Current Appointments & Affiliations
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
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2024 - Present
Pediatrics, Hospital Medicine,
Pediatrics
Associate Director of the Duke Pediatric Research Scholars Program for Physician-Scientist Development
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2021 - Present
Pediatrics,
Clinical Science Departments
Associate Professor in Population Health Sciences
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2024 - Present
Population Health Sciences,
Basic Science Departments
Recent Publications
Family Ties and Health: Exploring the Link Between Parents' Social Networks and Child Obesity.
Journal Article Child Obes · October 2025 Background: African American (AA) and Hispanic children are at high risk of developing obesity. Social networks are powerful drivers of health behaviors and outcomes. Parent social network characteristics may influence child health behaviors and obesity ri ... Full text Link to item CiteInterfacility Transfer Outcomes Among Children With Complex Chronic Conditions: Associations Between Patient-Level and Hospital-Level Factors and Transfer Outcomes.
Journal Article Hosp Pediatr · February 1, 2024 OBJECTIVES: Determine patient- and referring hospital-level predictors of transfer outcomes among children with 1 or more complex chronic conditions (CCCs) transferred to a large academic medical center. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective chart review o ... Full text Link to item CitePositive Outliers: A Mixed Methods Study of Resiliency to Childhood Obesity in High-Risk Neighborhoods.
Journal Article Acad Pediatr · 2024 OBJECTIVE: Despite the high prevalence of obesity and the clustering of risk by neighborhood, few studies have examined characteristics which promote healthy child weight in neighborhoods with high obesity risk. We aimed to identify protective factors for ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
iPediHeart: Interdisciplinary Research Training Program for Pediatric Heart Disease
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2025 - 2030Stimulating Access to Research in Residency (StARR) - NHLBI
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPreceptor · Awarded by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · 2018 - 2028Connect and Empower: Reducing Acute Care Utilization for Black Children with Medical Complexity
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health · 2025 - 2027View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill ·
2018
M.P.H.
Duke University, School of Medicine ·
2010
M.D.