Research Expertise:
Chronic Disease Prevention | Community-based Participatory Research | Health Disparities | Trauma-Informed Programs

My research interests include using community based participatory research methods to address chronic disease prevention (diabetes, overweight, obesity) as well as trauma informed programs that enhance resilience in underserved and urban settings with ethnic minority adults and youth (i.e., African American). Additionally, I am focused on identifying evidence-based and evidence-informed practices to disseminate and implement in these settings.

My research includes working with community partners to implement evidence-based and evidence informed strategies in their local settings (i.e., churches, after school settings, community centers) to promote healthy lifestyles. Additionally, I have training in health behavior strategies and trauma-informed practices for youth and families. My dissemination and implementation research projects are at the intersection of public health, health promotion, health education and community/industry partnerships.

Honors and Awards:
2016-2018 Fellow for National Cancer Institute’s Mentored Training for Dissemination and Implementation Research in Cancer (MT-DIRC)

Member of:
Society of Behavioral Medicine (http://www.sbm.org/)
American Public Health Association (http://www.apha.org/)

Recent Academic Projects:
Getting People In Sync: Working with Communities to Implement an Evidence-Based Prediabetes Prevention Program

Understanding the Health Profile of First Generation College Students