Lab Alumni
Katie Hodgin, MPH, Ph.D.
Katie Hodgin was a member of the Graham Behavioral Medicine Lab for five years studying how psychological and environmental factors affect physical activity and food choices. After graduating with her PhD in Applied Health and Social Psychology in 2017, she worked as a post-doctoral research associate in school physical activity at the University of Northern Colorado Active Schools Institute and as the National Advisor for Family Engagement at the Alliance for a Healthier Generation. In addition to promoting healthy environments, Katie enjoys traveling and relaxing at home with her family in Colorado.
Charlie Heidrick, Ph.D.
Charlie graduated in December of 2018 after studying physical activity behavior during his time at CSU. His dissertation, "An affective intervention to improve long-term exercise participation by enhancing anticipated, in-task, and post-task affect", brought over 100 community members of Northern Colorado into our Graham Behavioral Medicine Lab for pre- and post-testing before and after a 15-week intervention using accelerometry, weekly surveys, and behavior observation to measure attitudes and behavior. Charlie currently resides in Phoenix, AZ and works for a consulting firm based in his hometown of Minneapolis, MN, where he uses his experience to lead projects through the entire research process and disseminate results in an objective, understandable, and actionable manner.
Email: c.t.heidrick@gmail.com
Pamela Lundeberg, Ph.D.
Pam Lundeberg joined the Graham Behavioral Medicine lab in 2015 after earning both her bachelor’s degree (in psychology) and master’s degree (in developmental psychology with minors in social psychology and statistics) at Oregon State University. During her time at CSU, Pam studied health promotion and focused on increasing physical activity and healthy eating behaviors. In addition to having a passion for promoting and encouraging fitness (Pam taught group fitness classes herself for 6 years), Pam also loves teaching psychology courses and has a great interest in learning science. She was awarded the psychology department's teaching fellowship while at CSU, and she sought out additional teaching opportunities at Front Range Community College while completing her doctoral degree. Upon graduating in 2020, Pam secured a faculty position at Aims Community College - located in nearby Greeley, CO - where she aims to continue investigating high-impact teaching practices that foster learning (and implementing these practices in her classroom to promote student success!). When Pam isn't teaching, you can usually find her climbing, biking, or hiking with her dog – she is a fan of almost any outdoor adventure this state has to offer!
Abby Holm, Ph.D.
Abby studied intersectionality and health disparities during her time in the Graham lab. Highlights while working in the lab included: working with Dr. Kimberlé Crenshaw at the African American Policy Forum for the #SayHerName campaign; authoring a report for Colorado’s Governor Polis and the Colorado Department of Labor & Employment on the benefits of passing mandated Paid Family and Medical Leave (which passed in Colorado the following year); interning for the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE), and working with the Colorado Education Association to interview/survey nearly 1,000 teachers on their experiences of discrimination in their schools. Abby is now an instructional data scientist for Hopkins Public Schools in Minnesota. She directs data collection, analysis, and reporting for the district in an effort to bring attention to the disparities that exist in the K-12 education system.
Andrew Menger-Ogle, Ph.D.
Andrew Menger-Ogle was a member of the Graham Behavioral Medicine Lab for three years with a focus on food labeling and decision-making. During this time he carried out various research projects, including his dissertation research in Kathmandu, Nepal. In 2016, he graduated from CSU with a PhD in Applied Health and Social Psychology. After completing his studies, Andrew worked in a program evaluation consultancy for about two years before transitioning to a career in the tech sector as a quantitative user experience researcher.
He spent nearly three years at Activision helping to develop and ship games from the Call of Duty, Crash Bandicoot, and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater franchises. He currently researches community experiences on the Facebook app for Meta.
Ashlie Johnson, Ph.D.
Ashlie joined the behavioral medicine lab in the Fall of 2015. She has worked on a large range of projects including the following topics: Characterizing food advertising for children in Nepal, identifying the impact of norms in physical activity, using eye-tracking to explore grocery shopping and food selection behaviors, assessing whether PSAs affect estimations of serving sizes, investigating perceptions and intentions around GMOs, taking a qualitative look into grocery shopping behaviors, using an intersectional lens to assess the relationship between racial and sexual orientation-based discrimination on depression, studying health behaviors during COVID-19 (both cross-sectionally and longitudinally), reviewing changes in eating behaviors during COVID-19, and creating latent profiles of intuitive eating behaviors during COVID-19.
Ashlie graduated in May 2022 and she is now a tenure-track assistant professorship at Linfield University. In her spare time, she loves to hike, bike, do yoga, read, cook, embroider, and spend time with her partner, dogs, and cat.
Email: ajohnson8@linfield.edu
Ellen Ratajack, Ph.D.
Ellen graduated with a PhD in Applied Health and Social Psychology from Graham Behavioral Medicine Lab in 2020.