In 2009, she designed and implemented the course ‘Scientific Communication Skills’ aimed at teaching PhD and MS level biostatisticians how to communicate within and outside of their fields. Since its inception, she has instructed more than 50 graduate students and several of her students have won presentation awards at the school, university, and regional levels. She also serves as Principal Investigator on a case ascertainment study of polycythemia vera being conducted in conjunction with PA Department of Health, and as PI on a study of community health in Appalachian mining communities. She has extensive experience with mortality and cancer incidence data, and is extremely familiar with manipulating large datasets, including for mapping and geographic analyses.