PhD Student

Graduate Assistant
Department of Epidemiology
University of Nebraska Medical Center
College of Public Health

Professional Summary

• 2017-present, Graduate Assistant, Department of Epidemiology
• 2016-2017, Research Associate, Gretchen Swanson Center for Nutrition
• 2014-2016, CDC/CSTE Applied Epidemiology Fellow, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
• 2012-2014, Research Assistant, UNMC College of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology

Education

• 2014, MPH in Epidemiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center
• 2012, Certificate of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center
• 2010, Bachelor of Science, University of Nebraska at Lincoln

Professional Interests

• How gene-environmental interactions modify risk for respiratory diseases
• Genetic epidemiology and statistical genetics
• Impact of prenatal and early-life exposures (nutritional, environmental) on development of childhood respiratory diseases

Selected Publications

• Gruber, K., Soliman, A., Schmid, K., Rettig, B., Ryan, J., Watanabe-Galloway, S. 2015. “Disparities in the Utilization of Laparoscopic Surgery for Colon Cancer in Rural Nebraska: A Call for Placement and Training of Rural General Surgeons”. J Rural Health (2015) Fall;31(4):392-400.

Professional Affiliations

• Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER)
• Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE)