I am a health services researcher interested in alcohol use and misuse, particularly among adults with chronic conditions, and how to better harness the health care delivery system to reduce alcohol-related harms. This work draws from the fields of management and organizational behavior, health policy and administration, and alcohol and cardiovascular disease epidemiology.

My current research focuses on three major areas:

1. Identifying organizational and provider characteristics linked with the provision of quality alcohol-related care in health care settings.

2. Building the evidence for behavioral health integration by better understanding the role of alcohol use in the management and progression of chronic conditions.

3. Developing and evaluating innovative policy and clinical solutions to increase identification of alcohol problems and engagement in treatment services, particularly within established care settings.

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I am an assistant professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the University of Maryland School of Public Health, where I teach health care strategic planning and marketing to masters students. 

I was previously a postdoctoral fellow at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in the NHLBI T32 Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology & Prevention Training Program. I received a PhD in health policy (subfield: organizations and management) from University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health and an MPH (subfield: social and behavioral sciences) from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. I was also a NIAAA T32 pre-doctoral fellow at the Alcohol Research Group.