PhD, MPH
Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology
UNC-Chapel Hill
Cancer Epidemiology
Area of Interest
I am Associate Professor of Epidemiology and member of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. I am a cancer epidemiologist and quantitative methodologist. I obtained postdoctoral training in healthcare delivery data science as an AcademyHealth Delivery Systems Science Fellow (DSSF). I also enjoyed a 10-year career as a clinical data manager for oncology clinical trials prior to my postgraduate training period.
My research program lies at the intersection of three interrelated foci:
- Identifying patterns of, and disparities in healthcare delivery for cancer, especially screening and diagnosis
- Disentangling the drivers of healthcare disparities, especially as they relate to social determinants of health (SDoH)
- “Big data” methods for population health research, especially the development of methods to improve the “research use” of electronic health records (EHRs)
