I am Assistant Professor of Clinical Medical Sociology (in Psychiatry and Sociomedical Sciences) at Columbia University and a Research Scientist at the New York State Psychiatric Institute. I take an intersectional, mixed-methods approach to examine social and structural inequities shaping health, well-being, and access to economic resources among marginalized communities.

 

I am particularly motivated to understand—and develop interventions to address—how economic marginalization, race-, gender-, and sexuality-based oppression, and multi-level stigma drive health inequities among sexual and gender diverse people. I strive to conduct community-driven research that can improve mental, physical, and economic well-being.

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From 2019 to 2022, I was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the NIMH T32 Program at the HIV Center. I completed a PhD in Sociology as well as a certificate in LGBTQ/Sexualities Studies at the University of Texas at Austin in 2019.