About

I am a Health Policy PhD candidate specializing in Health Economics at Stanford University. I obtained my Statistics M.S. focusing on a wide range of quantitative tools, ranging from quasi-experimental methods for causal inference to machine learning methods. My recent research interests have focused on the economic drivers of obesity in low- and middle-income countries. Before Stanford, I was a research fellow at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. I like open data, reproducible research, and making complex statistical concepts easy to understand. Other interests include coffee, travel, board games, rock climbing, and disco music.

Education

Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA

• Ph.D. Candidate, Health Policy/Health Economics (2017 – Current)
• Stanford Graduate Fellowship, Gerhard Casper Fellow (2018 – Current): Award for most outstanding Stanford PhD students in science and engineering
• Health Research and Policy Department Fellowship, (2019)
• M.S., Statistics, Focus: Statistical Inference (2016 – 2017)

University of Washington, Seattle, WA

• Non-matriculated Graduate Student, Focus: Global Health Metrics (2013 – 2015)
• Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation Post-Bachelor Fellowship: Fellowship to train the next generation of scholars and leaders in global health measurement and evaluation

Columbia University, Columbia College, New York, NY

• B.A., Major: Economics - Mathematics, Minor: Business Management (2009 – 2013)

Technical Proficiencies

Programming Languages: R, Python, Stata/Mata, C++, SQL, JavaScript, HTML, CSS

Operating Systems: Linux, Windows

Languages: Native in English, conversant in French

Professional Experience

Stanford University

• Gerhard Casper Fellow (Palo Alto, CA; June 2018 – Present)

• Teaching Assistant, Outcomes Analysis (BIOMEDIN 251, HRP252, MED 252) (Palo Alto, CA; April 2020 – June 2020)

• Research Assistant, Socio-Economic Determinants of Obesity (Palo Alto, CA; September 2017 – June 2018)

Council on Foreign Relations

• Consultant, Health Systems and Disease Forecasting (Palo Alto, CA; November 2016 – June 2020)

Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation

• Researcher, Health Expenditure and Financial Forecasting (Seattle, WA; September 2015 – Present)

• Practicum Student, University Teaching Hospital, Infectuous Disease Unit (Lusaka, Zambia; July 2015 – August 2015)

• Post-Bachelor Fellow, Health Financing (Seattle, WA; September 2013 – September 2015)

Center for Global Development

• Consultant, Results-Based Financing (New York, NY; November 2012 – April 2013)

• Research Intern, Cash on Delivery Aid Program (Washington, DC; June – August 2011)

Department of Interior

• Summer Fellow, Office of Public Engagement (Washington, DC; June – August 2010)