Researcher Background
Primary Academic Title
Director, St. Louis Confluence Collaborative for Community-Engaged Research, Teaching and Practice
Training
- 2009: Alonzo Smythe Yerby Postdoctoral Fellowship Harvard University T.H Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA
Education
- 2003: Master of Public Health in Epidemiology, University of North Texas Health Science Center
- 2006: Doctorate in Epidemiology, University of South Carolina Arnold School of Public Health
Research & Selected Publications
Research Interest
Identifying the modifiable and nonmodifiable risk factors for cancer as well as the at-risk groups for these factors; utilizing epidemiologic methods to understand the interactions between behavioral and biologic determinants of adverse cancer outcomes; and contributing to the translation of epidemiological findings into behavioral interventions at the individual and population level.
Research Publications