Dr. Marr-Lyon is responsible for survey writing and design, program evaluation, quantitative research design and statistical analyses at the PRC. She serves as the lead program evaluator for the ACL Teen Center prevention programs. She is active in presenting multivariate research at regional and national conferences. Her most recent conference presentations stem from the Keeping Family Traditions programs delivered by ACL Teen Center prevention staff. These presentations encompass a participatory process that was used to generate a psychometrically sound measure of parenting processes among American Indian parent participants of the KFT programs.

Dr. Marr-Lyon also serves as a bio-statistician for an NIH funded grant partnership between UNM’s department of OBGYN and Los Alamos National Laboratory. She also has an appointment with the Department of Pharmacy where she serves as a bio-statistician. She has publications in Gynecologic Oncology and Clinical Toxicology. She has other manuscripts in review and pending acceptance with the Journal of Drug Education.

Dr. Marr-Lyon is a licensed school psychologist in New Mexico. She earned a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from Washington State University of July of 2000.