Emily is in her final year as a doctoral student and is currently completing her pre-doctoral internship at Rush University Medical Center on the Health Psychology Track. She recently defended her dissertation focused on the impact of a behavioral health intervention on a community-based cardiovascular screening program. Emily defended her Master’s thesis in 2020 which focused on the impacts of breast cancer and chemotherapy on gut microbiome, cognitive functioning, and mood relative to healthy controls. Emily graduated from University of Redlands with a BA in Psychology and was a grant coordinator in a primary care clinic focused on cancer prevention. Her research interests include addressing health disparities for individuals from underserved populations, behavioral health integration into medical care, and implementation and dissemination of evidence-based practices. In the future, Emily’s goal is to improve outcomes for individuals with chronic conditions through clinical work and implementation of evidence-based practices. In her spare time, Emily enjoys being outdoors in the mountains skiing or hiking.