Dr. Waring is an epidemiologist, Assistant Professor in the Department of Allied Health Sciences at the University of Connecticut, and Director of the Methodology Core of the UConn Center for mHealth and Social Media. Her program of research focuses on leveraging technology and social media for health promotion, with a topical focus on weight management among pregnant and post-partum women. She has served as the PI of 3 grant-funded projects to develop and test the feasibility of interventions that deliver evidence-based weight loss strategies via social media or interactive websites, including currently a NHLBI R34 to conduct a feasibility randomized controlled trial to compare a post-partum weight loss delivered via Facebook versus in-person groups. In addition to leading digital health research studies as PI, Dr. Waring is a collaborative methodologist, serving the role of a statistical scientist on projects utilizing social media for participant recruitment, intervention delivery, or public health surveillance.