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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">Congratulations, Heather! Super happy for you – it’s been such a pleasure to have you in our program – and now as our colleague!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="color:windowtext"> prevscilist-bounces@lists.uoregon.edu <prevscilist-bounces@lists.uoregon.edu>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Atika Khurana<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 18, 2023 3:22 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> prevscilist@lists.uoregon.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Prevscilist] Introducing Dr. Heather Leonard!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p>Dear Prevention Science community,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>It is my great pleasure to share with you that Heather Leonard successfully defended her dissertation titled "<i>Longitudinal associations between early parenting and adolescent allostatic load: Examining the mediating and moderating role of child delay
of gratification</i>" last week. Her dissertation used the <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.nichd.nih.gov/research/supported/seccyd/overview__;!!C5qS4YX3!COtyR1qJywAKkgSfvGhrD-FHYObK2H3iDDoZrjAB0O05G5Bgs7T9Thg4N7SqWg8a9KwhHzBf0E86PuIExdY$">
NICHD SECCYD</a> study data to examine longitudinal associations between parenting behaviors in early childhood and allostatic load in adolescence, including testing the mediating and moderating role of childhood delay of gratification. She was guided in this
research by her committee members: Drs. Derek Kosty, Leslie Leve, Sara Schmitt, Wendy Hadley and myself.
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<p>I first met Heather when she applied to our MEd program in 2017. A non-traditional student, Heather had been active in research, teaching, and public health efforts for nearly two decades before she decided to return to graduate school. As her MEd advisor,
I was so impressed with her passion for prevention-related work, strong work ethic, and clear sense of purpose that I encouraged her to apply to the PhD program. She graduated from the MEd program in 2018, with the promise that she will consider applying to
the PhD program. Later in 2019 I bumped into Doug (Heather's husband) at a local pizza joint and asked him to nudge Heather to apply to the PhD program. It worked! Heather applied and got accepted in the PhD program, starting at the height of the pandemic
in Fall 2020. She has been a fantastic student collaborator on research projects and a gifted instructor, who most recently worked as a GE for the Ballmer Institute's inaugural 3-course
<a href="https://childrensbehavioralhealth.uoregon.edu/graduate-microcredential">
graduate micro-credential</a> in children's behavioral health. Heather will continue sharing her incredible teaching and research skills with students in the Prevention Science program in her new role as career faculty member in the CPHS department starting
Fall 2023. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Please join me in congratulating Heather on her many accomplishments!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Best,<br>
Atika<o:p></o:p></p>
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