My research focuses on the effects of macroeconomic conditions and individual-level economic shocks as drivers of health and human capital outcomes. I am interested in how various dimensions of economic opportunity impact near-term health and accumulate over the life-course, and how these effects are perpetuated or mitigated by public policies. Much of my research focuses on how labor market policies such as the Earned Income Tax Credit and the minimum wage may serve as levers to alleviate health disparities and improve population health.
Beginning in August 2025, I will be a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Economics at the University of Missouri - Columbia, where I will also be affiliated with the Social Impact Lab. I was a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Department of Epidemiology and Population Health at the Stanford University School of Medicine from 2022–2025. I received my PhD in Health Policy (concentration in health economics) and an MPH in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from the University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health. I previously worked as a research associate at the Urban Institute in Washington, DC.