She is a new professor in the Department of Kinesiology and currently teaches exercise physiology and exercise prescription for special populations. Her research focuses on: physical activity, energy balance, and weight management; the implications of age of obesity onset on weight loss and weight maintenance in adulthood; and physical activity engagement in adolescence. She has co-authored papers pertaining to weight loss, management, and physical activity. As a doctoral student, she was awarded a grant to fund her doctoral dissertation on household support for physical activity in adolescent females recruited from lower socioeconomic status neighborhoods.