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Active Projects

Co-Investigator (PI: Symanski E, BCM). Source-Specific Multi-Pollutant Exposures and The Neighborhood Context in Disparities in Stillbirth. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Center. National Institutes of Health

Co-Investigator (PI: Scheurer M, BCM/TCH). Survivorship and Access to Care for Latinos to Understand and Address Disparities (SALUD). NIH/National Cancer Institute

Co-Investigator (PI: Erickson K, BCM). The Effects of Telemedicine on Health Outcomes, Costs, And Perceptions of Care Delivery in In-Center Hemodialysis. NIH/ National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

Co-Investigator (PI: Amos C, BCM). CoVPN 5002, The COMPASS Study. NIH/ National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Co-Investigator (PI: Naik-Mathuria B, BCM/TCH). Understanding the Epidemiology of Firearm Injuries in A Large Urban County: A Guide for Targeted Intervention Efforts. Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Co-Investigator (PI: Kanwal F, BCM). Multi-Level Evaluation of Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Liver Disease Outcomes. NIH/National Cancer Institute

Co-Investigator (PI: Osborne K, BCM). Baylor College of Medicine Cancer Center. NIH/National Cancer Institute

Co-Investigator (MPI: Kanwal F, BCM and Singal A, UT Southwestern). Reducing Disparities in the Risk of Hepatocellular Cancer, RP200633, Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT)

Co-Investigator (PI: El-Serag H, BCM). The Texas Collaborative Center for Hepatocellular Cancer (TeCH), CPRIT CAP-CAC RP190641, U.S. Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT)

Co-Investigator/Translational Navigator (MPI: Walker C, BCM; Symanski E, UTHealth; and Elferink CJ, UTMB). The development of the Gulf Coast Center for Precision Environmental Health (GC-CPEH), 1P30ES030285, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Center Grants (P50)

Co-Investigator (PI: Hamilton WJ, BCM).
The Houston “Breathe Easy” healthy homes-based model for multifamily rental communities, FR-6200-N-15 (Application ID), U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (Healthy Homes Technical Studies Program)

Co-Investigator (PI: Pompeii L, BCM). Workplace Violence in Outpatient Physician Clinics, R01OH011680, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

BCM Subaward Co-Investigator (PI: Schaeffer JW, CSU). After the flood: Investigating the health consequences of mold growth in homes damaged during Hurricane Harvey (5R21ES029766), National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

PI: Self. Environmental Health Outcomes Research among Hurricane Harvey Survivors, R21ES029616, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

PI Administrative Supplement. Environmental Health Outcomes Research Among Hurricane Harvey Survivors, R21 ES029616-02S1, NIH/NIEHS

PI: Self (MPI with Winifred Hamilton). Environmental Exposures, Health and Resilience Before and After Hurricane Harvey In A Houston-Area Cohort of African American Adults With Poorly Controlled Asthma, R21 ES029690, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

Completed Projects

Co-Investigator (PI: Peter Hotez). Geospatial analysis of high-risk areas for vector-borne transmission utilizing satellite imaging technology, AS-1307-05887, ExxonMobil Foundation

BCM Subaward PI (PI: Anderson K, OSU). Hurricane Harvey DR2: Individual chemical exposure assessments, R21 ES029460, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

Co-Investigator/Project Lead; Administrative Supplement (PI: Kramer Jennifer, BCM). Might geographic disparities in social determinants of health enrich our understanding of pharmacologic risk factors for non-AIDS defining cancers among individuals with HIV infection, 5R01CA206476 (rev 08-30-19); Supplement, NIH National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Co-Investigator (PI: Hamilton W, BCM), Baylor College of Medicine Environmental Health Initiative, U.S. DOJ (S.D. Tex., No. 4:09-cv-02662), United States Department of Justice (Chevron Phillips Chemical Company settlement). U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, Houston Division, Consent Decree and Order in Civil Action No. 4:09-cv-02662

Co-Investigator (PI: Strong L, MDACC), Pathways Linking Neighborhood Environments to Activity Behaviors, MRSG13145-01N1, American Cancer Society (ACS)

Co-Investigator (PI: Kohl H, UTHealth), Effects of light rail transit on physical activity: A natural experiment, 1 R01 DK101593-01, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney (NIDDK)

Co-Investigator (PI: Sharma S, UTHealth), UTHealthy Eating and Active Living for Pregnant Women and Babies, Not Determined, 1115 Medicaid Waiver: Texas Health Transformation and Quality Improvement Program

Co-Investigator (PI: Hoelscher D, UTHealth), Systems Approach to Obesity Prevention in Underserved Children (Texas Child Obesity Research Demonstration – Texas CORD), U18DP003367 (Cooperative Agreement), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Co-Investigator (PI: Wilkinson A, UTHealth), Bio-Behavioral Smoking Profiles in Mexican American Youth , K07 CA126988, National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Co-Investigator (MPI: Hoelscher D, UTHealth and Ory M, Texas A&M). Texas Childhood Obesity Prevention Policy Evaluation (TCOPPE), Not Determined, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

PI. GIS-defined Walkability Index and Physical Activity Behavior in Minority Population, Not Determined, National Cancer Institute (NCI) Research Fellowship

PI. Aerial Dissemination of Bacterial Spores and Incidence of Infectious Disease in Hospital Setting, Not Determined, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health