I have two small children that take up 99.9% of my time, but in my spare 0.1% of time, I like to read, do yoga, and I am also currently teaching myself how to embroider.

Camden is 4 years old, and Emmett is 9 months old.

Part of my dissertation involves identifying symptomatic cases of colorectal cancer to determine how long it took those individuals to get diagnosed with cancer. I think it would be really helpful to have a clear indication, for all cancers, of how the cancer was detected (screening- or symptom- detected), and for those that were symptomatic, what their first symptom was. This is important information because symptomatic cancer likely takes longer to diagnose, and differences in the timing of diagnosis likely exist across populations.

I used to be a competitive powerlifter in my late teens and early 20s. I held some state and national records (which have surely since been broken!).

I am thankful for longer, warmer, and sunnier days! It’s crazy how an extra hour of daylight in the evenings impacts my mood.

When I was an undergrad, I (briefly) changed my major to Egyptology. I have always been fascinated by ancient history and literature (I own a number of Greek epics and read them all for fun!). After learning to translate hieroglyphs for a semester, I realized the job market for an Egyptologist was likely quite slim, so I went back to physiology.