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  2. Leigh Anne Aaron

Leigh Anne Aaron


FACS Program Development Coordinator

Northeast District

Leigh Anne Aaron
Leigh Anne Aaron
Areas of expertiseEducationAwards and honorsScholarly works

Areas of expertise

Biochemistry and Cell BiologyMedical Biochemistry and Metabolomics

Education

Bachelor of Science in Family and Consumer Sciences, Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General

Georgia Southern University, GA, United States (1996)

Awards and Honors

  • Program Research Through Excellence Award- State (2024)
  • Mary W. Wells Memorial Diversity Award- State (2024)
  • NEAFCS Excellence in Teamwork Award (2020)
  • Family Health & Wellness Award (2nd Place) (2018)
  • Community Partnership Award (2018)
  • Extension Housing Outreach (2017)
  • Extension Housing Outreach – Southern Region (2017)

Scholarly Works

  • Examining College Students’ Attitudes Toward Poverty During the Adult Role of the Community Action Poverty Simulation, Journal of Human Sciences and Extension.
    Parks JM, Johnson P, Moorman DC, Worthy S, Aaron LA
  • Low‐abundance plasma protein differences between African‐American and Caucasian early pubertal females following supplementation with 9 mg Zn (1043.10), The FASEB Journal, (2014).
    Grider A, Lewis R, Laing E, Wickwire K
  • The impact of youth-focused relationship education: Lessons learned from the field, (2011).
    Futris T, Aaron LA, Campbell C, Dekle M, Scarrow A … 1 more
  • Increasing Cancer Screening and Changing Cancer Prevention Behaviors for Women in Georgia, (2017).
    Beltran I, Thomas K, Black T, Ogden J, Cotto-Rivera E … 7 more
  • Increasing Cancer Screening and Changing Cancer Prevention Behaviors for Women in Georgia, (2018).
    Beltran I, Thomas K, Bentley R, Aaron LA, Black T … 10 more

View full list of scholarly works

Contact

laa@uga.edu 706-542-2363

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311 Hoke Smith Bldg.
Athens, GA 30602

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Athens, GA 30602

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