Positions and Employment
2014-pres. Research Assistant Professor, Center for Childhood Obesity Research, The Pennsylvania State University
2013-2014 Postdoctoral Scholar, Center for Childhood Obesity Research, The Pennsylvania State University
2008-2012 NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Fellow, The Pennsylvania State University
2009 Research Intern (Mentor: Dr. Leonard Epstein, Kelly Dearing), University at Buffalo
2008 Research Intern (Mentor: Drs. Nathaniel Riggs, Donna Spruit-Metz), University of Southern California
2007-2008 Student Representative, Society for Public Health Education
2006-2008 Bunton Waller Fellow/Doctoral Student, The Pennsylvania State University
2005-2006 Junior Statistician, Kaiser Permanente
2003-2006 Research Associate, Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California - San Francisco
2013-2014 Postdoctoral Scholar, Center for Childhood Obesity Research, The Pennsylvania State University
2008-2012 NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Fellow, The Pennsylvania State University
2009 Research Intern (Mentor: Dr. Leonard Epstein, Kelly Dearing), University at Buffalo
2008 Research Intern (Mentor: Drs. Nathaniel Riggs, Donna Spruit-Metz), University of Southern California
2007-2008 Student Representative, Society for Public Health Education
2006-2008 Bunton Waller Fellow/Doctoral Student, The Pennsylvania State University
2005-2006 Junior Statistician, Kaiser Permanente
2003-2006 Research Associate, Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California - San Francisco
Professional Honors
2008-2012 NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
2007-2012 Kappa Omicron Nu Honor Society
2007-2011 Travel Award (4 awards totaling $2500), National Science Foundation SBES-AGEP, The Pennsylvania State
University
2007 1st Place for Best Poster Presentation (Award $250), World Diabetes Day, The Pennsylvania State University
2007 2nd Place for Best Poster Presentation (Award $250), 2007 Annual Graduate Exhibition, The Pennsylvania
State University
2007 Society for Prevention Research Minority Travel Scholarship (Award $410)
2007 Travel Award ($300), Department of Education and Equity, The Pennsylvania State University
2000-2001 John C. Young Scholar, Centre College
1997-2001 Heritage Scholarship, Centre College
2007-2012 Kappa Omicron Nu Honor Society
2007-2011 Travel Award (4 awards totaling $2500), National Science Foundation SBES-AGEP, The Pennsylvania State
University
2007 1st Place for Best Poster Presentation (Award $250), World Diabetes Day, The Pennsylvania State University
2007 2nd Place for Best Poster Presentation (Award $250), 2007 Annual Graduate Exhibition, The Pennsylvania
State University
2007 Society for Prevention Research Minority Travel Scholarship (Award $410)
2007 Travel Award ($300), Department of Education and Equity, The Pennsylvania State University
2000-2001 John C. Young Scholar, Centre College
1997-2001 Heritage Scholarship, Centre College
Memberships in Professional Societies
Member, Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior
Member, The Obesity Society
Member, The Obesity Society