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I am a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Department of Health, Society, & Behavior and an affiliate of the Center for Population, Inequality, & Policy at the University of California, Irvine. My research examines how structural factors and life course stressors impact perinatal, mental, and other health outcomes and seeks to clarify how these forces contribute to health inequities across time and generations. I received my joint PhD in Sociology and Public Policy at Duke University in May 2023.

 

Much of my recent work explores how social contexts & policies contribute to the intergenerational transmission of racial-ethnic health inequities through birth outcomes, both at macro- and micro-levels.​ In other work, I explore the mental health consequences of social stressors, such as discrimination and bereavement.

 

I have also led and collaborated on several projects that seek to improve both our ability to conduct social science research on hard-to-reach populations and our measurement of health indicators (e.g., fetal death, health equity).  

 

I have published lead-author and collaborative work in Demography, Journal of Health & Social Behavior, Social Science & Medicine, SSM-Mental Health, and SSM-Population Health. My work has been supported by Duke University's Phillip Jackson Baugh Fellowship.