Major Active Projects

• Genetic epidemiology of risk factors for cardiovascular disease
• Genetic epidemiology of osteoporosis risk
• Ethnic disparities in diabetes risk and complications
• Muscle strength assessment in the Fels Longitudinal Study

Education

State University of New York at Binghamton, B.A. in Anthropology, 1990
State University of New York at Albany, M.A. in Anthropology, 1992
State University of New York at Albany, NY, Ph.D. in Biological Anthropology, 1998
Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, San Antonio, Posdoctoral in Statistical Genetics, 1999

Professional Positions

2006–present Associate Professor, Department of Community Health, Lifespan Health Research Center, Wright State University School of Medicine. Dayton, OH

2001–2006 Assistant Professor, Department of Community Health, Lifespan Health Research Center, Wright State University School of Medicine. Dayton, OH

1999–2001 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Community Health, Lifespan Health Research Center, Wright State University School of Medicine. Dayton, OH

1999–present Adjunct Postdoctoral Scientist Dept of Genetics, SW Foundation for Biomedical Research San Antonio, TX

1997–1999 Postdoctoral Scientist Dept of Genetics, SW Foundation for Biomedical Research- San Antonio, TX

1996–1997 Research Scientist I (Epidemiology) New York State Department of Health, Ctr. for Environmental Health Bureau of Environmental & Occupational Epidemiology

1992–1996 Research Assistant, Department of Anthropology, University at Albany, Albany, NY; Albany Pregnancy/Infancy Lead Study