007 NIH/NINR Summer Genetic Institute $25,000

Major Goal: provides participants with training in molecular genetics appropriate for use in research and clinical practice.

Role: student/PI

Southern University & A & M College School of Nursing

$13,000

Doctoral Dissertation: Self-perception, obesity and health promoting behaviors among African American adolescent females

Major Goal: Explore the relationships between body mass index, self-perception and health promoting lifestyle behaviors among female African American adolescents.

Role: PI

CDC-RFA-DP14-1416

2023

01/15-01/18

$4.2 Million

Title: Programs to Reduce Obesity in High Obesity Areas

The major goal of this intervention program is to provide and engage the residents of selected Mississippi counties disparately impacted by overweight or obesity through environmental- and behavioral-change resources aimed at preventing and/or reducing overweight and obesity prevalence that could positively influence community-wide behavioral changes that may (a) decrease the number of new cases of obesity among adults and children in identified Mississippi counties; (b) limit the number of new cases of obesity among adults and children in identified Mississippi counties; and (c) increase regular physical activity. Knowledge gleaned from this intervention program could be used to create and implement strategies that prevent disease and improve public health.

Role: PI

NIH U54-RFA-TCC-13-001 $100,000 Social and Gene Determinants of Body Composition & Caloric Intake Major Goal: Conduct a substantial feasibility study examining the relationship among social environmental, behavioral, and genetic contributors to obesity among female African American adolescents. Role: PI