I am an epidemiologist working as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of California, Irvine, Wen School of Population & Public Health and an affiliate of the Center for Population, Inequality, and Policy.
My current research focuses on how changes in policy (e.g., laws that criminalize prenatal and postpartum substance use) and health services (e.g., advances in neonatal intensive care) affect outcomes across the reproductive life course, including pregnancy loss, birth outcomes, and maternal morbidity and mortality. A portion of my work is dedicated to applied methods, namely characterizing how select study design decisions can impede valid interpretation of reproductive health effects and devising strategies to navigate these challenges.
I received my PhD and MPH in Epidemiology from the Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, where I was a NIDA T32 Predoctoral Fellow and an ARCS Foundation Scholar.
