September 2021 - Present | Associate Professor, Sacred Heart University ‐ College of Health Professions, Public Health | |
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August 2018 - Present | Director of Research Education and Consultation, Sacred Heart University ‐ College of Health Professions | |
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August 2018 - August 2021 | Assistant Professor Public Health, Sacred Heart University ‐ College of Health Professions, Public Health | |
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June 2014 - August 2018 | Assistant Professor, Fairfield University | |
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Research Interests
Grants
2022 - Present | Public Health Scholarship Program to Strengthen the Emergency Preparedness Workforce |
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration - HRSA | |
Role: Project director and principal investigator | |
Colleague(s): B. Cross-Denny, C. Gunther, S. Pendley | |
$1,495,472 | |
2018 - 2019 | Is there a lead diet? Harnessing population-based evidence for translatable public health messages on lowering childhood lead exposure. |
CSTI Pilot Grant | |
2017 | Evaluating the role of dietary intake on locomotor development in children age 3-5y. |
Fairfield University Science Institute Grant Award. | |
2016 | Investigating the Association Between Dietary Energy Density, Gestational Diabetes, and Infant Birth Weight in a Nationally Representative Sample of US Women |
Fairfield University Faculty Research Grant. | |
2012 - 2014 | Translating Diet and Health Attributes of Egg Consumption to an Intervention Designed to Enhance Diet Quality of Low-Income Women |
The Egg Board Research Grant | |
Role: Co-investigator | |
2011 - 2014 | Dietary energy density, body size, and biomarkers related to cancer risk |
American Institute of Cancer Research Grant. | |
Role: Co-investigator |
Honors and Awards
- American Society for Nutrition Translational Research Award Honoree, 2016
- Teaching Excellence Award, Penn State College of Health & Human Development, 2014
- NIH Dietary Supplement Research Practicum Travel Award, 2013
- National Nutrient Databank Conference Travel Award, 2012
- Tenure Award AY 2021/22
2005 - 2009 | PhD, Medical Nutrition Science, Boston University School of Medicine | |
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2004 - 2005 | Master of Science, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Georgetown University | |
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2000 - 2004 | Bachelor of Science Biochemistry, Skidmore College | |
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Links
Contact Information
Public Health
College of Health Professions
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