Extramural Funding

Honors and Awards

2025 – 2027 National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute R03 HL178872
Project: Investigating Student-Level Outcomes of Equity-Focused Implementation Mapping in a Cluster Randomized Trial to enhance the impact of Universal School Meals

2023 – 2028 National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute K01 HL166957-01 Mentored Research Scientist Development Award
Project: Using implementation mapping to maximize equity of school-based policies for obesity prevention
 
2023 – 2024  Washington University Center for Diabetes Translation Research P30 DK092950 
Project: Evaluation of a Community Advisory Board (CAB) to Enhance Equitable Partnerships in School Meal Implementation
 
2023 – 2024 National Cancer Institute, Consortium for Cancer Implementation Science Public Goods Award
Project: Development of a Policy Implementation Measurement Guide Grounded in Health Equity
 
2021 – 2024 Urban School Food Alliance (USFA)
Project: Investigating Determinants of Acceptability, Feasibility, and Penetration of Universal School Meals through a Health Equity Lens: A Measures Development Study

2026 Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research, Facilitating Entering Mentoring Faculty Scholar
2025 International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity Building Future Leaders Fellow
2024 Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) Coaching and Resources for Entrepreneurial Women (CREW) Fellow
2023 Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior High Impact Author Award
2023 The Washington University Center for Diabetes Translation Research Member
2022–2024 Institute for Implementation Science Scholars (IS2) Fellow
2021–2022 National Cancer Institute (NCI) Training Institute for Dissemination and Implementation Research in Cancer (TIDIRC) Fellow
2020 Iowa State Postdoctoral Association Pilot Research Grant Award
2018 Graduate Student Research Award, Society for Health and Physical Educators (SHAPE) America
2017 Emerging Leader Award, American Society for Nutrition