Education
PhD, Health Behavior Health Education, Minor in Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Public Health. 2006.
Physician Assistant Certificate, Duke University, School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina. 1995.
MHS, Duke University, School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina. 1995.
BA, Psychology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. 1989.
Country Experience
Afghanistan, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Kenya, Madagascar, Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Languages
English (native), French (intermediate)
Professional Experience
2007 – Present: FHI 360, Durham, North Carolina and Nairobi, Kenya
2014 – Present: Scientist II, Health Services Research, Program Sciences, Durham, North Carolina
2009 – 2014: Scientist I, Health Services Research and Africa Regional Technical Team, Program Sciences, Nairobi, Kenya
2008 – 2009: Scientist I, Health Services Research Health Services Research, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
2007 – 2008: Associate Scientist II, Health Services Research, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
2000 – 2006: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina
2005 – 2006: Research Associate/Assistant, Global AIDS Program, UNC-CDC Technical Assistance Program, Department of Epidemiology
2002 – 2003: Research Assistant, Department of Health Behavior Health Education
2000 – 2003: Research Assistant, Injury Prevention Research Center
Additional Experience
2002 – 2004: Teaching Assistant, Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina
1999 – 2000: Injury Prevention Program Coordinator and Public Health Planner/Grant writer; Pueblo City-County Health Department, Pueblo, Colorado
1995 – 2000: Physician Assistant, Family Medicine
1999 – 2000: Pueblo Community Health Center; Pueblo, Colorado
1995 – 1998: St. Mary Corwin Medical Group/Total Health Care; Pueblo, Colorado
1990 – 1992: Volunteer, U.S. Peace Corps, Central African Republic (CAR)
Technical Working Group Participation
FHI 360 Research and Evaluation Steering Committee, 2016 to present.
FHI 360 Scientific and Technical Leadership Working Group, 2009 – 2016.
Lactational Amenorrhea Interagency Working Group (USAID cooperative agencies), 2008 – 2009.
Ad Hoc Reviewer for:
Journal of the American Public Health Association
Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care
Journal of the International AIDS Society
AIDS and Behavior
PLoS ONE
BMC Health Services Research
BMJ Open