Current Projects

Funded Grants & Contracts:

Principal Investigator, Evaluating Integrated Services Delivery, County of Riverside Department of Public and Social Services, 06/24 - 05/25.

Co-Investigator, UCLA Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System Evaluation Contract Supplement, California Department of Healthcare Services, 01/21 - 12/26.

Co-Investigator, Assessing the Health of California's Cannabis Industry, California Department of Cannabis Control, 06/2023 – 05/2025.

Co-Principal Investigator, Snips and Clips of Hate: Dehumanizing Hatred and Moral Hatred on TikTok and Twitter, UCLA Initiative to Study Hate, 10/23 - 09/24.

Co-Investigator, Evaluation of the California OUD Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) Expansion Project, California Department of Healthcare Services, 07/17 - 06/24.

Co-Investigator, The Impact of Proposition 64 on Cannabis Use, Maladaptive Cannabis Use, Cannabis Use Disorder, and Public Health, California Department of Cannabis Control, 10/2021 – 05/2024.

Co-Principal Investigator, Healthcare for All using the Whole PERSON Health Score, Google Health Equity Research Initiative, 01/23 - 12/23.

Co-Principal Investigator, Understanding Stigma and Hatred Directed at People Experiencing Homelessness, UCLA Initiative to Study Hate, 10/22 - 09/23

Manuscripts in Works - Drafts Available Upon Request:

Caulkins, J., Bass, B., Hammond, D., Khurana, D., Kilmer, B., Davila, S., Smart, R., Wadsworth, E. "A Failure to Replicate? Comparing Multiple Cannabis Use Surveys," Addiction [Revise & Resubmit]

Huang, K., Yang, A., Skoretz, L., Khurana, D. "Beyond the Binary: Nurturing Competence and Compassion in Transgender Healthcare through Internal Medicine Resident Training." International Journal of Transgender Health - submission in progress

Khurana, D., Lauren, G., Freund, D., Sasininia, B., Firek, A., Nicole, G. "Economic Incentives to Influence COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy among Healthcare Workers." Vaccines - submission in progress

Khurana, D., Garner, M., Bass, B., Leung, G., Firek, A. "From Margins to Mainstream: Analyzing Social Determinants of Health in LGB+ & Heterosexual Patients." International Journal of Health Equity - submission in progress

Khurana, D., Leung, G., Tsang, S., Sasininia, B., Kumar, V., Khan, M., Firek, A. "Harmony in Health: Best Practices Advisory and the Whole PERSON Health Score as Catalysts for Provider Behavior Transformation." New England Journal of Medicine Catalyst - submission in progress

Khurana, D., Padwa, H., Bass, B., Urada, D., Boustead, A., Pacula, R.L. "Using Claims Data to Track Substate Trends in Cannabis Use Disorder among Medicaid Beneficiaries Following Adult Use Legalization." Addiction - submission in progress

Khurana, D., Bass, B., Zakher, E., Urada, D. "Evaluation of the DMC-ODS Waiver for Partnership HealthPlan of CA's W&R Program." Drug and Alcohol Dependence - submission in progress

Lee, J., Khurana, D., Luo, F., Tong, X. "Racial and Ethnic Differences in Costs and Healthcare Utilization Associated with Stroke among Patients in Medicaid."

Khurana, D., Tran, B., Jha, V., Sasininia, B., Firek, A. "COVID-19 and Burnout among Nurses: Results from a Large Primary Care Health System."