Amy Wahlquist is a Research Associate Professor and biostatistician at East Tennessee State University’s (ETSU) Center for Rural Health Research. She received her BS in mathematics and computer science from Emory & Henry College (2004) and her MS in biostatistics from Virginia Commonwealth University (2006). She completed a Clinical Trials in Research Ethics Fellowship from the Medical University of South Carolina (2020). She has served as a collaborative biostatistician for the past 16+ years with focus areas including tobacco cessation and cancer research. She has over 90 co-authored publications and has personal research interests in study design and statistical analysis and mental health in young adults. Prior to coming to ETSU (2020), she worked at MUSC (2006-2020) and earned the Department of Public Health Sciences Faculty Award for Excellence in Research Collaboration (2019). She is a member of the Tennessee Public Health association and the Rural Health Association of Tennessee.