Postdoctoral fellow specializing in
stigma, health disparities, and health
equity. Over a decade of experience in
both quantitative and qualitative
research across multiple topic areas,
including sexual and reproductive
health and tobacco/nicotine research.
My primary area of expertise is health
equity, and I am especially interested
in the ways that stigma and bias are
related to health behaviors and
outcomes. My doctoral training focused
on reproductive health stigma,
particularly abortion stigma, and the
ways that healthcare providers' biases
impact reproductive healthcare. As a
postdoc, I have expanded my interest
in stigma into nicotine and tobacco
research, and have been exploring how
smoking-related stigma is related to
smoking intensity, reduction, and
cessation among individuals from
historically oppressed groups.
Regardless of the subject area, my
goals is to reduce the impacts of bias
and stigma, promote health equity, and
minimize negative outcomes for
individuals most impacted by systemic
oppression. I have extensive
experience in both quantitative and
qualitative designs. My quantiative
research experience is primarily with
survey-based designs and experimental
designs, but also includes experience
with randomized controlled trial
research. In conjunction with my
research design skills, I have built
strong quantitative data analysis
skills, including ANOVA/ANCOVA, linear
and logistic regression applications,
and structural equation modeling.
While I primarily work in SPSS, I have
working knowledge of both R and SAS.
Beyond expertise with quantitative
methods, I have robust experience with
mixed methods and qualitative research
methods. I have conducted and led
multiple mixed methods and qualitative
projects, including projects that use
semi-structured interview and focus
groups. Further, during my
postdoctoral training, one of my main
training areas was qualitative
research. I led the qualitative data
analysis portion of a mixed-methods
R01 NIDA-funded clinical trial on
e-cigarette use. As a result, I have
extensive experience using and
training others to use NVivo
qualitative coding software, with
working knowledge of ATLAS.ti and
MaxQDA. Finally, I am a science
communicator, focusing on
communicating research findings to
non-scientists. Durin my postdoctoral
training, I earned a certificate in
science communication. I have created
written and visual communications
related to my own research areas that
were disseminated to research
participants and community members.