Dr. Spruance’s primarily researchers in childhood obesity prevention and has worked on projects related to the National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs in the United States, Safe Routes to School, and school-based salad bars. She holds two Bachelor of Science degrees from Utah State University in Health Education and Physical Education, a Master of Education degree from the University of Las Vegas, Nevada in Health Promotion, and she earned her doctorate from the Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine.