Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

College of St. Benedict; B.A., Biology (1998)

University of Michigan School of Public Health; M.P.H., Epidemiology (2002)

University of Michigan Rackham Graduate School; Ph.D., Epidemiological Science (2005)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2005-2008
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

2008-present
Assistant Professor, Division of Pediatric Epidemiology and Clinical Research, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

2008-present
Member, University of Minnesota Masonic Cancer Center

2009-present
Advising Member, Epidemiology and Community Health Graduate Faculty

HONORS AND AWARDS

Cancer Research and Training Award, National Cancer Institute, 2001

Trainee, Genomic Sciences Training Grant, University of Michigan, 2003-2005

Trainee, USC/UCLA Cancer Epidemiology Training Grant, University of Southern California, 2005-2008

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
AACR Molecular Epidemiologic Group
Children's Oncology Group (COG)

CURRENT FUNDED RESEARCH GRANTS

PRIMARY INVESTIGATOR

National Cancer Institute, "Molecular Epidemiology of Pediatric Germ Cell Tumors"

CO-INVESTIGATOR

National Cancer Institute, "Predictors of Myelodysplastic Syndrome in Minnesota" (Principal Investigator:  Julie Ross, PhD, University of Minnesota)