About Me
I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. My research applies community-engaged and mixed-method approaches to improve health and health care access. Much of my current research focuses on understanding how we can help everyone benefit from potentially lifesaving preventive services, such as cancer screening. As part of this research, I examine mistrust of the U.S. health care system and investigate approaches for increasing the trustworthiness of health care providers and systems.
My overarching career goal is to lead interdisciplinary efforts that translate research results into trustworthy interventions and policies that improve health for all patients.
Previously, I was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, a Research Associate at the American Institutes for Research, and a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Research Scholar. My research has been published in leading medical and public health journals, such as Social Science and Medicine, JAMA Network Open, Health Services Research, Annual Review of Public Health and CHEST.