I am an interdisciplinary health inequities researcher specializing in social epidemiology and qualitative methods.
I have two complementary research streams:
(1) investigating the impacts of structural factors on health and well-being across the life course
(2) developing and evaluating equitable health interventions.
I hold a PhD in Population Health from Northeastern University. I did my undergraduate work at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and received my master's from Columbia University. I use quantitative and qualitative methods, and I've conducted research globally in East Africa as well as domestically in the U.S.
My research is cross-cutting and my most recent projects include investigating intimate partner violence and abortion, understanding the health of undocumented immigrants from Asian countries in the U.S., providing more nuanced perspectives on abortion attitudes in the U.S., exploring partisan polarization and mortality, and investigating immigrant health experiences across the immigration status continuum. I am currently a presently a Co-Investigator on an NIH R01 grant to create a machine-learning-based risk prediction model to identify individuals with unmet social needs in emergency departments in Maryland and develop a social engagement support system. I was also a 2024 Changemakers in Family Planning Fellow from the Society of Family Planning.
I have experience teaching at the undergraduate and graduate level. As an educator, I use a social justice lens to highlight the structures and systems that perpetuate inequities in our society and how best to dismantle these to improve the health of the public. I am deeply driven to mentor and guide women in academia and encourage more women to enter public health and epidemiology.
I have two complementary research streams:
(1) investigating the impacts of structural factors on health and well-being across the life course
(2) developing and evaluating equitable health interventions.
I hold a PhD in Population Health from Northeastern University. I did my undergraduate work at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and received my master's from Columbia University. I use quantitative and qualitative methods, and I've conducted research globally in East Africa as well as domestically in the U.S.
My research is cross-cutting and my most recent projects include investigating intimate partner violence and abortion, understanding the health of undocumented immigrants from Asian countries in the U.S., providing more nuanced perspectives on abortion attitudes in the U.S., exploring partisan polarization and mortality, and investigating immigrant health experiences across the immigration status continuum. I am currently a presently a Co-Investigator on an NIH R01 grant to create a machine-learning-based risk prediction model to identify individuals with unmet social needs in emergency departments in Maryland and develop a social engagement support system. I was also a 2024 Changemakers in Family Planning Fellow from the Society of Family Planning.
I have experience teaching at the undergraduate and graduate level. As an educator, I use a social justice lens to highlight the structures and systems that perpetuate inequities in our society and how best to dismantle these to improve the health of the public. I am deeply driven to mentor and guide women in academia and encourage more women to enter public health and epidemiology.