Dr. Risica is working on several pilot projects to broaden her research with community and academic partners: 1) the Hassenfeld Child Health Innovation Institute to study the influences of stress and sleep on maternal feeding intentions and behaviors; 2) Women and Infant's Hospital (Kristen Matteson, MD) to study lower opioid use and greater disposal after surgery; 3) the LIFE study (Audry Tyrka, MD and Karen Jennings, PhD, RN) to examine the effects of childhood trauma/maltreatment on adult diet and obesity risk; 4) Institute of Population, Health and Development (Huy Ha, MD, DrPH and team, Hanoi City, Vietnam) to identify ways to decrease environmental tobacco exposure among pregnant Vietnamese women; 5) Clinica Esperanza (Annie Degroot, MD and team) to study and strengthen Vida Sana, a program to decrease metabolic risk among a mostly Hispanic community. Dr. Risica also served from 2015-2020 as the Evaluator for the CDC funded WISEWOMAN program and 2018-2020 for Women's Cancer Screening Program. She has served as the Epidemiologist and Evaluator for the Initiative for Healthy Weight (IHW) for the Department of Health (DOH) (2009-2014). In these roles, Dr. Risica interfaces with many divisions and projects within the DOH as well as the many community partners working on IHW workgroups and projects.