Assistant Professor
Preventive Medicine, Rush Medical College
Role: Researcher
Joined Rush in 2015
I’ve always liked working with numbers. When I learned about the field of epidemiology and what it means to study health at the population level, I knew I had found my path.
I love Rush’s commitment to the community.
I would not be where I am today if it hadn’t been for good mentors who helped me find my way.
Find a topic that excites you, and go from there. Getting a PhD is a long road, and if you don’t love what you do, you are doing a disservice to yourself.
I love animals, and I spend a lot of my free time volunteering with One Tail at a Time dog rescue. I also volunteer with the Birthday Party Project, a nonprofit that throws birthday parties for kids in homeless shelters. Volunteering has helped me meet a ton of great people, and it helped me make friends when I was new to Chicago.