Ms. Hightshoe has been a research coordinator with the University of Colorado since 1999. She has experience coordinating large research studies and collaborating with local, state, and national partners. Her research focuses on children's developmental and mental health. Ms. Hightshoe currently coordinates the Colorado site of the CDC-funded Study to Explore Early Development (SEED), a large multi-state, multi-year epidemiologic study of autism and Project SUCCEED: Supporting Colorado Children's Early Emotional Development, a Mental Health Awareness Training (MHAT) grant funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Ms. Hightshoe is also the Public Health Discipline Director with JFK Partners' Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LEND) program.