My research focuses on using technology to increase access to evidence-based behavioral interventions for adults in order to reduce cancer risk. I have a particular focus on behavioral weight management interventions, self-monitoring behaviors, health equity, and increasing access to rural communities.
Professor, Public Health Sciences, Co-lead of the Community Cancer Control and Obesity Research Center
Email: [email protected]
Education:
- Postdoctoral fellowship, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, College of Public Health
- Medical psychology internship, Duke University Medical Center, 2006-2007
- PhD in Clinical Psychology, University of Vermont, 2002-2007
- Bachelor of Arts (Major: Psychology, Minor: German), DePauw University, 1998-2002
Expertise:
- Behavioral weight management for adults
- Technology-based behavioral interventions
- Gestational weight gain interventions
- Self-monitoring
Current Research Funding:
- R01DK107747: Efficacy of Two Novel Behavioral Post Cessation Weight Gain Interventions, Principal Investigator
- R01DK104872: Behavioral Weight Management for Pregnant and Postpartum Women in the Military, Principal Investigator
- R01DA043468: The Determinants of Tobacco Relapse and Initiation Following a Period of Forced Abstinence in the U.S. Military: A Social Ecological Approach, Co-investigator
- R01CA218155: Communication App to Manage Symptoms and Improve Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy Adherence, Co-investigator