I am the director of the Patient and Family Wellness Center in the Cancer and Blood Diseases Institute at Cincinnati Children’s, a multidisciplinary team of psychosocial providers focused on optimizing the emotional, cognitive and spiritual outcomes of the patients and families served by the Cancer and Blood Diseases Institute. I am also a research associate professor of pediatrics in the Center for Adherence and Self-Management in the Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology at Cincinnati Children’s and University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. My program of research focuses on adherence to treatment regimens in pediatric oncology and transplant populations, including the measurement of adherence, examining the relationship between systemic factors and adherence as well as the development of interventions to promote adherence.

I am the senior clinical research coordinator for the Pai Lab. I am currently implementing the fours studies being conducted in the lab: HOME study, IMPACT study, Who’s It study and iPAT study. In this position I assist with recruitment and retention of study participants, collection and analysis of data and management of volunteers. I also help manage quality improvement studies and clinical initiatives in the Cancer and Blood Diseases Institute. I have been a part of the execution of every study in the Pai Lab in the past 10 years. Recently, I earned her master’s of science in health economics and clinical outcomes research from Xavier University.