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Joined HPRF: 1998
Education: PhD, sociology and demography, University of Wisconsin at Madison; postdoctoral training in cardiovascular behavioral health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
Research highlights: Principal Investigator (PI) of three projects funded through a joint mechanism between the NIH and the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Research Integrity (ORI), studying research integrity among biomedical and social scientists to better understand determinants of ideal scientific behavior, questionable research practices, and misconduct. PI of the Keep Active Minnesota study, a behavioral intervention study funded by the National Institute on Aging to determine whether a new phone- and mail-based coaching/support program is more effective in helping adults ages 50 to 70 years old stay physically active than existing programs available to HealthPartners members.
Research interests/expertise: Health-related behavior, research integrity and its relationship to the structural organization and funding of projects, psychosocial issues such as motivation and how individuals make choices within structural constraints.
Current projects: 1) Co-PI of the NIH/ORI funded URICA (Uniform Research Integrity Climate Assessment) study, 2) Site PI of the Work-Family Balance study, an observational cohort study of working mothers with young children, being conducted in partnership with Wake Forest University Medical Center, 3) Site PI of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute-funded Etiology of Childhood Obesity (ECHO) trial, 4) Site PI on an observational study of work-family balance funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 5) Co-investigator on a National Cancer Institute-funded pilot study of behavioral intervention aimed at avoiding unhealthy weight gain in children.
Curriculum Vitae
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