Education and Experience

Education and Training

PhD Medical Sociology, Brown University

MS Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

ScB Applied Mathematics and Economics, Brown University

Reiki Provider, Level I and II Certificates

The Power of Awareness Training (online); led by Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach

Experience

Founder/Owner: Thadeus Wellness

President, Freeport Development Strategies, LLC, International Health Consultant, focusing on intervention strategies for overweight and obese women and children in the United States and creating wellness programs for U.S. corporations

Associate Professor, Behavioral Epidemiology, Department of Public Health, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston MA. Member of the Health Sciences, Medical School, and Hospital Institutional Review Board

Senior Technical Advisor, Project RESPOND training MD’s and DVM’s in infectious disease epidemiology - Southeast Asia and East Africa

Research Associate and Teaching Fellow, Brown University

Cardiovascular Project Director, Harvard University School of Medicine

Senior Associate, Abt Associates Inc, Public Policy and Health Services Consulting

Research Assistant, Brown University, Study of Coeducation in the IVY League

Publications and Speaking Engagements (Summary)

55 Peer-reviewed publications (42 related to nutrition and behavior change), several book chapters, one book

Invited speaker, workshop designer and presenter to MDs and DVMs on infectious disease outbreaks in the U.S. and multiple countries in Africa and Southeast Asia (USAID)

Invited speaker at International Society of Field Epidemiologists, Amman, Jordan (USAID)

Attended and presented at meetings; World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland

Delivered numerous juried presentations of research at professional meetings

Developed several new courses at Tufts University and Tufts School of Medicine

Directed PhD dissertations in public health and nutrition and undergraduate honors thesis research at Tufts University

Designed and implemented successful health interventions addressing obesity and behavior change in the U.S.