I am a Professor in the Department of Rural Health at Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences. I currently serve as the Co-Director of the Biological Systems Core for the NIGMS-funded Center for Integrative Research on Childhood Adversity. In this role, I focus on the remote collection of biological, psychological, and social data in order to better understand human health in context. Our goal for this work is to expand remote prevention and healthcare activities to engage people where they live, work, play, and pray. I have served in other administrative roles across the OSU system, including as Executive Director of the National Center for Wellness and Recovery, Associate Director for Research for the Center for Family Resilience, and the Founding Director of the Master of Public Health program. My research focuses on substance use across the life course, but with a particularly emphasis on the understanding and prevention during the periconceptional and prenatal time periods. I currently receive funding for my work from the National Institute of Drug Abuse and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.