Our Team
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Sandra Shultz, Ph.D.
CWHW Director
Email: sjshultz@uncg.edu
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Dr. Sandra Shultz (Sandy) is Director for the Center for Women’s Health and Wellness and Professor and Co-Director of the Applied Neuromechanics Research Laboratory in the Department of Kinesiology. Early in her career, Sandy worked as a certified athletic trainer and strength and conditioning specialist, serving as associate director of Women’s TRACC (Training Room and Conditioning Center) in Los Angeles (1985-1991) and associate director of athletic training and rehabilitation services for UCLA Intercollegiate Athletics (1991-1996).
Jessica Dollar, Ph.D.
CWHW Associate Director and Research Scientist
Email: jmdollar@uncg.edu
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Dr. Jessica Dollar is the CWHW Associate Director and a Research Scientist in the Department of Kinesiology and Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology. Dr. Dollar began her research career as an Undergraduate Research Fellow at UNC Greensboro in the Department of Psychology. After graduating from UNC Greensboro, Dr. Dollar served as the Project Coordinator for a large, collaborative NSF-funded project at The Center for Developmental Science at UNC Chapel Hill. She then attended graduate school at The Pennsylvania State University, earning her M.S. and Ph.D. in Human Development and Family Studies.
Jaclyn Maher, PH.D.
CWHW Faculty Fellow
Email: jpmaher@uncg.edu
Dr. Maher is an associate professor in the department of kinesiology at UNCG. Dr. Maher’s research agenda is based on the idea that physical activity and sedentary behavior are repeat-occurrence behaviors that occur within and across days, in part, due to the changing environmental contexts within daily life. Dr. Maher’s plans to use her time as a CHWH fellow to analyze and disseminate data from a recently completed daily diary study on multilevel determinants of adolescent girls’ physical activity.
Maslyn Behler
CWHW Graduate Administrative and Research Assistant
Email: mhbehler@uncg.edu
Maslyn is a Sport and Exercise Psychology master’s student in the Department of Kinesiology. Maslyn completed a Bachelor of Arts and Science in General Psychology at the University of Delaware.
Emily Postlethwait
CWHW Graduate Administrative and Research Assistant
Email: empostlethw@uncg.edu
Emily is a master’s student in the Department of Kinesiology, concentrating in Sport and Exercise Psychology. Emily received a Bachelor’s of Arts in Psychology from Goucher College.
Eryn Murray
CWHW Graduate Administrative and Research Assistant
Email: e_murray@uncg.edu
Eryn is a first-year Master’s student in the Department of Kinesiology with a concentration in Sport and Exercise Psychology. Eryn received her Bachelor of Arts in Exercise and Sport Science with a minor in Medical Anthropology from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill.
Core advisory team
Clint D. Allred, Ph.D.
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Lake Simpson Dickson Distinguished Professor, Department of Nutrition
Dr. Allred has served as a Principal Investigator on several grants funded by the National Institutes of Health and American Cancer Society. He has given numerous presentations to breast cancer survivor groups and served as the keynote speaker at several ACS sponsored events that raise money and awareness to support the study of cancer development and how to best support individuals whom have been diagnosed with the disease.
Sandra E. Echeverria, Ph.D., M.P.H.
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Associate Professor, Department of Public Health Education
As a social epidemiologist, Sandra’s research examines how built environment, immigrant, and socioeconomic determinants influence cardiovascular health, particularly in Latinx communities. She has a specific interest in understanding how the social environment reinforces health behaviors such as physical activity.
Stefanie Milroy, M.Ph., CHES, CHC
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Director, HealthyUNCG
Stefanie is a graduate of UNCG where she received both her Bachelor of Science in Community Health Education (’04) and her Master of Public Health (’06). She is a Certified Health Education Specialist and certified health and wellness coach. As Director of HealthyUNCG, she supports UNCG employees in achieving the wellness they desire by providing wellness programs and opportunities for UNCG employees. Stefanie also serves as a member of UNCG’s Workplace Health Network and faculty in Public Health Education’s post baccalaureate certificate in Worksite Wellness.
Lenka Shriver, Ph.D.
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Associate Professor, Department of Nutrition
Faculty Affiliate, Center for Athlete Well-Being
Lenka’s research is concentrated in the area of child and adolescent nutrition, obesity, and sports nutrition. Her work in the area of sports nutrition is primarily focused on examining dietary intake, eating habits/attitudes, and body composition changes among high school and college athletes, with a particular focus on female athletes. She has delivered numerous nutrition education presentations and workshops to college, high school, as well as amateur athletic teams.
Laurie Gold, Ph.D.
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Safrit-Ennis Distinguished Professor, Department of Kinesiology
The overarching focus of Laurie’s research is the impact of exercise, disease and injury on the endocrine system. She is most recently the principal investigator on the large NIH-funded project “Pathways from childhood self-regulation to cardiovascular risk in adolescence,” also known as RIGHT Track Health. She collaborates on multiple interdisciplinary NIH grant submissions and regularly mentors junior scholars on research and career development grants.