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Education & Training

Lake Tekapo and Mount Cook

New Zealand

Education

2012
University of Michigan
Bachelor of Arts

Social Anthropology

Dual sociology and anthropology concentration with a focus in medical anthropology

2015
Columbia University
Master of Public Health

Sociomedical Sciences

 

Certificate in Public Health Research Methods

2021
Duke University
Doctor of Philosophy

Sociology

Specialization:

Medical Sociology and Demography

2021-2023

Postdoctoral Fellow

Aging Center, Duke University

NIA T32AG000029

I leveraged population-level and electronic health record data to investigate racial differences in hearing loss. I was awarded the Maddox Aspiring Investigator Award by the Aging Center.

Supervisors:

  • Matthew E. Dupre

  • Sherri L. Smith

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2015-2021

PhD

Medical Sociology

Duke University

My dissertation examined stress proliferation and disability over the life course using longitudinal, nationally representative data.

 

The chapters have been published here and here.

Supervisors:

  • Scott M. Lynch

  • Jen'nan G. Read

2013-2015

MPH

Columbia University

I received an MPH in Sociomedical Sciences with a certificate in Public Health Research Methods from the Mailman School of Public Health.

 

Supervisors

  • Corinne Kirchner

  • Konstantina Stankovic

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2012-2013

Research Fellow

Massachusetts Eye and Ear
Harvard Medical School

Under the supervision of Dr. Konstantina Stankovic, I designed and conducted a survey-based study of how people disclose their hearing loss to others.

2008-2012

BA
University of Michigan

Distinction and High Honors

My honors thesis was awarded the Robert Cooley Angell Honors Thesis Award for the best Sociology honors thesis.

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