2.5M USD National Institutes of Health funding shared among our consortium of five academic centers, the PI in Chicago, SODECO in Jamaica, Ghana, South Africa and Seychelles. “METS Microbiome”. This is to explore the role of gut bacteria on the risk of obesity and diabetes. This study began April 2018 and goes through 2021.

IDB Grant USD 2.45M to rehabilitate and preserve dead and damaged mangroves in south Clarendon, enhance livelihoods related to mangroves and to secure measurable additions to carbon sequestration to mitigate global warming 2020-2026.

GCRF UK consortium (Kenya, Scotland, Grenada and Jamaica) grant 24,000 USD in Jamaica to co-create our funding proposal to assess and mitigate the impact of pollutants in the mangrove food chain from up-stream runoff of pesticides and other residues. 2020- 2021.

1M USD National Institutes of Health funding shared among our consortium of five academic centres (above) to explore the role of sleep disturbance and meal timing on obesity and diabetes. This study began in 2019 and goes through 2022.

National Institutes of Health Grant of 22,000 USD to pilot a new strategy for deploying exercise for brain health focusing on in- home exercise because of the risks associated with centrally conducted exercise interventions in COVID pandemic conditions. The new pilot begins upon receipt of ethics approval in 2021 and runs for 1 year.

The National Institutes of Health awarded $2.5M to a five-center consortium (Chicago, Jamaica, Ghana, South Africa, Seychelles) for the "METS Microbiome" study (2018–2023), investigating gut bacteria's role in obesity and diabetes risk.