She serves as Director of the UMass Worcester Prevention Research Center and Co-Director for Community Engagement at the UMass Center for Clinical and Translational Science. In this role, she provides training on effective grant writing for prospective researchers in academic and community settings. A successful grant writer herself, Dr. Lemon currently leads numerous federally funded public health research initiatives. She is an expert in applied public health research in the areas of obesity and chronic disease prevention and in using community engaged approaches to research.