Research

1. Takemoto (PI) Coyne (Co-PI) $5,000.00 05/01/21-04/30/23
   ScholarRx – The Medical Education Research and Innovation Challenge (MERIC)
   Title: Enhancing the Basics of Pharmacology Through Extended Reality
   This project aims to developed and evaluated the impact of extended reality modules that supplement ScholarRx Rx Bricks on academic achievement, cognitive load, and motivation.

2. Steed (PI) Takemoto (Co-I) $1,500.00 07/01/21-06/30/22
   Team-Based Learning Collaborative
   Title: Remote ‘Face-To-Face’ Team-Based Learning Using Extended Reality
   This project aims to determine the applicability of extended reality in Team-Based Learning and assess the level of immersion, engagement, and comfort.

3. Takemoto (PI) $11,000.00 08/01/20-08/30/23

California Health Sciences University – Research and Scholarship Fund
Title: Virtual Reality Interventions to Well-being
This project aims to characterize how faculty at a TBL institution spend their time and evaluate the influence of various types of virtual reality interventions on well-being and modulation of time allocation of faculty.

4. Coyne (PI) Takemoto (Co-I) $15,000.00 07/01/20-06/30/23
   California Health Sciences University – Research and Scholarship Fund
   Title: Evaluation of the Utility of Serious Games in Virtual Reality of Pharmacy and Medical Students.
   This project aims to evaluate the effectiveness of VR-serious games on improving learning, reducing cognitive load and anxiety, using surveys and assessments.

5. Takemoto (PI) $3,050.00 04/01/18-03/31/19
   Team-Based Learning Collaborative
   Title: The RAPsody of Virtual Reality Team-Based Learning
   This project aims to determine the applicability of virtual reality in Team-Based Learning and assess the level of immersion, engagement, and comfort.

6. Merritt (PI) Takemoto (Consultant) $3,000.00 09/01/18-08¬/31/19
   The University of Texas at Tyler Presidential Staff Research Grant
   Title: Development of a User-Friendly Interface to Upload Education Content into a Virtual Reality Learning Environment
   This project aims to develop a user-friendly tool to easily incorporate virtual reality into classes.

7. Parmentier (PI) Takemoto (Co-I) $15,000.00 06/01/17-05/30/18
   The University of Texas at Tyler, Ben and Maytee Fisch College of Pharmacy
   Title: Making Distance Team-Based Learning a Reality with Virtual Reality
   Role: Co-Investigator
   This project aims to assess the use of social interactive software on teaching in virtual reality.

8. Takemoto (PI) $9,483.86 09/01/15-06/30/16
   The University of Texas at Tyler Office of Research & Technology Transfer
   Title: Effects of Melatonin on Mitochondrial Relevant Biomarkers in Diabetes
   This project aims to further characterize molecular mechanisms at the RNA and protein levels of mitochondrial relevant targets (transcription factors, sirtuins, and fibroblast growth factor 21) affecting metabolic diseases (diabetes), which can elucidate targets for intervention.

9. Takemoto (PI) Arce-Esquivel (Co-I) $500.00 10/13/15-06/30/16
   The University of Texas at Tyler Ben and Maytee Fisch College of Pharmacy
   Title: Effects of Light Therapy on Vascular Function in Patients with Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy
   In a longitudinal, cross-sectional study to compare vascular function, selected biomarkers (glucose, oxidative stress, and nitric oxide) and pain score in patients with type 2 diabetes and diabetic peripheral neuropathy to assess the effects of infrared light therapy.

10. 5R01NR012885-02 (NINR) Gerschenson/Miller (PI) 09/01/12-07/31/13
    Role: Junior Researcher
    This project aims to understand the mechanisms and risk factors associated with pre-diabetes, diabetes and fat changes that will eventually lead to an increased risk for heart disease and early death. This should help future interventions to minimize these diseases in HIV-infection children.

11. G12 MD007601-27 Berry (PI) 09/01/12-07/31/13
    Bioscience Research Infrastructure Development for Grant Enhancement and Success
    Title: Mitochondria and Metabolic Disease in HIV-Infected Children
    Role: Research Affiliate for Pilot Research Grant
    This is a pilot project to study respiration, antioxidants/oxidative stress, transcription factors, and sirtuins in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from children.