My career in research has largely been motivated by better understanding how systematic lapses in healthcare contributed to health inequities amongst hidden and underserved populations.From developing better mental health interventions in Flint, Michigan to partnering with Chicago Department of Public Health to launch novel approaches to overdose prevention on Chicago’s south side, I’ve worked in a variety of settings, tackling a variety of issues.

I am a mixed-methods public health researcher with a Masters from the University of Michigan and doctoral training in public health at the University of of Illinois Chicago. For the past eight years, I’ve designed and conducted community-based studies on substance use, harm reduction and health equity. Real community-based work means working alongside communities, asking hard questions, listening- and taking answers and criticisms seriously.

My work has taken me from field-based qualitative research at University of California, San Diego to working with City-level stakeholders at Community level stakeholders at Community Outreach Intervention Projects in Chicago and on the side, advising harm reduction nonprofits on evaluation strategy.

Along the way, I’ve published in Journals like Social Science & Medicine, Addiction and PLOS One and presented findings nationally and internationally.

My training is doctoral. My Priorities are communities