Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA; B.S., Biology and Spanish (1995)

Graduate School, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Ph.D., Epidemiology (2002)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2002-2003
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Division of Pediatric Epidemiology & Clinical Research, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota

2003-2005
Assistant Professor, Division of Pediatric Epidemiology & Clinical Research, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota

2004-present
Graduate Faculty, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota

2004-present
Member, Cancer Center, University of Minnesota

2004-present
Adjunct Faculty, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota

2005-present
Assistant Professor, Tenure-track, Division of Pediatric Epidemiology & Clinical Research, Department of Pediatrics and Cancer Center, University of Minnesota

HONORS AND AWARDS

Gamma Sigma Honor Society (Spanish), 1994

Banner Award (Spanish), 1994

Phi Sigma Honor Society (Biology), 1994

Summer Research Fellowship (Biology), 1994

Magna cum laude, College of William & Mary, 1995

Public Health Award, Summer Student Employment Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1997

Society for Epidemiologic Research Student Workshop Fellowship, 2001

Masonic Dietz Family Award for Travel, 2003

First recipient, Children's Cancer Research Fund Award for Excellence in Childhood Cancer Research, 2007

University of Minnesota Cancer Center Prevention and Etiology Recognition Award, 2007

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

American Association for the Study of Liver Disease (AASLD)
Molecular Epidemiology Group-AACR (MEG-AACR)
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER)
Children's Oncology Group (COG)

CURRENT COMMITTEES

Member, Children's Oncology Group Epidemiology Committee

Contributor and Co-Editor, Causes of Childhood Cancer (C3) bimonthly newsletter (circulation of over 900 researchers worldwide), University of Minnesota

Member, University of Minnesota Health Sciences Institutional Review Board

Member, PhD Exam Subcommittee, Division of Epidemiology & Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota

Coordinator, Cancer Epidemiology Interest Group Meetings.  Monthly lecture series sponsored by the University of Minnesota Cancer Center.

Reviewer, Bone Cancer Research Trust (UK) Research Grant applications

Reviewer, Cancer Research UK Graduate Training Fellowship in Cancer Public Health and Epidemiology

Member, Department of Pediatrics Research Council

CURRENT FUNDED RESEARCH GRANTS

PRIMARY INVESTIGATOR

Children’s Cancer Research Fund, "Validation of Neonatal Blood Spot Analyses for Assessment of Perinatal Exposures" (Co-Principal Investigator with Simona Ognjanovic, PhD, University of Minnesota)

National Cancer Institute, "Genetic epidemiology of osteosarcoma"

National Institutes of Health, "Low Birth Weight & Other Risk Factors for Hepatoblastoma"

CO-INVESTIGATOR

National Institutes of Health, "Epidemiology of Infant Leukemia" (Principal Investigator: Julie Ross, PhD, University of Minnesota)

National Institutes of Health, "Genetic Epidemiology of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia" (Principal Investigator: Susan Slager, PhD, Mayo Clinic)

National Institutes of Heath, "Control Selection Strategies for Childhood Cancer Studies" (Principal Investigator: Greta Bunin, PhD, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia)