Curriculum Vitae

Jamestown College, Jamestown, ND; B.A., Mathematics (1998)

Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC; M.S., Biomedical Sciences (1999)

Graduate School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; Ph.D., Environmental Health Sciences (2004)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1999
Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Biometry/Epidemiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC

2000
Master-Level Statistician Intern, Statistics Department, Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, Rochester, MN

2001-2002
Graduate Research Assistant, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, MN

2004-2005
Assistant Professor, Department of Community Health, Utah Valley State College, Orem, UT

2005-2007
Research Associate, Division of Pediatric Epidemiology & Clinical Research, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

2007-present
Assistant Professor, Division of Pediatric Epidemiology & Clinical Research, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

HONORS AND AWARDS

Mason Physics and Mathematics Award, 1998

General Chemistry Award, 1998

Alpha Chi Honor Society, 1998

College Fellow in Mathematics, 1998

Jamestown College Dean's List, 8/8 Semesters, 1994-1998

NIOSH Occupational Injury Traineeship Recipient, 2000-2001

APHA Epidemiology-section student award for poster presentation, 2003

EPA STAR Fellowship Recipient, 2003-2004

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER)

CURRENT COMMITTEES

Member, Academic Health Center Office of Clinical Research and the Division of Biostatistics in the School of Public Health and Research Fellow Search Committees

CURRENT FUNDED RESEARCH GRANTS

PRIMARY INVESTIGATOR

Children's Cancer Research Fund, University of Minnesota, "Uncertainty Analysis for Maternal Vitamin Use Around the Time of Pregnancy in a Study of Children with Down Syndrome and Leukemia"

CO-INVESTIGATOR

Michigan Public Health Initiative, "Region 4 Long Term Follow Up and Clinical Outcomes: Inborn Errors of Metabolism Registry" (Principal Investigator: Susan Berry, PhD, University of Minnesota)

University of Minnesota Department of Pediatrics, "Epidemiology Research Core" (Principal Investigator: Julie Ross, PhD, University of Minnesota)

University of Minnesota Cancer Center, "Children's Cancer Research Fund UCAN Chair" (Principal Investigator: Julie Ross, PhD, University of Minnesota)

University of Minnesota Department of Pediatrics, "Children's Cancer Research Fund (Pediatric Cancer Epidemiology)" (Principal Investigator: Julie Ross, PhD, University of Minnesota)

March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, "Combined Genetic and Cytomegalovirus Screening to Improve Detection in Newborn Hearing and Screening Programs" (Principal Investigator:  Lisa Schimmenti, PhD, University of Minnesota)