Member of Daingerfield Island Sailing Club, Bowman on Chiripa.

Developing and implementing practice plans for racing sailors.

NIH-DC Initiative to Reduce Infant Mortality; 20037. This major initiative, mandated by Congress, was funded by the National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). The GWUMC team was awarded grants to participate in all three of the 5-year grant periods.Phase I: Pride in Parenting ($5,000,000 over five years): Assessed the efficacy of a parenting education intervention to improve health care utilization for infants and new mothers to ensure a healthy start in life.Phase II: Project DC HOPE -Healthy Outcomes of Pregnancy Education; ($16,000,000 over five years between four grantee sites): Assessed the efficacy of a personalized prenatal care behavioral intervention to address specific significant risks to pregnancy including, smoking, depression and family violence. Phase III: Project DC-STEP: Stop Tobacco Exposure in Pregnancy ($3,500,000 over 5 years) Served as coordinator/manager for two research protocols:Nicotine Replacement Methods for Pregnant Women (NRT)Only trial in the US, to test the efficacy of nicotine replacement trans-dermal patch therapy for pregnant women.Prevention of Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) Exposure in Children 0-12 Months: The Healthy Infants and Mothers Project Assessing and educating pregnant women and new mothers on maintaining a safe and healthy environment for themselves and their newborns.Worked with investigators of both protocols to develop, pilot and finalize protocols.Developed interview criteria and participated in the selection and supervision of field teams.Worked with two separate study teams to develop intervention materials including lessons, presentations and brochures.Worked with study teams to develop evaluation methods and data collection instruments and screening tools. Primary liaison with clinical sites, research staff, investigators, and institutional review boards.Primary writer of annual reports and renewal applications.

I've held two different positions on this project over three project periods. I began as a research assistant and was offered the promotion that lead me into the doctoral program here.

Served as an advisor and instructor in courses related to health behavior and health education, maternal and child health and master's projects.

Advised masters level students. Served as an assistant lecturer in Maternal and Child Health (MCH Core Course), and as small group instructor in Health Behavior and Health Education (MPH Core Course), and Health and Society

Consultant, Healthy Families DC. Helped to assess and develop a plan for improving the evaluation methods for Healthy Families DC, the local chapter of Healthy Families America, located

Primary Facilitator for "Students as Change Agents", a trial intervention of the Metropolitan Washington Public Health Association, funded via a start up grant from the American Public Health Association.

NIH - DC Initiative to Reduce Infant Mortality, Pride in Parenting Protocol; . Served as part of the medical records abstraction team.