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1 Stephanie A. Leonard 1265 Welch Rd, MSOB X1C Stanford, CA EDUCATION University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA Ph.D. in Epidemiology Advisor: Barbara Abrams, Division of Epidemiology Thesis: Understanding the relationship of pregnancy weight and weight change with infant and child health University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA M.S. in Epidemiology Advisor: Susan Cochran, Department of Epidemiology Thesis: Prepregnancy risk factors for preterm birth in a Hispanic WIC population Cornell University, Ithaca, NY B.S., with Honors, in Human Biology, Health and Society Minor in Global Health Advisor: Kathleen Rasmussen, Division of Nutritional Sciences Thesis: Associations among high prepregnancy body mass index, use of a breast pump and breastfeeding outcomes: data from the Infant Feeding Practices Study II WORK EXPERIENCE Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Neonatal and Developmental Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine. Leading project on understanding severe maternal morbidity with focus on predictors, trends, and disparities. Graduate Student Researcher, UC Berkeley. Investigated pregnancy-related weight gain in the NLSY79 study, the California birth cohort, and the U.S. birth cohort. Research Analyst and Writer, Public Health Foundation Enterprises WIC Program. Assessed associations between preterm birth and postpartum health, and assisted in research articles related to WIC effectiveness, breastfeeding, and childhood obesity. Graduate Student Researcher, UCLA. Assisted lead faculty member for UCLA community nutrition initiative through program implementation, monitoring, and evaluation, grant proposals and reports, and related activities and events. 6/17-Current 8/14-5/17 6/13-8/14 3/13-6/14

2 Research and Analytics Contractor, Direct Relief. Improved use of data to evaluate critical gaps in access to maternal healthcare among partner healthcare providers, and helped assess the U.S. safety net s preparation for the Affordable Care Act. Grants Coordinator, Direct Relief. Developed grant strategies and acquired and managed grants for domestic and international medical aid programs, with focus on maternal and infant health. Procured over $7 million in non-government grants as part of two-person department. Research Assistant, Cornell University. Led analyses on the relationship between maternal obesity and breastfeeding using the Infant Feeding Practices Study II. Research Assistant, Cornell University and ICDDR,B (Bangladesh). Created an index of maternal enabling factors to be used in predicting child growth and targeting interventions in rural Bangladesh using the MINIMat cohort. 6/13-9/13 11/10-12/12 1/10-10/10 8/07-12/08 PROGRAM SKILLS R SAS Stata SPSS ArcGIS Microsoft Office TEACHING EXPERIENCE Graduate Student Instructor, UC Berkeley. Led course instruction of health program evaluation design and analysis in Stata and assisted in course functions for graduate course: Impact Evaluation for Health Professionals, School of Public Health. Graduate Student Instructor, UC Berkeley. Developed and taught novel course material on nutritional epidemiology analysis using Stata for graduate course: Nutritional Epidemiology, School of Public Health. Teaching Assistant, UCLA. Assisted professor in curriculum development, class discussions, and assignments for undergraduate seminar: Eating and Our Food Chain, Department of Community Health Sciences. Teaching Assistant, Cornell University. Assisted professor in development of exams and grading of essays, and led interactive class session for undergraduate course: Introduction to Global Health, Division of Nutritional Sciences. Fall 2016 Fall 2015 Spring 2013 Spring 2008

3 RESEARCH GRANTS/FELLOWSHIPS Stanford Maternal & Child Health Research Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship (F32HD091945) Hunter R. Rawlings III Cornell Presidential Research Scholarship Human Ecology Alumni Association research grant recipient Cornell Global Health research grant recipient HONORS AND AWARDS Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award MCH Interdisciplinary Research Symposium Best Poster Presentation UC Berkeley Graduate Division Block Grant Award Patricia H. Woods Award Scholarship James A. Buchanan Scholarship UCLA University Fellowship UCLA Dept. of Epidemiology Registration Fee Grant Cornell College of Human Ecology Dean s Scholarship UNIVERSITY SERVICE School of Public Health Student Government, UC Berkeley. Served as Epidemiology representative, collaborating in a variety of projects to advocate for student issues and build community within the School of Public Health. Epidemiology Students Association, UCLA. Served as Department Representative to Public Health Students Association, leading cross-departmental collaborations and development of a peer mentorship program. Public Health Students Association, UCLA. Served as General Council member to support public health students, with focus on organizing volunteer opportunities for public health students and fostering cross-departmental initiatives. Global Health Program, Cornell University. Co-taught seminars for undergraduate students conducting public health fieldwork in low-income countries. Cornell Undergraduate Health Cooperative. Developed and led a large event on the role of media in public health. Pre-Professional Association Toward Careers in Health, Cornell University. Mentored incoming pre-health undergraduate students

4 PEER REVIEWER American Journal of Epidemiology American Journal of Preventive Medicine Annals of Epidemiology BMC Pediatrics BMJ Open Childhood Obesity International Journal of Obesity International Journal of Women s Health Maternal and Child Health Journal Obesity PLOS One Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology Public Health Nutrition PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES American Public Health Association American Society for Nutrition Obesity Society Society for Epidemiologic Research Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research ( Student Representative) PUBLICATIONS Complete list of published work: Leonard SA, Carmichael SL, Main EK, Lyell DJ, Abrams B. The roles of maternal comorbidities and cesarean birth in the association between prepregnancy body mass index and severe maternal morbidity. Paediat Perinat Epidemiol. [In review] Leonard SA, Main EK, Scott KA, Profit J, Carmichael SL. Racial and ethnic disparities in severe maternal morbidity prevalence, trends, and risk factors. Ann Epidemiol. [In press] Goldstein GP, Leonard SA, Kan P, Koo EB, Lee HC, Carmichael SL. Prenatal and postnatal inflammation-related risk factors for retinopathy of prematurity. Am J Perinatol. [In press] Snowden JM and Leonard SA. The causal association between obesity and stillbirth: strengths and limitations of the consecutive pregnancies approach. Am J Epidemiol. [In press] Leonard SA, Main EK, Carmichael SL. The contribution of maternal characteristics to an increasing trend of severe maternal morbidity. BMC Preg Childbirth. 2019:19(16). Butwick A, Bentley J, Leonard SA, Carmichael SL, El-Sayed YY, Stephansson O, Guo N. Prepregnancy body mass index and venous thromboembolism: A population-based cohort study. BJOG. [Epub ahead of print] Vable AM, Cohen AK, Leonard SA, Glymour MM, Duarte C, Yen IH. Do the health benefits of education vary by sex or race/ethnicity? Differential returns to education and implications for health inequities. Ann Epidemiol. [Epub ahead of print]

5 Pai VV, Carmichael SL, Kan P, Leonard SA, Lee HC. Maternal body mass index and risk of intraventricular hemorrhage in preterm neonates. Pediatr Res. 2018;83(6): Leonard SA, Hutcheon JA, Bodnar LM, Petito LC, Abrams B. Gestational weight gain-forgestational age z-score charts applied across U.S. populations. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2018;32(2): Viana J, Leonard SA, Kitay B, Ansel D, Angelis P, Slusser W. Healthier vending machines in a university setting: Effective and financially sustainable. Appetite. 2018;121: Leonard SA, Rasmussen KM, King JC, Abrams B. Trajectories of maternal weight from before pregnancy through postpartum and associations with childhood obesity. Am J Clin Nutr. 2017;106(5): Whaley SE, Koleilat M, Leonard SA, Whaley M. Breastfeeding is associated with reduced obesity in Hispanic 2- to 5-year-olds served by WIC. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2017;49(7S2):S114-S150.e1. Leonard SA, Petito LC, Stephansson O, Cheng Y, Hutcheon JA, Bodnar LM, Abrams B. Weight gain in pregnancy and the black-white disparity in preterm birth. Ann Epidemiol. 2017;27: e1 Leonard SA, Petito LC, Rehkopf DH, Ritchie LD, Abrams B. Maternal history of child abuse and obesity risk in offspring: mediation by weight in pregnancy. Child Obes. 2017;13: Galin J, Abrams B, Leonard SA, Matthay EC, Goin DE, Ahern J. Living in violent neighborhoods is associated with excessive, but not inadequate, weight gain during pregnancy. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2017;31: Leonard SA, Petito LC, Rehkopf DH, Ritchie LD, Abrams B. Gestational weight gain and child weight status from birth to adulthood in the United States. Pediatr Obes. 2017;12(S1): Leonard SA, Crespi CM, Gee DC, Zhu Y, Whaley SE. Prepregnancy risk factors for preterm birth and the role of maternal nativity in a low-income, Hispanic population. Matern Child Health J. 2015;19: Leonard SA, Gee D, Zhu Y, Crespi CM, Whaley SE. Associations between preterm birth, low birthweight, and postpartum health in a predominantly Hispanic WIC population. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2014;46: Hauff LE, Leonard SA, Rasmussen KM. Associations of maternal obesity and psychosocial factors with breastfeeding intention, initiation, and duration. Am J Clin Nutr. 2014;99: Leonard SA and Rasmussen KM. Larger infant size at birth reduces the negative association between maternal prepregnancy body mass index and breastfeeding duration. J Nutr. 2011;141:

6 Leonard SA, Labiner-Wolfe J, Geraghty SR, Rasmussen KM. Associations among high prepregnancy body mass index, breast milk expression, and breast milk production and feeding. Am J Clin Nutr. 2011;93:

7 PRESENTATIONS Leonard SA, Main EK, Carmichael SL. Racial/ethnic differences in an increasing trend of severe maternal morbidity and the impact of preconception health and cesarean delivery. Oral presentation, APHA Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, Leonard SA, Main EK, Carmichael SL. Preconception health, cesarean delivery, and an increasing trend of severe maternal morbidity. Poster presentation, SPER Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, Leonard SA, Petito LC, Rehkopf DH, Ritchie LD, Abrams B. Maternal physical abuse in childhood is associated with offspring overweight and obesity in early childhood. Speed talk, SPER Annual Meeting, Miami, FL, Leonard SA, Petito LC, Stephansson O, Cheng Y, Hutcheon JA, Bodnar LM, Abrams B. Weight gain in pregnancy and the black-white disparity in preterm birth. Poster presentation, MCH Interdisciplinary Research Symposium, UC Berkeley, Leonard SA, Petito LC, Rehkopf DH, Ritchie LD, Abrams B. Gestational weight gain and child weight status from birth to adulthood in the United States. Poster presentation, SPER Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, Leonard SA, Labiner-Wolfe J, Geraghty SR, Rasmussen KM. Associations among high prepregnancy body mass index, breast milk expression, and breast milk production and feeding. Oral presentation, Experimental Biology, Anaheim, CA, 2010.

Name, Ph.D. Post-doctoral Fellow. Phone Website

Name, Ph.D. Post-doctoral Fellow. Phone Website Post-Doctoral Fellow Monell Chemical Senses Center 3500 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 Phone Email Website EDUCATION: Ph.D. The Pennsylvania State University August 20XX Human Development and Family