about me
I am a health care researcher with expertise in a range of decision sciences methods that many perceive to be disparate, but which I have proven to be complementary tools for the development and adoption of interventions and policies to improve pediatric chronic disease management. The majority of my work focuses on pediatric health, obesity, and diabetes. I have been PI of research funded by NIH, AHRQ, the American Heart Association, and the American Diabetes Association. You can view my published research at PubMed or Google Scholar.Â
I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Population Medicine, a research and academic partnership between the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute and Harvard Medical School. There, I am the Associate Director of the Division of Child Health Research and Policy (CheRP). I am also on faculty in the Harvard PhD Program in Health Policy and the Harvard-Wide Pediatric Health Services Research Fellowship. From 2012-2019, I was on faculty at the University of Washington in the Department of Pediatrics and the Department of Pharmacy.
In 2004, I received a BS in Polymer and Textile Chemistry from the Georgia Institute of Technology where I was a President’s Scholar and ORISE Fellow. I earned my PhD in Health Policy and Decision Sciences from Harvard University in 2012 where I received the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. I am a former Trustee of the Society for Medical Decision Making, am the co-Chair of the Decision Sciences for Child Health Collaborative, am a Statistical and Methods Reviewer for JAMA Network Open, and am on the Editorial Board of Applied Health Economics and Health Policy.Â
I am an accomplished public speaker and have given over 85 invited research and career development lectures. I am an active user of social media and advise academics on how to effectively use social media to promote their careers. I also enjoy devising clever research study acronyms.
In my free time, I enjoy sewing, exploring libraries, following Formula 1 racing (#44), and competitive storytelling.
Academic Affiliations
Associate Professor, Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute
Associate Director, Division of Child Health Research and Policy (CHeRP)
Faculty Member, Division of Chronic Disease Across the Lifecourse (CoRAL)
Postdoctoral Fellowship Affiliations
Senior Leadership and Faculty Member, Harvard-wide Pediatric Health Services Research Fellowship Program
Faculty Member, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health – Dana–Farber/Harvard Cancer Center (DF/HCC) Educational Program in Cancer Prevention
Faculty Member, Harvard Medical School Fellowship in General Medicine and Primary Care
Faculty, Harvard PhD Program in Health Policy
Committee for Higher Degrees in Health Policy
Health Policy Graduate Curricular Committee
Admissions Committee
Affiliate Faculty, Center for Health Decision Sciences at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (HSPH)
Affiliate Faculty, University of Washington Comparative Health Outcomes, Policy, and Economics (CHOICE) Institute
Professional Societies
Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM)
2022 Â Â Â Co-Chair, 44th Annual N.A. Meeting [Better for Whom? Advancing Equity in Medical Decision Making]
2020— Co-Chair, Decision Sciences for Child Health CollaborativeÂ
2019—2022 Trustee
2019—2020 Social Media Chair, North American Annual Meeting
2020—2023 Co-Chair, Digital Communications Committee
2014— Abstract Reviewer
2011— Member
2020—2021 Chair, Funding Subcommittee Working Group on Diversity & Inclusion
2017—2022 Oversight Advisory Committee, Children's Strategically Focused Research Network
Editorial Activities
2022— Editorial Board, Applied Health Economics and Health Policy
2022—    Statistics and Methods Reviewer, JAMA Network Open
Ad Hoc Reviewer: Â Applied Clinical Informatics, Applied Health Economics and Health Policy, Behavioral Public Policy, Childhood Obesity, Health Affairs, Healthcare, International Journal of Obesity, JAMA Network Open, JAMA Pediatrics, JAMA Psychiatry, Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Journal of Pediatrics, Journal of Pediatric Psychology, Medical Decision Making, Medical Decision Making Policy & Practice, Obesity, Pediatrics, Pharmacoeconomics, PLOS One, Public Health Nutrition, Value in Health
