Education:

• 2012 – Doctorate in Health Services Research, University of Washington.
• 2002 – Master in Public Health, Yale.
• 1994 – BA in Liberal Arts, Sarah Lawrence College.

Academic appointments:

• Associate Professor at the School of Medicine, OHSU and the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health.
• Visiting professor at the National Institute of Public Health, Mexico.
• Researcher affiliated with CISIDAT.

Research interests:

• Methodological approach around improving causal inference in non-random designs, including developing suitable comparison groups, triangulation of data sources and analytical methods, and data correlation.
• Impact evaluation includes evaluating clinical training programs to national policies and their populations of interest, such as adolescents, poor women, and clinical apprentices.

Featured projects:

• It is currently associated with Oregon’s State to study the family planning program state in collaboration with the National Institute of Public Health of Mexico.
• She participated as a volunteer for the Peace Corps in Senegal. She has also worked in Burkina Faso, Mexico, Colombia, with maternal health and family planning issues.