award

I received a 2021 National Cancer Institute (NCI) Director’s Award for Emerging Leader along with the other members of the Fellows Advisory Board of the Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program (CPFP) in recognition of spearheading innovative opportunities for fellows to develop skills and community during the COVID-19 pandemic.

I received an annual Career Development Award from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Director Intramural Innovation Award Program that is designed to support development of highly innovative approaches and technology aimed at significant cancer–related problems.

I received an annual Merit Award from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Division of Cancer Prevention Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program (CPFP) that recognizes scientific productivity, leadership, and exemplary service to the CPFP, NCI, National Institutes of Health, and other outside organizations in cancer prevention.

Derek Brown, PhD, MS and I received a Trans-Fellowship Research Award from the NCI Division of Cancer Prevention Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program to supplement our 2020 DCEG Informatics Tool Challenge Award.

I received a William G. Coleman Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Innovation Award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities for a joint research proposal entitled “HDoCS in PLCO: Health Disparities of Cancer Survivors in the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial.

I received a DCEG Fellows Award for Research Excellence from the NCI Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics for an abstract entitled “Geographic variation in the oral microbiome of NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study participants.

I received an Informatics Tool Challenge Award from the NCI Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics for a project entitled “sparrpowR: A flexible R package and webtool to estimate statistical power of a spatial cluster detection technique.

I will be taking over a project entitled “Evaluating the impact of concentrated animal feeding operations on Campylobacter jejuni infections in rural agricultural communities” previously led by Joseph Shearer, PhD, MPH as he is departing the NCI.