About me

I am an early career social epidemiologist and population health researcher at the Institute of Social Research & Data Innovation at the University of Minnesota. My research is broadly focused on the intersection of economics, sexual health, and the prevention of gender-based violence in the United States and in low- and middle-income countries. Using my multidisciplinary training, I employ causal inference, spatial, and data science methods in my work and am interested in leveraging innovative data including remotely-sensed and passively-collected data. I am passionate about health equity and developing and testing public health interventions to minimize the effects of severe weather, natural disasters, and other complex humanitarian emergencies.

Much of my work focuses on gender as a social determinant of health. I am particularly interested in how power relations and gender norms interact to effect health outcomes for women with the end goal of reducing gendered health disparities.