I completed my doctoral training in exercise physiology at Pitt in 2022. My dissertation examined the associations between physical activity, sedentary behavior and other aspects of maternal cardiovascular health across pregnancy on vascularization in the placenta. As an NHLBI T32-supported postdoctoral scholar in the Cardiovascular Epidemiology Training Program mentored by Janet Catov, I am continuing to research the long-term impacts of modifiable cardiovascular health factors in pregnancy on maternal disease risk and progression with particular interest in objectivity measured physical activity and sedentary behavior exposures as they relate to outcomes of placental health and function.
