Education

Degree	Institution	Major
BS	Hua Zhong University of Science and Technology	English of Science and Technology
MA	Utah State University	Medical Sociology
PhD	University of Texas Medical Branch	Socio-Epidemiology

Post-Graduate Training

Training	Institution	Specialty
Postdoctoral	Sealy Center on Aging, University of Texas Medical Branch

Awards

Name of Award/Honor	Awarding Organization
the 2023 Community Champion Award	Urban League of Greater Hartford
Association for Clinical Research Training Travel Award
National Institute of Drug Abuse Health Disparity Conference Travel Award
National Institute of Drug Abuse Women and Gender Junior Investigator Travel Award
National Institute on Aging, Participant in the Summer Institute for Aging Research	Brookdale Foundation
Workshop Participant in “Taking the Next Step: Technical Assistance Workshop,” Philadelphia, PA	National Institute of Aging
Jeane B. Kempner Scholar Award, 1998–1999	School of Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch
Professional Conference Traveling Award	Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Sealy Center on Aging Graduate Student Award	University of Texas Medical Branch
Presidential Fellowship	Utah State University

Name & Description	Category	Role	Type	Scope	Start Year	End Year
2021 Youth Advisory Council at the Urban League of Greater Hartford	Advisory Committee	Member	External	Local	2021	2023
UConn Graduate School Fellowship review committee - Crandall Fellowship	Other	Member	UConn-Storrs	Local	2021	2021
College on Problems of Drug Dependence	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	National	2003
American Statistical Association	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	National	2001
APHA Division of Substance Abuse	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	National	2000
SER Division of Substance Abuse	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	National	2000
Population Association of America	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	National	1995	1998
American Public Health Association (APHA)	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	National	1995
Society of Epidemiological Research in America (SER)	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	National	1995
American Sociological Association	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	National	1993	1997
The International Women's and Children's Health and Gender group	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	International
American Public Health Association	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	National
Society for Epidemiologic Research	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	National
American Statistical Association	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	National
Addiction	Professional/Scientific Journal	Reviewer	External	National
Preventive Medicine	Professional/Scientific Journal	Reviewer	External	National
Drug and Alcohol Dependence	Professional/Scientific Journal	Reviewer	External	National
Social Science and Medicine	Professional/Scientific Journal	Reviewer	External	National
Ethnicity & Disease	Professional/Scientific Journal	Reviewer	External	National
The International Journal of Aging and Human Development	Professional/Scientific Journal	Reviewer	External	International
Journal of Aging and Health	Professional/Scientific Journal	Reviewer	External	National

Journal Articles

Book Chapters

Dissertations

Letters

Other

Title or Abstract	Type	Sponsor/Event	Date/Year	Location
Evaluation of a social determinants of health training program for health profession students.	Poster	The American Public Health Association Meeting	2023	Atlanta, Georgia
How Food Insecurity may Impact Attitudes on Dietary Change in a High-risk Community?	Poster	The American College of Lifestyle Medicine	2023	Denver, Colorado
Food literacy in health professional learners in Saint Lucia: Results from a virtual training program.	Poster	The American College of Lifestyle Medicine	2023	Denver, Colorado
Building a Virtual Program to Improve Food Literacy in Health Professional Learners in Saint Lucia: Success and Lessons	Poster	UConn Center for mHealth and Social Media	2023	Virtual
Evaluating Experiential Food Literacy Learning in Young Black and Hispanic individuals in a Community Setting: Success and Lessons Learned	Poster	Office for Diversity and Inclusion (ODI) Truth Racial Healing and Transformation (TRHT) Research Sym	2023	Hartford, CT
Racial differences in multiple concussions among the middle school students.	Poster	Office for Diversity and Inclusion (ODI) TRHT Research Sym	2023	Hartford, CT
Modeling Changes of Fatal Xylazine-Involved Drug Overdoses in Connecticut Across Time	Poster	Connecticut Public Health Association Conference	2023	Farmington
Work And Individual Participant Characteristics Associated With Daily Physical Activity Patterns	Poster	the American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting and World Congress	2021	Virtual
Successful Treatment Of Type 2 Diabetes In Older Black And Hispanic Community Members	Poster	the American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting and World Congress	2021	Virtual
Lifestyle interventions for effective weight loss in primary care	Poster	American College of Lifestyle Medicine Annual Meeting	2020	Virtual
Lifestyle interventions for effective weight loss in Primary Care.	Talk	American College of Lifestyle Medicine Annual Meeting	2020	Virtual
Obesity and weight loss in a clinical population in a primary care setting: Success & lessons.	Poster	American College of Clinical Endocrinologists Annual Meeting	2020	Virtual
Implementation of Metabolic Monitoring in the Psychiatric Clinics	Poster	American College of Neuropsychopharmacology	2013	Hollywood, Florida
Time Course of Stress and Illicit Drug Use Among Low Income Women from Pre-Pregnancy to Postpartum	Poster	American Public Health Association	2013	Boston, Massachusetts
Evaluating Compliance with Alcohol Industry Self-Regulation Codes for Responsible Advertising in China	Poster	Research Society on Alcoholism	2013	Orlando, Florida
Differential Life Outlook After Experiencing a Natural Disaster (Hurricane Ike) Among Low Income Women with a Diverse Racial/Ethnic Background in the Southeast Texas	Talk	American Public Health Association	2013	Boston, Massachusetts
Proactive Participation of AAPI Adolescents in Science to Eliminate Substance Use Disorders	Poster	Summit on the Science of Eliminating Health Disparities	2012	Washington, DC
Antipsychotic Use and Cardiometabolic Health: A Quality Improvement Project Led by Psychiatry Residents	Poster	Neuroscience Education Institute Congress	2012
Stress, Drug Use, Self-Control and Risky Sexual Behaviors Among Low Income Women	Poster	Society of Behavioral Medicine	2011	Washington, DC
Population Norms Underestimate Rates of Small for Gestational Age Neonates in High Risk Pregnancies Compared to Customized Growth Norms	Poster	Society of Maternal Fetal Medicine	2011	San Francisco, California
Relationship Between Fetal Growth Evaluated by a Customized versus Population Approach and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes	Poster	Society of Maternal Fetal Medicine	2011	San Francisco, California
Acculturation and Intimate Partner Violence among Hispanic Women	Poster	American Public Health Association	2010	Denver, Colorado
Physiological Stress Profile by Different Types of Stress Exposures in Young, Low-Income Women	Poster	College on Problems of Drug Dependence	2010	Scottsdale, Arizona
Impact of Types of Childhood Trauma on Intimate Partner Violence in Young, Low Income Women	Talk	National Summit on Interpersonal Violence and Abuse Across the Lifespan	2010	Dallas, Texas
Effect of Specific Abuse Types on Women’s Mental Health and Substance Use	Poster	Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies	2010	San Francisco, California
Ethnic Differences of Stress and Substance Use	Talk	College on Problems of Drug Dependence	2009	Reno, Nevada
High Risk Sexual Behavior Among Young Women with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)	Poster	American Public Health Association	2009	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ethnic Differences of Stress and Substance Use	Talk	College on Problems of Drug Dependence	2009	Reno, Nevada
Acculturation and Prescription Drug Use/ Abuse among Hispanic Women	Poster	Galveston Coalition of Advanced Practice Nurses and Houston Area Nurse Prac	2009	League City, Texas
Acculturation and Prescription Drug Use/ Abuse among Hispanic Women	Poster	Family Research Consortium V	2009	New Haven, Connecticut
Smoking in Pregnancy	Talk	Texas Wellness and Smoking Policy Symposium	2008	Houston, Texas
Stress, Health Related Quality of Life and DSM-IV Substance Abuse and Dependence in Young, Low-Income Women	Poster	College on Problems of Drug Dependence	2008	San Juan, Puerto Rico
Smoking in Pregnancy	Talk	Texas Wellness and Smoking Policy Symposium	2008	Houston, Texas
Stressed-Out; Maxed-Out; Looking for Solace: Stress and Substance use Among Poor Young Women	Talk	Department of Epidemiology, Michigan State University	2008
Stressed-Out; Maxed-Out; Looking for Solace: Stress and Substance use Among Poor Young Women	Talk	Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University	2008	New Orleans, Louisiana
My Ups and Downs of R01 and K01 Submission and Resubmission	Talk	Boston College Graduate School of Social Work	2008	Boston, Massachusetts
Acculturation and Prescription Drug Use/ Abuse among Hispanic Women: A Literature Review	Poster	College on Problems of Drug Dependence	2008	San Juan, Puerto Rico
Racial and Ethnic Differences in Alcohol Treatment Utilization in the U.S.	Talk	World Psychiatric Association	2007	Shanghai, China
Racial and Ethnic Differences in Alcohol Treatment Utilization in the U.S.: Results from the 2001-2002 NESARC	Talk	World Psychiatric Association	2007	Shanghai, China
Effect of Stress on Drug use Progression	Talk	Division of Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Yale University	2007	New Haven, Connecticut
Secondary Data Analysis	Talk	Guangdong Women and Children Hospital	2007	Guangzhou, P.R. of China
Substance Use and Related Risk Factors Among Young American women with Low Income	Talk	Guangdong Women and Children Hospital	2007	Guangzhou, P.R. of China
Ethnic Variation in Contextual Determinants of Social-Behavioral Causes of Death: An Investigation Using Geocoded Vital Records	Talk	American Public Health Association	2006	Boston, Massachusetts
Ethnic Variation in Contextual Determinants of Social-Behavioral Causes of Death: An Investigation Using Geocoded Vital Records	Talk	American Public Health Association	2006	Boston, Massachusetts
Ecstasy and Other Illicit Drug use Among Young, Low-Income Women	Talk	Department of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, and Epidemiology	2006	Charleston, South Carolina
Neighborhood Variation in Racial and Gender Disparities in Substance-Use Mortality	Poster	American Public Health Association	2006	Boston, Massachusetts
General Health Status & Symptoms among Ecstasy Users and Other Illicit Drug Users	Poster	College on Problems of Drug Dependence	2006	Scottsdale, Arizona
Differential Risks in the Use of Ecstasy and Other Illicit Drugs by Ethnicity/Racial Status and Types of Drugs Among Young, Low-Income Women	Poster	National Institute on Drug Abuse Health Disparity Conference	2005	Atlanta, Georgia
Contextual Influences on Ecstasy Use Among Young, Low Income Women	Poster	College on Problems of Drug Dependence	2005	Orlando, Florida
Stress, Sex, and Use of Ecstasy and Other Drugs Among Young Disadvantaged Women: An Untangled Triangle	Talk	American Public Health Association	2004	Washington, DC
Stress, Sex, and use of Ecstasy and Other Drugs Among Young Disadvantaged Women: An Untangled Triangle	Talk	American Public Health Association	2004	Washington, DC
Contextual Influences on Polydrug Use among Young, Low Income Women: Effects of Neighborhood and Personal Networks	Poster	American Public Health Association	2004	Washington, DC
Profiling Problem Behaviors among Young, Female Ecstasy Users of Low Income	Poster	College on Problems of Drug Dependence	2004	San Juan, Puerto Rico
Individual and Neighborhood-Level Predictors of Drug Use in Low-Income Women	Poster	College on Problems of Drug Dependence	2004	San Juan, Puerto Rico
Determinants of Ecstasy Use Among Young, Low Income Women	Talk	College on Problems of Drug Dependence	2003	Bal Harbor, Florida
Determinants of Ecstasy use Among Young, Low Income Women	Talk	College on Problems of Drug Dependence	2003	Bal Harbor, Florida
Ecstasy Use by Young, Low Income Women	Talk	National Institute of Drug Abuse REACT	2003	Rockville, Maryland
Risk Factors of Sexually Transmitted Diseases among Sexually Active Adolescent Girls: Implications to Reduce Future Reinfections	Poster	Society for Epidemiologic Research	2002	Palm Desert, California
Club Drug Use in Young, Low Income Women	Lecture	Department of Psychiatry, Washington University	2001	St. Louis, Missouri
A Profile of Adolescent Females with a History of Sexual Abuse by Race/Ethnicity and Relationship to Perpetrator: Environment, Risk Behaviors, and Health Outcome	Poster	Congress of Epidemiology	2001	Toronto, Canada
What Role do Patient Concerns Play in Surgeon Recommendations for Type of Breast Cancer Surgery?	Talk	International Conference on Systems Science in Health Care	2000	Budapest, Hungary
The Boundary of Science and Preference: Practice Variation as Vice or Virtue?	Talk	International Conference on Systems Science in Health Care	2000	Budapest, Hungary
Characteristics of Surgeons’ and Treatment Recommendation	Talk	Department of Epidemiology, University of Utah	2000	Salt Lake City, Utah
What Role do Patient Concerns Play in Surgeon Recommendations for Type of Breast Cancer Surgery?	Talk	International Conference on Systems Science in Health Care	2000	Budapest, Hungary
The Boundary of Science and Preference: Practice Variation as Vice or Virtue?	Talk	International Conference on Systems Science in Health Care	2000	Budapest, Hungary
Lack of Cancer Screening and Related Factors Among Older Mexican American Women: Results from Hispanic EPESE Survey	Poster	Gerontological Society of America	2000	Washington, DC
Establishment of a Telemedicine Program for Bronchial Asthma: Preliminary Report	Poster	American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology	2000	San Diego, California
How do Characteristics of Surgeons and Attitudes of Older Patients Influence Surgical Treatment Recommendation?	Poster	Association of Health Services Research	1999	Chicago, Illinois
The Influence of Surgeons’ Characteristics on Treatment and Outcomes in Older Women with Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer	Poster	National Institute on Aging	1998	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Elderly and Breast Cancer: Impact of Patient Characteristics and Communication Patterns on Time to Surgery	Poster	American College of Epidemiology	1998	San Francisco, California
Gender Differences in Health Related Quality of Life and Needs for Community Services among Chinese Elderly	Poster	Population Association of America	1997	Washington, DC
Social Contacts, Socioeconomic Status, and Health Status of Older Malaysians	Poster	Population Association of America	1996	New Orleans, Louisiana
Determinants of Physician Visits among Adults Who Live on Farms in the United States	Poster	Rural Sociology Association	1993	Orlando, Florida
Gender Inequalities in Household Decisions by the Elderly in People's Republic of China	Poster	American Sociological Association	1993	Miami, Florida