Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA; B.A., Physical Education (1998)

Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA; B.S., Exercise Science (1998)

University of Montana, Missoula, MT; M.S., Exercise Physiology (2001)

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; Ph.D., Exercise/Applied Physiology (2004)

Post-Doctoral Training, St. Paul Heart Clinic, Vascular Medicine - Clinical Cardiovascular Disease Research (2004-2005)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE   

2003-present
Senior Research Scientist and Director, Laboratory of Preventive Vascular Medicine, Department of Research, St. Paul Heart Clinic, St. Paul, MN

2004-2007
Lecturer/Teaching Specialist, School of Kinesiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

2005-2008
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN

2008-present
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (tenure-track), Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN

HONORS AND AWARDS

Outstanding Masters Level Research Award, Annual Conference of the Northwest Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine, Salem, OR, 2001

Physical Education/Exercise Science Major of the Year Award, Seattle Pacific University, 1998

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

Member, American Heart Association:
        -- Council on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology
        -- Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young
Member, American Diabetes Association

CURRENT COMMITTEES

SBIR/STTR Study Section, National Institutes of Health - Center for Scientific Review Integrated Review Group: Risk Prevention and Health Behaviors (RPHB)

Guideline Work Group Member, Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI) - Primary Prevention of Chronic Disease Risk Factors Guideline

Ad Hoc Peer Review - Abstracts, American College of Cardiology Annual Scientific Sessions

Ad Hoc Per Review - Grant Applications, Health Research Board (Ireland), Research Project Grants Review Group

CURRENT FUNDED RESEARCH GRANTS

PRIMARY INVESTIGATOR

GlaxoSmithKline, "The Vascular Effects of Carvedilol CR + Lisinopril vs. Lisinopril + HCTZ in Abdominally Obese Hypertensive Patients"

Amylin/Eli Lilly, "The Chronic and Acute Postprandial Vascular Effects of Exenatide vs. Metformin in Abdominally Obese Patients with Impaired Glucose Tolerance"

Minnesota Medical Foundation Research Grant, “Endothelial Activation in Children with Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors”

Minnesota Medical Foundation Equipment Grant, “Non-Invasive Assessment of Resistance Artery Endothelial Function”

University of Minnesota, Department of Pediatrics, Vikings Children’s Fund Grant, “Novel Methods of Quantifying Endothelial Activation in Children”

CO-INVESTIGATOR

University of Minnesota, Academic Health Center Faculty Research Development Grant, “Body Composition in Growth-Retarded Infants Undergoing Catch-Up Growth: Establishing an Interdisciplinary Working Group on Infant Obesity and Health” (Principal Investigator: Ellen Demerath, PhD, University of Minnesota)