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PhD, MPH
Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology
UNC-Chapel Hill
Cancer Epidemiology

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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:

  1. Identifying patterns of, and disparities in healthcare delivery for cancer, especially screening and diagnosis
  2. Disentangling the drivers of healthcare disparities, especially as they relate to social determinants of health (SDoH)
  3. “Big data” methods for population health research, especially the development of methods to improve the “research use” of electronic health records (EHRs)

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