Selected Presentations & Appearances
Objective measurement of physical activity attributed to a park-based afterschool program
- The Active Living Research Conference (2020)
· 2020
National Scientific Meeting
Orlando, FL
How should future epidemiologists learn epidemiology?
- Society for Epidemiologic Research Conference
· 2020
Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium
Society for Epidemiologic Research ,
Salt Lake City, UT
Differences in the effects of student, school and neighborhood poverty on the association between fitness changes and absenteeism in New York City middle school youth
- The Active Living Research Conference
· 2019
National Scientific Meeting
Charleston, SC
Differences in the Association between Residential Segregation and Youth Cardiovascular Health Risk across Gender and Transportation Vulnerability
- Georgia State University Community Geography Annual Conference
· 2019
National Scientific Meeting
Atlanta, GE
After-School Park Internship Program for Urban Teens at High-Risk for Violence Exposure: A CBPR Approach to Poly-Strengths Programming
- ResilienceCon Conference
· 2019
National Scientific Meeting
Nashville, TN
Objective measurement of physical activity attributed to a park-based afterschool program
- The Active Living Research Conference (2020)
· 2020
National Scientific Meeting
Orlando, FL
How should future epidemiologists learn epidemiology?
- Society for Epidemiologic Research Conference
· 2020
Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium
Society for Epidemiologic Research ,
Salt Lake City, UT
Differences in the effects of student, school and neighborhood poverty on the association between fitness changes and absenteeism in New York City middle school youth
- The Active Living Research Conference
· 2019
National Scientific Meeting
Charleston, SC
Differences in the Association between Residential Segregation and Youth Cardiovascular Health Risk across Gender and Transportation Vulnerability
- Georgia State University Community Geography Annual Conference
· 2019
National Scientific Meeting
Atlanta, GE
After-School Park Internship Program for Urban Teens at High-Risk for Violence Exposure: A CBPR Approach to Poly-Strengths Programming
- ResilienceCon Conference
· 2019
National Scientific Meeting
Nashville, TN
Longitudinal Population-Level Health-Related Fitness Patterns in New York City Public School Children and Adolescents, 2006-2017
- Society for Epidemiologic Research Conference
· 2019
National Scientific Meeting
Society for Epidemiologic Research,
Minneapolis, MN
New York City Youth Cardiovascular Fitness and Subsequent School Absenteeism Have an Inverse, Dose-Response Relationship, Regardless of How Poverty is Measured
- EPI Lifestyle
· 2019
National Scientific Meeting
American Heart Association,
Houston, TX
Teaching Epidemiology for Undergraduate Students: Empowering and Student-Centered Learning
- Urban Studies 220, Profs. Sherry Baron and Alfredo Morabia
· 2019
Visiting Professorship Lecture
City University of New York, Queens College,
Barry Commoner Center
The economic stability of a healthy community: Miami-Dade County Parks, Recreation and Open Spaces Department
· 2018
Invited Talk
Aetna Foundation/South Florida Business Journal ,
Florida International University
Changes in Cardiovascular Health and Physical Fitness in Youth with Disabilities Participating in a Park-Based Afterschool Program for Two Years
- The American Public Health Association Annual Meeting
· 2018
National Scientific Meeting
APHA,
San Diego, CA
Examining the longitudinal association of fitness and chronic absenteeism in New York City 6th-8th grade youth over four years
- New York City Epidemiology Forum
· 2017
National Scientific Meeting
New York University School of Medicine,
New York, NY
Stepping Out of Our Comfort Zones: Moving Beyond Mental Health Clinics and Delivering Services to Children in Their Natural Environments
- 51st Association for Behavioral Cognitive Therapies Annual Convention
· 2017
National Scientific Meeting
San Diego, CA
Parks and recreation—making fitness fun for kids
- University of Miami Mailman Center for Child Development Community Health IPC Innovation & Connection Conference
· 2017
Invited Talk
University of Miami School of Medicine,
Miami, FL
ISSUES: M-D Parks’ Fit2Lead Program – Helping Local Youth
· 2016
Broadcast Appearance
WPBT2 South Florida PBS,
Miami, FL
Miami-Dade Parks: Fit2Lead & Fit2Play
· 2016
Broadcast Appearance
NBC6,
Miami, FL
The effect of gender on the causal longitudinal association of change in fitness on absenteeism in NYC middle school youth
- The American Public Health Association Annual Meeting
· 2016
National Scientific Meeting
APHA,
Denver, CO
Workforce capacity building in after-school settings: Training paraprofessionals to promote youth mental health
- 50th Association for Behavioral Cognitive Therapies Annual Convention
· 2016
National Scientific Meeting
New York, NY
Impact of a park-based afterschool healthy weight program on modifiable cardiovascular disease risk factors in youth over 6 years of implementation
- The American Public Health Association Annual Meeting
· 2016
National Scientific Meeting
APHA,
Denver, CO
Being Brand New in the NYC DOE
- New York City United Federation of Teachers New Teacher Reception Invited Speaker
· 2004
Keynote/Named Lecture
New York City United Federation of Teachers,
New York, NY
Cross-comparative population analyses of infant thermal care practices across cultural groups
- Victorian SIDS Research Forum and National SIDS Council of Australia Forum
· 1996
International Meeting or Conference
Melbourne, Australia
Outreach & Engaged Scholarship
Reviewer - Epidemiology
· 2019
Editorial Activities
Reviewer - BMJ Open
· 2019
Editorial Activities
Reviewer - American Journal of Public Health
· 2019
Editorial Activities
Reviewer - Health & Place
· 2019
Editorial Activities
Reviewer - Jornal de Pediatria
· 2018
Editorial Activities
Reviewer - Epidemiology
· 2019
Editorial Activities
Reviewer - BMJ Open
· 2019
Editorial Activities
Reviewer - American Journal of Public Health
· 2019
Editorial Activities
Reviewer - Health & Place
· 2019
Editorial Activities
Reviewer - Jornal de Pediatria
· 2018
Editorial Activities
Reviewer - Preventive Medicine Reports
· 2018
Editorial Activities
Reviewer - Preventing Chronic Disease
· 2018
Editorial Activities
Reviewer - Society for Epidemiology Research Annual Meeting
· 2018
Editorial Activities
Assistant Producer, American Journal of Public Health Monthly Podcast
· 2017
Editorial Activities
APHA
Reviewer
· 2017
Editorial Activities
American Public Health Association, Annual Meeting & Expo
Reviewer - European Journal of Preventive Cardiology
· 2017
Editorial Activities
Reviewer - Preventive Medicine
· 2017
Editorial Activities
Reviewer - American Journal of Epidemiology
· 2017
Editorial Activities
Reviewer
· 2016
Editorial Activities
Pediatrics
Reviewer
· 2014
Editorial Activities
Journal of Urban Health
Service to the Profession
Education Consultant
- Erasmus Summer Program
·
2018
Consulting
Erasmus Medical College,
Netherlands Institute for Health Sciences
Research Consultant
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
·
2017
Consulting
Queens, NY
Curriculum Consultant
- Green Beetz (Nonprofit)
·
2014
Consulting
New York, NY