Experience

Wayne State University School of Medicine

• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Professor

  • Aug 2023 - Present

• Associate Professor

  • Aug 2018 - Aug 2023

  My primary responsibility is to conduct extramurally funded clinical research and disseminate the results of that research to a variety of stakeholders, primarily academic audiences. My research focuses on reducing chronic illness health disparities across the lifespan. The majority of my work has been in the context of type 1 diabetes, but I have also worked in HIV, asthma, and obesity settings. My scholarly accomplishments include:* securing 7 NIH grants and 2 institutionally funded* publishing 24 papers in peer-reviewed journals (11 as first or second author)* presenting 21 projects at scientific conferences (7 podium presentations)* delivering a plenary talk at the 2022 International Conference on Motivational InterviewingEach fall, I teach Health Program Evaluation to the MPH students and mentor students throughout the year. My research lab attracts students of all levels, including undergraduate, graduate, medical, even high school students. The metric by which I evaluate my teaching is my students' accomplishments:* Deepika Baskar, Undergraduate Student, Honors Psychology, earned an abstract award at the 2021 Michigan Family Medicine Research Day for her qualitative analysis of feasibility study data.* Madelyn Slamka, MPH Student, was recognized with an Excellent Abstract Award at the 2020 Department of Family Medicine and Public Health Research Day.I have served my institution by participating on multiple committees. Namely, I served as the Chair of the MPH Program Admissions Committee for 3 years. During my tenure, I developed a rubric to guide holistic review of applicants to standardize the review process and improve committee discussion and decision-making. I also served as the Chair of our department's Research Day Planning Committee. I led the committee through the abrupt transition to an asynchronous virtual conference in 2020 and a synchronous virtual conference in 2021. Show less

• Assistant Professor

  • Sep 2010 - Aug 2018

  Conduct research to reduce health disparities among minority children, adolescents, and young adults with chronic health conditions

• Project Manager

  • Oct 2002 - Aug 2010

  Project manager for a federally-funded series of randomized clinical trials testing a behavioral intervention for children with diabetes



Wayne State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Adjunct Faculty, School of Social Work

  • Jul 2010 - 2014

  Teach research courses to BSW and MSW students Teach research courses to BSW and MSW students



University of Michigan Institute for Social Research

• United States
• Research Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Research Assistant

  • 2005 - 2006

  My role in the ISR was focused on collecting data for several large survey research studies, including Monitoring the Future and Surveys of Consumer Attitudes. * computer-assisted data collection streamlined the data collection process, from prioritizing calls to facilitating the decision-making process of data collection * interpersonal, communication, and perseverance are critical skills My role in the ISR was focused on collecting data for several large survey research studies, including Monitoring the Future and Surveys of Consumer Attitudes. * computer-assisted data collection streamlined the data collection process, from prioritizing calls to facilitating the decision-making process of data collection * interpersonal, communication, and perseverance are critical skills



Boysville of Michigan

• Program Evaluator

  • Dec 2000 - Oct 2002

  Designed, implemented, analyzed program evaluation activities for one of the largest nonprofit, child welfare/juvenile justice organizations in the state of Michigan

• Family Services Worker

  • Apr 1999 - Dec 2000

  Family support and reunification services to the families of adolescents adjudicated to residential treatment



Lutheran Social Services of Michigan

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Foster Care Caseworker

  • Jul 1997 - Apr 1999

  Case management services for children separated from their parents for reasons of child abuse and neglect Case management services for children separated from their parents for reasons of child abuse and neglect