Current Appointments & Affiliations
Assistant Professor in Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences
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2023 - Present
Head & Neck Surgical Oncology,
Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute
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2024 - Present
Duke Cancer Institute,
Institutes and Centers
Recent Publications
Patient-Reported Distress in Individuals With Head and Neck Cancer.
Journal Article JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg · February 1, 2025 IMPORTANCE: Distress is common among patients with cancer, and evidence of disparities associated with distress has been mixed. Head and neck cancer (HNC) is one of the most emotionally distressing cancers and is also a highly disparate disease. However, i ... Full text Link to item CiteConcurrent Nasal Symptoms in Non-Rhinogenic Headache.
Journal Article OTO Open · 2025 OBJECTIVE: This study aims to characterize concurrent nasal symptoms in a cohort of patients with non-rhinogenic headache (NRH) presenting to an otolaryngology clinic. STUDY DESIGN: A prospective cohort. SETTING: Single tertiary care institution. METHODS: ... Full text Link to item CitePredicting physical activity by the personality styles of the five-factor model.
Journal Article Health Psychol · October 2024 OBJECTIVE: Low neuroticism, high extraversion, and high conscientiousness are related to physical activity (PA). We tested whether the small size and heterogeneity of these relationships result because personality traits influence one another as well as be ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
HPV, HIV and Oral Microbiota Interplay in Nigerian Youth (HOMINY)
ResearchStatistician · Awarded by University of Pennsylvania · 2024 - 2027Early Life Adversity and the Developmental Programming of Early Childhood Telomere Biology: A Longitudinal Study of Developmental Context and Behavioral Mediators
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Nursing Research · 2021 - 2026Skeletal Muscle Molecular Drug Targets for Exercise-induced Cardiometabolic Health
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · 2021 - 2026View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill ·
2010
Ph.D.