Detecting and mapping stress patterns across space and time: Multimodal modeling of individuals in real-world physical and social work environments NSF Division of Information and Intelligent Systems 2204942Sep 1, 2022 - Aug 31, 2026 Role: Principal Investigator Description: The project aims to describe individualized experiences of stress and develop multimodal models using a wide range of bio-behavioral, environmental, and activity engagement sensing technologies to inform personalized, automated, or technology-supported intervention approaches to stress management as workers engage in their daily work |
Mitigating risk and promoting occupational safety and health when developing and integrating artificial intelligence in the workplace CDC/NIOSH 22IPA2216235Sep 1, 2022 - Aug 31, 2024 Role: Principal Investigator Description: This project aims to identify hazards due to the introduction of artificial intelligence in the workplace, examine concerns related to situational awareness, describe evidence-based practices for safety training, identify factors affecting acceptance and trust of technologies, and provide a preliminary framework for assessing occupational health and safety of novel artificial intelligence in the workplace |
Documenting progression of acute to chronic musculoskeletal injuries: A national survey of ultrasound users Society for Diagnostic Medical Sonography / American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography WRMSD Grand ChallengeMay 1, 2022 - Dec 31, 2022 Role: Co-Principal Investigator Description: This study is building and leveraging a national registry to examine the multifaceted contributors to work-related injuries in ultrasound users and identify solutions to promote the health and well-being of the ultrasound workforce |
Standardizing a rigorous Doppler sonographic protocol to examine intraneural blood flow within the median nerve Society for Diagnostic Medical Sonography Foundation Pilot GrantJan 1, 2022 - Dec 31, 2022 Role: Co-Investigator Description: This project aims to develop, validate, and standardize an imaging protocol for measuring blood flow within the median nerve as a screening or diagnostic tool, particularly related to carpal tunnel syndrome, that accounts for the effects of engaging in various occupational activities or changes in other physiologic parameters that could confound measurement |
Automated detection of stress in offices using machine learning Southern California NIOSH Education and Research Center Pilot GrantAug 1, 2021 - Jul 31, 2022 Role: Co-Investigator Description: This study will mimic office work stressors to examine the feasibility of automated stress detection and to identify the most significant physiological and/or behavioral features that can be used to refine and establish generalized stress detection algorithms with high accuracies |
Median nerve mobility: Changes across time and associations with personal/work factors USC Office of the Provost Undergraduate Research Associates ProgramAug 15, 2020 - May 15, 2021 Role: Principal Investigator/Mentor Description: This project engaged undergraduate students in the analysis of sonographic images of the median nerve as it moves during hand grip to examine the associations of these changes to symptomatology in dental hygiene students |
Observational assessment of injury risk in dental hygiene practice USC Office of the Provost Undergraduate Research Associates ProgramAug 15, 2019 - May 15, 2020 Role: Principal Investigator/Mentor Description: This project engaged undergraduate students in the analysis of videos of dental hygiene practice to examine dental scaling tasks and identify components related to symptomatology and morphologic changes in dental hygiene students |
Novel precision medicine approach to advance rehabilitation of surgically repaired tendons of the hand NIH F31AR074894Aug 1, 2019 - Jan 31, 2022 Role: Sponsor Description: This predoctoral fellowship provided training in the use of sonographic image acquisition/analysis, along with research methodologies, as a means for evaluating the healing and recovery process in individuals who have undergone repair of flexor tendons in the hand and identify the most sensitive measures associated with recovery across phases of rehabilitation |
Informing a precision medicine approach to post-surgical flexor tendon rehabilitation using sonography American Hand Therapy Foundation Founders GrantJul 1, 2019 - Jun 30, 2023 Role: Co-Investigator Description: This project aims to identify the most sensitive sonographic measures associated with recovery for patients who have undergone repair of flexor tendons in the hand and to identify markers of poor recovery, all of which can be used to inform treatment planning to reduce post-surgical complications and improve rehabilitation |
Development of a sonographic image acquisition and analysis protocol for surgically repaired flexor tendons of the hand Society for Diagnostic Medical Sonography Pilot GrantApr 1, 2019 - Mar 31, 2020 Role: Co-Investigator Description: This project aimed to develop a reliable sonographic image acquisition and analysis protocol to evaluate morphologic characteristics of the recovery process in individuals who have undergone repair of flexor tendons in the hand and identify the most sensitive measures associated with recovery across phases of rehabilitation |
Quantifying sonographic changes in upper extremity tissue integrity following application of negative pressure in patients with systemic sclerosis: A feasibility study Lyphatouch, Inc Mar 1, 2019 - Feb 28, 2020 Role: Consultant Description: This feasibility study determined the optimal sonographic methods relevant upper extremity outcomes in treatment for patients with systemic sclerosis |
Association of nerve movement during functional hand use to pathology development in dental hygienists USC Office of the Provost Undergraduate Research Associates ProgramAug 15, 2018 - May 15, 2019 Role: Principal Investigator/Mentor Description: This project engaged undergraduate students in the processing and analysis of static and dynamic sonographic images of the carpal tunnel and median nerve to identify macro-morphologic characteristics of the carpal tunnel structure, dynamic movements of the median nerve during functional hand activity, and changes that indicate entrapment of the nerve |
Coadaptation of Intelligent Office Desks and Human Users to Promote Worker Productivity, Health and Wellness NSF Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation 1763134Aug 1, 2018 - Jul 31, 2021 Role: Co-Principal Investigator Description: The project envisions the emergence of an intelligent workstation that learns preferences and patterns through ongoing, bidirectional process of sensing, feedback, and control to adjust the workstation and moderate poor worker behaviors |
Center for Mindfulness Science USC Office of Research Collaboration Fund GrantJul 1, 2018 - Jun 30, 2024 Role: Co-Director / Co-Principal Investigator Description: The center aims to contribute meaningful understanding to the component psychological and biological processes underlying mindfulness and to contribute to the understanding of the relationship between mindfulness and well-being as well as the impact of mindfulness practice on wellness and clinical outcomes across the lifespan |
Integrating mindfulness-based interventions with outpatient rehabilitation in hand therapy California Foundation for Occupational Therapy Dissertation Research GrantOct 1, 2017 - May 31, 2019 Role: Co-Investigator Description: This project aimed to understand the psychosocial needs of hand therapy clients and develop a more holistic model for the provision of hand therapy intervention that integrates mindfulness-based meditations within therapy sessions |
Identifying risk of musculoskeletal injury in dental hygiene practice USC Office of the Provost Undergraduate Research Associates ProgramAug 15, 2017 - May 15, 2018 Role: Principal Investigator/Mentor Description: This project engaged undergraduate students in the collection, processing, and analysis of videos of dental hygiene practice to examine dental scaling tasks and identify components related to symptomatology and morphologic changes in dental hygiene students |
Sonographic tissue morphology in early stage work-related median nerve pathology NIH R01OH010665Sep 30, 2015 - Sep 29, 2019 Role: Principal Investigator Description: This study evaluated impacts of intensive hand activity on sonographic measurements of tissue morphology, discomfort, and occupational performance to develop a predictive model of morphologic progression of pathology and screening techniques for early detection of median nerve injury in the workplace |
Effects of mind-body interventions on stress, anxiety, and pain in hand therapy patients American Society of Hand Therapists Founders GrantJul 1, 2014 - Jun 30, 2015 Role: Principal Investigator Description: The aim of this project was to evaluate the proximal effects of mindfulness and visual biofeedback on stress, anxiety and pain in patients receiving hand therapy for hand dysfunction due to an orthopedic injury |
Integrating electromyography and sonographic imaging for evidence-based therapy for chronic pelvic pain Southern California Clinical and Translational Science Institute Pilot GrantJul 1, 2012 - Jun 30, 2013 Role: Co-Principal Investigator Description: This cross-sectional study utilized multiple innovative sonographic techniques and EMG recordings to identify important biomarkers of CP/CPPS to improve clinical screening practices |
An Experimental Investigation into Staging CTS Utilizing Portable Ultrasound... NIH 5R21OH009907-02Sep 1, 2010 - Apr 30, 2013 Role: Co-Investigator Description: This study assessed the progression of MMN and the utility of portable ultrasound as a sensitive means for tracking median nerve pathology by studying changes in morphology in a non-human primate model of CTS |
Rehabilitation Research Career Development Program NIH K12HD055929Sep 25, 2007 - Aug 31, 2022 Role: Scholar (2011-2016) / Mentor (2017-2022) |