about

I am an Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in the Department of Health Systems, Management & Policy within the Colorado School of Public Health. I am also a research affiliate of the CU Injury and Violence Prevention Center, the CU Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative, and the Children's Data Network. 

I study public child- & family-serving systems, public health surveillance of child maltreatment, and the role of social policy in promoting maternal & child health and safety. I primarily use theory-driven, social epidemiologic models and population-based, linked administrative records to inform the development of policies and practices that support children and families. 

I am currently the PI on a K01 award from the CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control to examine state paid family leave as a potential approach to mitigating family violence after the birth a new child. My project focuses on the recently implemented Colorado Family and Medical Leave Insurance (FAMLI) program.

Previously, I used large datasets to advance social justice aims at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), the Public Health Foundation of India, the National Court Appointed Special Advocates/Guardians ad Litem Association for Children, and the Global Center for Integrated Health of Women, Adolescents, and Children. My work can be found in Child Abuse & Neglect, The Lancet, and BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, among other academic journals. 

I earned my Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work. In 2017, I completed an MPH in global health (health metrics) at the University of Washington and a three-year data science fellowship at IHME. I attended Colorado College and graduated with distinction in Neuroscience, minoring in Bioethics.