MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY ∙ 207 GEOGRAPHY BUILDING ∙ EAST LANSING, MI 48824 PHONE: (517) 432‐9998 ∙ E‐MAIL: GRADYS@MSU.EDU SUE C. GRADY, PH.D., M.P.H. ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
2005 Graduate Center at the City University of New York • PhD., Earth and Environmental Science Dissertation Title: Low Birthweight and the Contribution of Residential Segregation: New York City, 2000 Advisor: Dr. Sara McLafferty New York, NY 1999 Hunter College, City University of New York • M.A., Anthropology Thesis Title: First Generation and Second‐ and Later Generation Dominican Immigrants: A Study of Comparative Mortality Advisor: Dr. Josh DeWind New York, NY 1999 State University of New York • Certificate, Demography Albany, NY 1992 Tulane University • M.P.H., International Public Health Advisor: Dr. William Bertrand 1989 University of Minnesota • B.A., Geography Research Topic: Malnutrition and Infectious Diseases in Children: A Human Ecological Model Advisor: Dr. Connie Weil New Orleans, LA Minneapolis, MN 1979 Normandale Community College • A.D., Registered Nurse Normandale, MN East Lansing, MI East Lansing, MI Troy, NY PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2008‐Present Michigan State University • Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology 2006‐Present Michigan State University • Assistant Professor, Department of Geography 2003‐2006 New York State Department of Health • Research Scientist, Center for Environmental Health 1999‐2003 Hunter College New York, NY • Research Associate, Center for the Analysis and Research of Spatial Information 1997‐1998 Hunter College • Research Assistant, Department of Geography New York, NY 1994‐1996 Minnesota Department of Health • Epidemiologist, Division of Disease Prevention and Control Minneapolis, MN 1992‐1993 Tulane University • Project Coordinator, Department of International Health New Orleans, LA 1982‐1991 Abbott Northwestern Hospital • Registered Nurse, Cardiovascular Surgical Intensive Care Minneapolis, MN AWARDS 2011‐2012 National Institutes of Health Loan Repayment Program • Research Topic “Geographic Analysis of Racial Disparities in Infant Mortality in Michigan” 2008‐2010 National Institutes of Health Loan Repayment Program • Research Topic “Geographic Analysis of Racial Disparities in Infant Mortality in Michigan” RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS Medical / Health Geography Population Geography Women’s Health Maternal and Child Health Health Disparity Research
GIS and Spatial Epidemiology RESEARCH REFERRED PUBLICATIONS McLafferty S, Widener M, Chakrabarti R, Grady SC. Ethnic Density and Immigrant Health Inequalities: Bangladeshi Immigrant Women in New York City in the 1990s. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Special Issue on Health Geography. Accepted August 2011. Tyler CP, Paneth N, Grady SC, Griogorescu V, Luke B, Todem D. Impact of State Fetal Death Reporting Requirements on Racial Disparities in Early Neonatal and Fetal Mortality Rates. Public Health Reports. Accepted March 2011. Sing A, Syal M, Korkmaz S, Grady SC. Life Cycle Cost Analysis of Occupant Well‐Being and Productivity in LEED® Offices Based on Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) Improvements. Journal of Infrastructure Systems 2011; 17(2): doi:110.1061/(ASCE)IS.1943‐555X.0000046 Grady SC, Messina J, McCord P. Vulnerability and Disability in Kenya’s Tsetse Belts. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2011; 5(2): e957. 2|Page
Grady SC. Racial Residential Segregation Impacts on Low Birth Weight Using Improved Neighborhood Boundary Definitions. Spatial and Spatio‐temporal Epidemiology, Special Issue: Boundary Analysis in Public Health 2010; doi:10.1016/j.sste.2010.09.006. Sing A, Syal M, Grady SC, Korkmaz S. Effects of Green Buildings on Employee Health and Productivity. American Journal of Public Health 2010; 100(9): 1665‐1668. Langely S, Fuller SP, Messina JP, Shortridge AM, Grady SC. A Methodology for Projecting Hospital Bed Need: A Michigan Case Study. Source Code for Biology and Medicine 2010; 5:4 doi:10.1186/1751‐
0473‐5‐4. Gessner BD, Chimonas MR, Grady SC. It Takes a Village: Community Education Predicts Pediatric Lower Respiratory Infection Risk Better than Maternal Education. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2010; 64: 130‐135. Grady SC, Enander H. Geographic Analysis of Low Birth Weight and Infant Mortality in Michigan using Automated Zoning Methodology. International Journal of Health Geographics 2009; 8:10 doi: 10.1186/1476=0476‐072X‐8‐10. Grady SC, Ramirez I. Mediating Medical Conditions in the Residential Segregation and Low Birthweight Relationship in New York City. Health and Place 2008; 14: 661‐677. Grady SC, McLafferty S. Segregation, Nativity and Health: Reproductive Health Inequalities for Immigrant and Native‐Born Black Women in New York City. Urban Geography, Special Issue: New Directions in Segregation Research 2007; 28(4): 377‐397. Grady SC. Racial Disparities in Low Birthweight and the Contribution of Residential Segregation: A Multilevel Analysis. Social Science and Medicine 2006; 63: 3013‐3029. McLafferty S, Grady S. Immigration and Geographical Access to Prenatal Clinics: A GIS Analysis. American Journal of Public Health 2004; 95(4): 638‐640. McLafferty S, Grady S. Prenatal Care Need and Access: A GIS analysis. Journal of Medical Systems, Special Issue: Geographical Information Systems 2004; 28(3): 321‐333. Theophillides C, Ahearn SC, Grady SC, Merlino M. Early Warning System Predicting West Nile Virus Risk Areas. American Journal of Epidemiology 2003; 157(9): 843‐854. Ndayimirije N, Maregeya E, Nshimirimane D, Nkurikiye T, Dzuda C, Chigumira T, Matanhire D, Mwenye K, Mashayamombe S, Todd C, Bassett M, Munochiveyi R, and Grady S. Epidemic Cholera ‐ Burundi and Zimbabwe, 1992‐1993. Morbidity Mortality Weekly Report 1993; 42(21), June 4. REFERRED PUBLICATIONS (In Revision and Submitted Papers) Grady SC, Messina JM, Shortridge AM. Racial Disparities in Hospital Utilization Patters Following an Urban Hospital Closure in Michigan. PLoS ONE. In Revision September 2011. 3|Page
Grady SC, Darden JT. Racial Residential Segregation, Neighborhood Socioeconomic Inequality and Racial Health Disparities in the United States. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Special Issue on Health Geography. In Revision September 2011. McCord PF, Messina JP, Campbell JP, Grady SC. Tsetse Fly Control in Kenyaʹs Spatially and Temporally Dynamic Control Reservoirs: A Cost Analysis. PloS ONE. Submitted June 2011. Butt ZA, Grady SC, Wilkins MJ, Hamilton E, Todem D, Gardiner J, Saeed M. Spatial Epidemiology of HIV‐Hepatitis Co‐Infection in the State of Michigan. American Journal of Epidemiology. Submitted August 2011. BOOK CHAPTERS Grady SC. Introduction to Climate Change Vulnerability and Impacts on Human Health. In Pryor, S. (Ed.) Climate Change Impacts and Vulnerability in the Midwestern USA. In Review July 2011. Grady SC. Housing Quality and Racial Disparities in Low Birth Weight: A GIS Assessment. In Maantay J, McLafferty S (Eds.) Geospatial Analysis of Environmental Health Chapter 15; March 2011: 303‐320. Springer Publishing. Grady SC, Wirth J. Neighborhoods and Birth Outcomes. In Nriagu JO (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Environmental Health 2011; 4: 54‐63. Elsevier Publishing. Grady SC. Low Birth Weight in New York City and the Contribution of Residential Segregation In Frazier JW and Margai F (Eds.) Multicultural Geographies: Persistence and Change in U.S. Racial/Ethnic Patterns 2003; 65‐75. Binghamton: Academic Publishing. ABSTRACTS AND PROCEEDINGS Grady SC. Perinatal Regionalization and Women’s Health: Improving Area‐Based Boundary Definitions for AHRQ Quality Indicator Evaluation. Journal of Women’s Health. Accepted to for the Eight Annual Interdisciplinary Women’s Health Research Symposium, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, November 2011. Talbot TO, Haley VB, Grady SC, Forand SP. Small Area Analysis of Childhood Lead Exposure. Epidemiology 2004; 15(4): S204. WHITE PAPERS Grady SC, Howard P, Nicholls S. Investigating the Impact of Neighborhood Environments on the Risk of Hypertension. In New Directions in Family Research at Michigan State University. Whitten, P.S., Bokemeier, J.L., Fitzgerald, H.E. (Eds.) Families and Communities Together (FACT) Coalition: Michigan State University, 2008. PROFESSONAL PRESENTATIONS Grady SC. “Revisiting ‘Planned Shrinkage’ Policy in U.S. Urban Areas: A Health Geographic Perspective.” International Medical Geography Symposium, Durham, England. July 2011. Grady SC. “Clusters of Long and Short Infant Survival in Michigan.” Presentation at the American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA. April 2011. 4|Page
Grady SC. “Racial Residential Segregation Impacts on Low Birth Weight Using Improved Neighborhood Boundary Definitions.” Presentation at the East Lakes Division of the American Association of Geographers Meeting, Grand Rapids, MI. October 2010. Grady SC. “Racial Disparities in Infant Mortality in Michigan: A Space‐Time Cluster Analysis.” Presentation at the Race, Ethnicity and Place Conference, Binghamton, NY. October 2010. Grady SC. “Housing and Health.” Presentation at the American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, Washington DC. April 2010. Grady SC. “Investigating Racial Disparities in Infant Survival using SaTScan.” Presented at the XIIth International Symposium in Medical Geography, Hamilton, Ontario. July 2009. Grady SC, Enander H. “Racial Disparities in Infant Mortality in Michigan.” Presented at the American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, Boston, MA. March 2009. Grady SC. “The Geography of Racial Disparities in Infant Mortality in Michigan.” Upcoming presentation at the Race, Ethnicity and Place Conference, Miami, FL. November 2008. Grady SC. “Geographical Analysis of Infant Mortality in Michigan.” Presented at the American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, Boston, MA. April 2008. Grady SC, Ramirez I. “Mediating Medical Risk Factors in the Residential Segregation and Low Birthweight Relationship.” Presented at the American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. April 2007. Grady SC, McLafferty S. “Disentangling the Effects of Residential Segregation and Neighborhood Poverty on Low Birthweight for Immigrant and Native‐Born Black Women in New York City.” Presented at the East Lakes Division of the American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, Toledo, OH. October 2006. Grady SC. “The Geography of Racial Disparities in Low Birthweight, New York City, 2000.” Presented at the American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. April 2006. Grady S. “Racial Disparities in Low Birth Weight and Other Reproductive Health Outcomes.” Presented at the Race, Ethnicity and Place Conference, Washington D.C. September 2004. Grady S. “Residential Segregation and Low Birth Weight: Discrete or Continuous?” Presented at the American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA. March 2004. Grady S, Kumar S, Chinery R, Somervell P, Hwang S, Fitzgerald E. “Air Pollution in New York State: An Environmental Hazard Assessment.” Poster presented at the Environmental Public Health Tracking Conference, Chicago, IL. October 2004. Grady S. “Low Birth Weight in New York City and the Contribution of Residential Segregation: New York City, 2000.” Presented at the 25th Annual Applied Geography Conference, Binghamton, NY. October 2002. 5|Page
Grady S, McLafferty S. “Low Birthweight in New York City: A Multi‐level and Spatial Analysis.” Presented at the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA. March 2002. Grady S, McLafferty S. “Immigration and Epidemics: An Update on Tuberculosis in New York City’s Foreign‐Born Population (1993‐1999).” Presented at the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, New York, NY. March 2001. Grady S. “First Generation and Second‐ and Later Generation Dominican Immigrants: A Study of Comparative Mortality.” Presented at the International Symposium of Medical Geographers, Montreal, Canada. July 2000. Grady SC, Hedberg CW, Johnson RC, Persing DH, Osterholm MT. “Evaluation of Laboratory Practices for Borrelia burgdorferi on Lyme Disease Surveillance.” Poster presentation at the International Conference on Lyme Disease, San Francisco, CA. July 1998. CURRENT GRANTS AND CONTRACTS Grady SC. “Perinatal Regionalization and Women’s Health in Michigan: A Geographic Assessment.” Internal K‐12 National Institutes of Health, Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH) award Department of Human Medicine (PI Mary Nettleman) 2011‐
2012. Salary, 75% & research, $25,000. Messina J, Walker E, Moore N, Grady SC, Olson J, Kaneene J. “Dynamic Ecological Simulation Model of Tesetse Transmitted Trypanosomiasis in Kenya.” National Institutes of Health, 2007‐2012. $1,132,977. Grady SC, Shortridge A, Messina J “CON/Health Policy Mapping.” Michigan Department of Community Health, 2011‐2012. $78,092. PENDING GRANTS AND CONTRACTS Grady SC. “Geographic Changes in Population Health with ‘Planned Shrinkage’ of Urban Areas.” National Science Foundation. First Submission, February 2010‐2011. $262,577.
COMPLETED GRANTS AND CONTRACTS Grady SC, Holzman C, Ligmann‐Zielinsak A. “Ingham County Infant Mortality GIS.” Office of the Vice President for Research Michigan State University Families and Communities Together Coalition, 2009‐2010. $25,000. Shortridge AM, Grady SC, Messina J “Michigan Health Care and The Certificate of Need Research Program.” Michigan Department of Community Health, 2009‐2010. $60,000. Shortridge AM, Messina JP, Grady SC, Goldsberry KP. “Michigan Health Care and Certificate of Need Research Program.” Michigan Department of Community Health, 2008‐2009. $143,413. Messina J, Shortridge S, Groop R, Grady SC, Pigozzi B. Michigan Health Care and The Certificate of Need Research Program.“ Michigan Department of Community Health, 2007‐2008. $128,232. 6|Page
Grady SC. Geographic Analysis of Infant Mortality in Saginaw County. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Federal Contract, 2008. $2,750. Grady SC. “Geography of Racial Disparities in Infant Mortality in Michigan.” Office of the Vice President for Research ‐Michigan State University Intramural Research Grants Program, 2007‐
2008. $39,000. GRANTS AND CONTRACTS NOT FUNDED Goldsberry K, Grady S, Finley AO, Howard PH. “Nutritional Terrain and Body mass Index: Probing Produce Accessibility as a Contextual Influence.” National Institutes of Health, 2010. $400,300. Grady SC, Velie EM. Contextual Boundary Definitions & Automated Zone Design.” National Institutes of Health (Resubmission), 2010. $59,387. Messina J, Arbogast AF, Grady SC, Lifeng L, Moore, NJ, Walker ED. “Space‐Time Tsetse Modeling and African Trypanosomiasis Control in Kenya.” National Institutes of Health, 2010. $2,889,989. Syal MG, Korkmaz S, Satish JV, Grady SC. “Sustainability Assessment model for Green Buildings.” National Science Foundation, 2010. $297,855. Grady SC, Darden J, Fu W, Winkler J, Zhong S. “Integrative Framework to Address Uncertainty in Climate Change and Health Studies.” National Institutes of Health, Challenge Grant 2010. $862,310. Noel M, Dosh SA, Grady SC, Thompson M. “Tracking Lifestyle Changes and Characteristics.” National Institutes of Health (Resubmission), 2010. $418,000. Grady SC, Shortridge A. “Geographic Analysis of Racial Disparities in MRI Utilization.” National Institutes of Health, 2009. $394,026. Grady SC, Noel M. “Individual Energy Balance: Behavioral Mediators & Contextual Moderators.” National Institutes of Health, 2009. $407,282. Korkmaz S, Syal M, Grady SC, Ford J. “Owner’s Decision Aid Model for Green Buildings Based on Cost & Use Phase Benefits of Indoor Environmental Quality.” National Science Foundation (Revision), 2009. $299,958. Grady SC, Ramirez I. “Investigating El Nino and Cholera Vulnerability in Peru.” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Doctoral Dissertation), 2009. $35,000. Grady SC, Ramirez I. “Reexamining the Reemergence of cholera in Peru using Syndromic Modeling.” National Science Foundation (Doctoral Dissertation) (Revision 2008), 2009. $10,000. Grady SC, Darden J, Fu W, Winkler J, Zhong S. “Framework to Evaluate Climate Change/Air Quality on Birth Outcomes.” National Institutes of Health, Challenge Grant, 2009. $515,896. Grady SC, Broman C, Zhange Z. “Geographic Analysis of Infant Survival in Michigan.” National Institutes of Health, Challenge Grant 2009. $420,891. 7|Page
Syal MG, Korkmaz S, Satish JV, Grady SC. “Life Cycle Assessment of the Indoor Environmental Quality Aspects of Green Buildins with Focus on Employee Productivity and Well Being during the Use Phase. National Science Foundation, 2009. $289,951. Syal MG, Korkmaz D, Ford JK, Grady SC. “Sustainable Built Environment as an Agent of Change for Occupant Well Being Performance and Behavior.” National Science Foundation, 2008. $410,547. Grady SC, Buzcu‐Guven B, Darden J, Groop R, Kadrofske M, Maier K, Wirth J, Zhong S. “Effects of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons & Racial Segregation on Fetal Growth.” National Institutes of Health, 2007 (Not Scored). $407,542. Grady SC, Broman C, Groop R, Wirth J, Wong DW. “Racial Disparities in Infant Mortality & Residential Segregation.” National Institutes of Health, 2007. $403,093. TEACHING • Introduction to Geographic Information Science (GEO 221) • Spatial Analysis of Populations (GEO 432) • Geography of Health and Disease (GEO 435) • Spatial Epidemiology and Medical Geography (EPI/GEO 819) • SIRS Scores Semester Course No. Students Summary GEO SIRS Scores (1=excellent, 5=poor) Spring 2011 Fall 2010 Spring 2010 Fall 2009 Spring 2009 Fall 2008 Spring 2008 Spring 2007 Fall 2007 GEO 435 GEO 435 GEO 435 EPI/GEO 819 GEO 435 GEO 432 GEO 221 GEO 435 EPI/GEO 819 GEO 492 GEO 221 GEO 435 43 48 48 12 48 6 164 64 10 3 138 48 1.84 1.95 1.93 1.59 1.54 1.52 2.15 1.99 1.56 1.18 2.12 2.00 8|Page
MENTORING • Current Graduate Committees: Ivan Ramirez, Ph.D. Candidate Geography (Advisor)* Keumseok Koh, Ph.D. Geography (Advisor) Lori Househews, Ph.D. Family Ecology (Co‐Advisor) Eric Butvidas, M.S. Geography (Advisor) Paul Delamater, Ph.D. Geography (Member) Shaun Langely, Ph.D. Geography (Member) Heather Moody, Ph.D. Geography (Member) Jieun Lee, Ph.D. Geography (Member) *Received the graduate student of the year award in Geography, 2010; King‐Chavez‐Parks (KCP) Future Faculty Fellowship award, 2010; Visiting Assistant Professor, New College of Florida (start date August 2011). • Past Graduate Committees: Chenxiao Ling, M.S. Geography (Advisor) Graduated 2011 Yi Ying, M.S. Geography (Advisor), Graduated 2010 Jay Newberry, Ph.D. Geography (Member), Graduated 2011 Annalie Campos, Ph.D. Geography (Member), Graduated 2009 Crystal Pyrtle, Ph.D., Epidemiology (Member), Graduated 2009 Qiao Xu, M.S. School of Planning, Design and Construction (Member), Graduated 2011 Paul McCord M.S. Geography (Member), Graduated 2011 Eric Sandberg, M.S. Geography (Member), Graduated 2009 Mary Kleyn, M.S. Epidemiology (Member), Graduated 2009 Sarah Jorgensen, M.S. Bioethics, Humanities and Society (Member), Graduated 2009 Amanjeet Singh, M.S. Construction Management (Member), Graduated 2009 Quingwei Li, M.S. Construction Management (Member), Graduated 2009 • McNair Scholars Program: Ginger Gamble (Global & Area Studies Social Science Program), Mentor Spring & Summer 2010. • Provost Undergraduate Research Initiative: Sarah Miller (Math), Mentor Fall & Spring 2009. Katie Fletcher (Biology), Mentor Spring 2008. • Curriculum Development: Undergraduate Specialization in Environmental Health, July 2010. • Funding: “Spatial Analysis of Populations” course preparation funded by the Center for Advanced Study of International Development (CASID)/Women and International Development (WID) Program, Summer 2007. $3,000. 9|Page
SERVICE PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES • American Association of Geographers, Health and Medical Geography Specialty Group, Population Geography Specialty Group, Spatial Analysis and Modeling Specialty Group. • American Public Health Association. PROPOSAL REVIEWS • National Science Foundation, 2011. • Health Sciences and Humanities, Research Council of Canada, 2007 and 2009. • City University of New York, Graduate Center, New York, NY, 2005. PEER‐REVIEW ARTICLE REVIEWS Journal 2006 2007 2008 2009 American Journal of Public Health Social Science and Medicine Journal of Geography Journal of the Geographical Society of Ireland Annals of Epidemiology Applied Geography Health and Place Professional Geographer The Geographical Bulletin Annals of the American Assoc. Geographers International Journal of Health Geographics GeoJournal International Journal of Environmental Health Buildings and Environment 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 4 1 1 1 2 3 2 2010 2011 4 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 BOOK REVIEWS • Professional Geographer, September 2011. GEOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT COMMITTEES • Faculty Advisory Committee Member, 2010 to present. • Search Committee Member, Cartography Position, 2006‐2007. UNIVERSITY COMMITTEES • Consulting Faculty, Center for the Study of Women and Gender in Global Perspective, Michigan State University, 2006 to present. • Panel Reviewer Fulbright Applications, Michigan State University, October 2010. • Program Advisor, Environmental Science Policy Program, Michigan State University, 2008 ‐2009. • Search Committee Member, Environmental Science and Policy Program, Michigan State University, 2009. 10 | P a g e
NATIONAL COMMITTEES • Chair, Planning Committee “International Medical Geography Symposium” at Michigan State University, Scheduled for July, 2013. • Chair, Medical Geography Specialty Group, American Association of Geographers, 2009‐2010. • Co‐Chair, Medical Geography Specialty Group, American Association of Geographers, 2008‐2009. INVITED PRESENTATIONS Grady SC. “Panel Discussant”, Health Disparities Conference, Eagle Crest, Ypsilanti, November, 2010. Grady SC. “Adverse Birth Outcome Clusters in Michigan.” Michigan Department of Community Health, Epidemiology Seminar Series, March 15, 2010. Grady SC. “Improving Boundary Definitions in Health Research.” Workshop on Boundary Detection, BioMedware, Inc. December 15‐16, 2009. Grady SC. “Michigan Health Demographics.” Meet Michigan Travel Seminar, Michigan State University, May 13, 2009. Grady SC. “Infant Mortality.” Meet Michigan Travel Seminar, Michigan State University, May 14, 2009. Grady SC. “Health Disparities.” Invitation to Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, January 28‐29, 2009. Grady SC. “Racial Segregation and Infant Mortality.” Michigan Department of Community Health, Infant Mortality Coalition Network, November 15, 2007. Grady SC. “Racial Residential Segregation and its Impact on Health.” Michigan Department of Community Health, Health Disparities Workgroup, November 27, 2007. GUEST LECTURER • UP800 Sustainable and Climate Resilient Cities, Lecture: “Racial Disparities in Health” March 31, 2011. • EPI 918 Contemporary Epidemiology Issues, Lecture: “Geographical Epidemiology” March 28, 2011. • GUSP Workshop Series, “Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?” October 25, 2010. PRESS INTERVIEWS • Federal News Radio Interview “Effect of Green Buildings on Employee Health and Productivity” August 2, 2010. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT • Geography Faculty Development Alliance, University of Colorado at Boulder, CO. June 2007. • National Institutes of Health, Science of Eliminating Health Disparities summit, National Center for Minority Health, National Harbor, MD. December 14‐18, 2009. • EPI935 “Seminar on Grant Writing” for applications to National Institutes of Health. July 2011. 11 | P a g e