Lea received her bachelor’s degree in Biobehavioral Health and a minor in Military Studies from The Pennsylvania State University in May 2023. She also commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army as a Medical Services Officer. She is currently working as an ER Patient Care Technician at UPMC Harrisburg. She will be applying to medical school and hopes to begin Fall of 2024.
Honors/Awards:
- Summa Cum Laude Academic Distinction
- Vice President Award – Outstanding ROTC Scholar Leader
- ROTC Student Marshall in College of Health and Human Development
- CPT Brian Faunce Memorial Award
- Joint Service Scholarship Excellence Award
- Fall 2019 – Spring 2023, 8 semesters on Dean’s List
- Spring 2022 – American Legion Scholarship Excellence Award
- Fall 2019 – Physical Excellence Training Award
- February 2019 – ROTC Challenge Coin
- October 2019 – Cadet of the Month
Selected Publications:
Glenn, S. D., Turrisi, R., Mallett, K. A., Waldron, K. A., & Lenker, L. K. (2023). Examination of brief parent-based interventions to reduce drinking outcomes on a nationally representative sample of teenagers. Journal of Adolescent Health. PMID: 37966409
Selected Presentations:
Stull, P., Lenker, L., Alstaedter, A., Glenn, S. D., & Richards, V. L. (2023, April). Defining parental permissiveness, self-efficacy, engagement, and concern through a qualitative coding analysis using a parent-based intervention. Poster presented at the Penn State University Undergraduate Exhibition, University Park, PA.
Lenker, L., Stull, P., Ko, S., Waldron, K., & Turrisi, R. (2022, April). Single and dual parent communication with teens about underage drinking [poster presentation]. Virtual Presentation at the Penn State Undergraduate Research Symposium, University Park, PA. Lenker, Stull, Ko, Waldron, & Turrisi poster
Waldron, K. A., Glenn, S. D., Ko, S., Lenker, L., Stull, P., Kornack, E., Nolte, N., McHugh, M., & Turrisi, R. J. (2022, April). Comparing single vs. dual parent households on a brief parent-based intervention for underage teens. Poster presented at the 5th Annual Founder’s Endowment for Excellence and Innovation Research Day, University Park, PA.
Glenn, S. D., Waldron, K. A., Kornack, E. C., Nolte, N., McHugh, M., Ko, S., Stull, P., Lenker, L., Turrisi, R., & Mallett, K. A. (2022, April). Alcohol-induced blackout consequences predict alcohol dependency symptoms among college student drinkers. Poster presented at the 5th Annual Founder’s Endowment for Excellence and Innovation Research Day, University Park, PA.