She is scheduled to complete her Ph.D. from the Medical University of South Carolina in August 2018. Her research interests include short-term outcomes of continued tobacco use in patients with lung cancer. Other research interests include facilitating optimal self-management of type 1 diabetes, and enhancing medical care of diverse populations, including the transgender population. Prior to her work in endocrinology, she served as clinical faculty at Spartanburg Regional’s Center for Family Medicine Residency Program, and was the director of Wright State University’s Family Nurse Practitioner program in 2009-2011.