2018 - Present | Assistant Professor, Boise State University ‐ School of Public and Population Health | |
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2016 - 2018 | Postdoctoral Fellow, University of South Florida ‐ College of Public Health | |
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September 2008 - August 2011 | Assistant Director of Student Health for Health Promotion, University of Mississippi | |
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July 2008 - September 2009 | Health Educator, University of Mississippi | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Grants
2022 - 2022 | Idaho Nutrition Data Needs Assessment Project |
Idaho Department of Health and Welfare | |
Role: Co-PI | |
$129,180.00 | |
2021 - 2021 | Relatives as Parents Qualitative Needs Assessment: Impact of Substance Misuse on Family and Network Support Systems and Impact of Pandemic on Mental Health and Well-being |
Office of Drug Policy - State of Idaho | |
Role: PI | |
$24,990.00 | |
2019 - 2020 | Familial & Community Infant Feeding Social Networks Among Low-Income WIC Mothers |
Mountain West CTR-IN - 2U54GM104944 | |
NIGMS | |
Role: PI | |
$65,955.00 | |
2018 - 2019 | Contextualizing Mothers’ Infant Feeding Environments: A Social Network Approach to Understanding Perspectives of Mothers and Their Network Members |
College of Health Sciences Dean’s Office and Office of Research - Boise State University | |
Intramural Pilot Project Program (IP3) | |
Role: PI | |
$20,000.00 | |
2016 - 2017 | A Collaborative Teaching Strategy for Building Relationships in Maternal and Child Health |
University of South Florida | |
Association of Teachers of Maternal and Child Health Innovative Teaching in MCH Award | |
Role: Principal Investigator | |
$3,000 | |
2016 - 2017 | Infant Feeding Intentions, Attitudes, and Subjective Norms among Adolescents |
University of South Florida | |
University of South Florida College of Public Health, Department of Community & Family Health Graduate Student/Post-Doctoral Fellow Research Award | |
Role: Principal Investigator | |
$967.05 | |
2015 - 2015 | Infant Feeding Experiences in Iowa: From Breastfeeding Initiation to Cessation |
University of Iowa | |
University of Iowa Prevention Research Center for Rural Health (PRC-RH) | |
Role: Principal Investigator | |
$5,622 |
Professional Service and Affiliations
2016 - Present | Blind peer reviewer, Journal of Human Lactation | 2011 - Present | Conference Abstract Reviewer, American Public Health Association (APHA) | 2006 - Present | Member, American Public Health Association (APHA) | 2006 - Present | Member, Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) | Present | Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) | Present | Member, Association of Teachers of Maternal and Child Health (ATMCH) | Present | Member, Idaho Public Health Association (IPHA) | 2014 - 2014 | 21st Century Student Scholar, Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) |
2015 | Ph.D. - Community and Behavioral Health, University of Iowa ‐ College of Public Health | |
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2004 - 2006 | Master of Public Health - Community Health Education, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse | |
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2004 | B.S. - Health Education (Certified K-12), Cum laude, Ithaca College | |
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2004 | B.A. - Mathematics, Cum laude, Ithaca College | |
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