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phd candidate · health policy & decision sciences · harvard university
My research develops and applies methods in causal inference, decision modeling, and reinforcement learning to generate and synthesize evidence to support better decision-making in health and public policy. I study the impacts of physician behavior, health policies, and personalized medicine.
I am an NIMH T32 Predoctoral Research Fellow in Comparative Effectiveness Research for Suicide Prevention at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Research Statistician with The U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs. I also care deeply about teaching—I have been very fortunate to work with many students at Harvard, The University of Chicago, and New Haven Public Schools during my time as a Teach For America corps member.
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2026-05
newAwarded the Dean’s Award for Excellence in Student Teaching by the Harvard Kennedy School.
2026-05
newPresented at the 36th Annual POMS Conference.
2026-05
newPosted a preprint of new paper: The Effect of Legalizing Online Sports Gambling on Population Mental Health.
2026-03
Selected (29/132) for the 2026 IOE-ISyE-MS&E Rising Stars Workshop. People’s Choice Award for poster presentation🏅
2026-03
Finalist in Harvard’s Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Competition.
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2025-09
2025-06
Awarded the Distinction in Student Teaching, Harvard Kennedy School.
2024-05
Awarded the Distinction in Student Teaching and the Dean’s Award for Excellence in Student Teaching, Harvard Kennedy School. ↗
2024-05
Awarded NIMH T32 Predoctoral Fellowship in Comparative Effectiveness Research for Suicide Risk Prevention.
2024-02
Received the 2024 Howard Raiffa Award, Harvard Center for Risk Analysis.
2023-09
2023-01
Received the 2023 Howard Raiffa Award, Harvard Center for Risk Analysis.