My advisor is Dr Catherine Haggerty, the Director of the Reproductive, Perinatal & Pediatric Area of Emphasis in the Department of Epidemiology. She is working on a group of The Pittsburgh Study called Healthy Environments and Strong Bodies, which has been my main involvement as her graduate student researcher. I have strong interests in infectious diseases and reproductive health, namely HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. Additionally, I am interested in pharmacoepidemiology, social determinants of health, and health equity. 

I received my bachelor’s degree in 2019, studying public health and statistics. I began my graduate education immediately following, receiving my Master of Public Health degree in epidemiology in 2021. Here, I completed my master’s practicum and essay on COVID-19 racial and ethnic disparities in the United States, as well as the variation of how race and ethnicity data for cases and deaths were being reported at the state level. I have continued into the doctoral program in Epidemiology, where I will soon begin dissertation research, which is to be determined. As of now, I would like to pursue a career in public health as an epidemiologist at the federal level.