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Welcome to my website!
I am an Assistant Professor of Public Health at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County and director of the Research on Social Conditions and Health Equity Lab. I am passionate about using data-driven methods to better understand the health and experiences of marginalized and oppressed populations around the world. |
I have 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 to study the social and structural determinants of health and health inequities, 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 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.
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'm a fierce work-life balance advocate - in my free time you can find me being an overzealous dogmom to my two rescue dogs, trying out new recipes, reading a mystery novel, or glued to a new TV series!
My research is cross-cutting and my most recent projects include 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.
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'm a fierce work-life balance advocate - in my free time you can find me being an overzealous dogmom to my two rescue dogs, trying out new recipes, reading a mystery novel, or glued to a new TV series!
