Professional Activities:

Positions and Honors
Positions and Employment
2000-2004 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
2004-2005 Instructor, Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
2005/10-2011 Assistant Professor, Graduate Center for Nutritional Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
2011- Associate Professor, Graduate Center for Nutritional Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
2012- 2014 Interim Chair, Graduate Center for Nutritional Sciences, University of Kentucky

Other Professional Services
2006- Grant Reviewer, American Heart Association
2012, 13 Grant reviewer, NIH, Pathobiology of Kidney Disease (PBKD) study section, NIH
2011- Editorial Board, Journal of Diabetes and Metabolism
2011- Editorial Board, Journal of Obesity and Weight Loss Therapy
2012- Editorial Board, Journal of Food and Nutritional Disorders
2012- Editorial Board, International Journal of Diabetology & Vascular Disease Research
2013- Editorial Board, Journal of Cardiology

Honors
2002-2004 Postdoctoral Fellowship Award from Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International
2003-2004 Postdoctoral Research Development Award from University of Alabama at Birmingham
2004-2008 Scientist Development Grant from American Heart Association
2005, 2006 Travel Award from American Society of Nephrology
2009 Gottschalk Research Scholar Award from American Society of Nephrology
2008-2014 Wethington Award from University of Kentucky