Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations
Medical Instructor in the Department of Population Health Sciences
·
2025 - Present
Population Health Sciences,
Basic Science Departments
Recent Scholarly Works
Nutrition and obesity in under-represented population (NOURISH): study protocol to examine the effect of restricted and unrestricted financial benefits on infant food insecurity, growth, and nutrition.
Journal article BMC Pediatr · January 10, 2026 BACKGROUND: Studies have shown that food insecurity (FI) during infancy is associated with higher odds of obesity in early childhood, but the evidence regarding the impact of FI interventions on improving child body mass index (BMI) remains inconclusive. T ... Full text Link to item CiteThe influence of acculturation and stress on obesity in US latino dyads using systems science.
Journal article Ethn Health · October 2025 OBJECTIVE: Pediatric obesity continues to grow in the US Latino population despite public health efforts. Little work has explored the link between acculturation and stress across caregiver-child dyads using systems science. METHODS: Semi-structured interv ... Full text Link to item CitePredictors of Prescriptions for Obesity Treatment in Youth: Insights From Healthy Lifestyles Clinic
Conference OBESITY · November 2024 Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Real world use of anti-obesity medications to treat adolescent obesity: moving beyond the clinical trial
ResearchPostdoctoral Associate · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2025 - 2029Assessing the cost-effectiveness of a clinical-community pediatric obesity intervention on cardiovascular health
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by American Heart Association · 2025 - 2028Duke Summer Training in Academic Research - Advanced Methods Training (STAR - AMT)
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEStatistician · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2026 - 2027View All Grants
Education
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill ·
2023
Ph.D.