I am a medical, organizational, and mixed methods sociologist. My research seeks to identify the organizational, regulatory, and professional conditions that facilitate or impede the provision of ethical, equitable, and high-quality healthcare. My current work studies the organ donation system.

I’m a PhD candidate in the Department of Sociology at UCLA, supported by an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. My projects use in-depth interviewing, observation, administrative data analysis, survey experiments, and social network analysis.

Before UCLA, I was a fellow in the Department of Bioethics at the National Institutes of Health, where I conducted normative and empirical research on the ethics of genomic testing and pediatric research.

My research has appeared in social science (Social Science & Medicine, Sociology of Health & Illness), medical (Pediatrics, Genetics in Medicine), public health (American Journal of Public Health), and bioethics (Journal of Bioethical Inquiry) journals.

I also write for general audiences, in Slate, HuffPost, and The Pennsylvania Gazette.