I began my work for the MSUTR in January of 2004.  Through my work with the MSUTR, I have become proficient in many of the skills needed to actively conduct research.  Currently, I am the project coordinator for the Pilot Twin Hormone Study and am the recruitment coordinator for the Opposite Sex Twin Study.  I am also responsible for many other lab tasks including data management and training undergraduate research assistants. Last year, I completed an honors thesis using data collected in the laboratory that I am currently working to publish.    

    I am involved in many research projects in addition to the MSUTR.  I work for the MSU-UM family study, a longitudinal study of how families grow and change over time.  I have also gained experience doing animal studies in a neuroscience laboratory examining changes in behavior across puberty in rats. Finally, I previously worked for Dr. Christine Larson’s Affective Neuroscience Laboratory at MSU. 

    In my free time, I enjoy spending time with friends and family, reading, watching movies, and, of course, cheering on the Michigan State football and basketball teams.