Selected Presentations & Appearances
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
Objective measurement of physical activity attributed to a park-based afterschool program
- The Active Living Research Conference (2020)
· 2020
National Scientific Meeting
Orlando, FL
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Miami-Dade Parks: Fit2Lead & Fit2Play
· 2016
Broadcast Appearance
NBC6,
Miami, FL
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
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
ISSUES: M-D Parks’ Fit2Lead Program – Helping Local Youth
· 2016
Broadcast Appearance
WPBT2 South Florida PBS,
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
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 - Health & Place
· 2019
Editorial Activities
Reviewer - American Journal of Public Health
· 2019
Editorial Activities
Reviewer - BMJ Open
· 2019
Editorial Activities
Reviewer - Preventive Medicine Reports
· 2018
Editorial Activities
Reviewer - Preventing Chronic Disease
· 2018
Editorial Activities
Reviewer - Jornal de Pediatria
· 2018
Editorial Activities
Reviewer - Society for Epidemiology Research Annual Meeting
· 2018
Editorial Activities
Reviewer - European Journal of Preventive Cardiology
· 2017
Editorial Activities
Reviewer - American Journal of Epidemiology
· 2017
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 - Preventive Medicine
· 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
Academic & Administrative Activities
2021- present: Director, Community-Engaged Research Practice, Duke Occupational Therapy Division, Duke University Department of Orthpaedic Surgery