I am a social and behavioral scientist whose work highlights the use of data to tell stories that can improve public health and patient care, with an emphasis on chronic disease prevention.

I have experience working across sectors (e.g., academia, government, industry) to understand and address root causes affecting issues of health care access and equity. I began my career as a program evaluator at the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, where I worked on two CDC-funded grants addressing the state’s persistent racial and socioeconomic disparities in diabetes and heart disease. For this work, I received the the Dr. Rick Foster Leadership Award from Live Healthy South Carolina (2020) and the Rising Star Award from the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors (2022). I was recently named to the Boston Congress of Public Health’s 40 Under 40 in Public Health (2023) and received the Early Career Award from the Public Health Education and Health Promotion (PHEHP) section of APHA (2023).

I am currently a mixed methods research manager at athenahealth, where I use qualitative and quantitative data to examine ways to advance health equity and improve the business of health care.

After living in South Carolina for the last few years, I am happy to be back in my home state of New Hampshire, enjoying life on the seacoast.

Education

  • Inducted into Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health 2022)

    Breakthrough Graduate Scholar Award (2021)

    Rhude M. Patterson Graduate Trustee Fellowship (2020)

    Delta Omega Fellowship, Mu Chapter (2019-2020)

    Dean’s Award for Excellence in Leadership (2019)

    Graduate Civic Scholar (2018-2019)

    Presidential Fellowship (2016-2020)

  • Fellow, Early Childhood Health & Development, Yale Global Health Leadership Institute (2015)

    Fellow, Global Health Justice Partnership, Yale Schools of Public Health and Law (2014-2016)

  • Commencement Speaker in Health: Science, Society and Policy (2014)

    Outstanding Undergraduate Departmental Representative Award (2014)

    Jacques and Diana Cohen Award for Interdisciplinary Studies (2013)

    Provost’s Undergraduate Research Fellowship (2013)

    Jerome A. Schiff Undergraduate Research Fellowship (2012-2023)