Lab Alumni
Project Coordinators
Marguerite Webster, BA
Maisy worked with the LSTH lab from 2021-2023. She was the project coordinator for the EQUAL Study and worked as a tobacco treatment specialist and coordinator for the STAR program and LSTH 2.0 Pilot Study, providing smoking cessation services to many individuals and contributing to data management, analysis, and program development. Maisy is pursuing her PhD in Clinical Psychology at the University of Kentucky and plans to continue research in the areas of cancer prevention and smoking cessation.
Laney Smith, BS
Laney worked with the LSTH lab from 2020-2022. During her time she served as the project coordinator for LSTH 1.0 where she accrued and interviewed participants, managed data, and collaborated on both the primary outcomes publication along with the cost-effectiveness analysis. Additionally, Laney collaborated on the Health Disparities supplement, a project that focused on addressing patient- and provider-level barriers to lung cancer screening and tobacco cessation. Laney currently is a first year medical student at South Alabama College of Medicine in Mobile, AL where she hopes to become a surgeon and continue her involvement in preventative research.
Ellie Eyestone, MS
Ellie worked with the LSTH lab from 2018-2021. She was involved in participant recruitment, data management, and data analysis as well as providing tobacco cessation counseling for the LSTH study. She also worked on study startup and material creation for the EQUAL study. Since leaving the lab, Ellie has completed one year of a PhD in Clinical Psychology at UTSouthwestern Medical Center in Dallas and is currently working at Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix as a Clinical Research Specialist.
Marisa Cordon, MPH
Marisa worked with the LSTH lab as a tobacco treatment specialist from 2019-2021 providing MI-informed counseling to LSTH 1.0 study participants in both intervention and control arms. She helped with study coordination across sites and data management and analysis. She was also involved with the STAR program and the DC DOH grant. Marisa is currently a research program manager and director in the department of Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University for a NIH-funded study utilizing health IT to reduce disparities in risks for sleep-related infant deaths.
Joanna Philips, MPH
Joanna worked with the LSTH lab as a tobacco treatment specialist providing counseling to patients through the STAR program. She also managed data analysis and led quality improvement for STAR. Joanna is now a Program Associate at the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI).
Undergraduate Students
Jack Childs
Jack worked with the LSTH lab from 2021-2023 and was involved in patient outreach and follow-up for the STAR Program as well as data management and manuscript preparation. He graduated in 2023 with a degree in Healthcare Management and Policy. Jack is pursuing a career as a physician and plans to focus on emergency medical services research and improvement.
Daisy Dunlap
Katharine Glassmeyer
Katharine Glassmeyer is a Global Health major on the pre-med track. She plays on the varsity field hockey team. She plans to graduate in 2024. Katharine is interested in medicine, as well as continuing with research, specifically as it pertains to physician-patient interactions and patient behavior, and hopes to explore options for both going forward.
Sarah Hutchison
In the Taylor lab, I conducted interviews with participants, analyzed qualitative data, and assessed the fidelity of counseling sessions for the LSTH study. I also recruited and followed up with patients for the tremendously valuable STAR program. I recently graduated from Georgetown in 2022 with a major in biology and a minor in cognitive science. Since then, I have been working as a scientific program analyst at the National Human Genome Research Institute at NIH. Please feel free to reach out!
Christine Kao
Christine worked with the LSTH lab from 2019 to 2022 and was involved with data analysis, participant accrual, and follow-up calls to participants. She completed an honors thesis with the lab, examining the effect of discussing lung cancer screening results on participants’ determination to quit. Christine graduated in 2022 with a Human Science major and Public Health minor and is currently pursuing her MD at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine.
Ariel Le
Ariel Le is a Human Science major with a minor in Public Health. She plans to graduate in 2024 and pursue her Master’s in Public Health. Ariel is interested in developing interventions that mitigate the impact of high-risk health behaviors & address health disparities in health systems. She is also conducting independent research for her honors thesis on barriers to lung cancer screening for quitline callers.