Growing up in a community along the U.S. Mexico border- a region marked by stark inequality and contradiction – alerted me to the ways that health can make visible the social divisions and inequities most deeply naturalized in our society. This view of population health research as a tool in the struggle for equity and inclusion continues to motivate my work.
My research uses health as an entry point for studying social inequality. Currently, my research is organized around four lines of inquiry: 1) structural disparities in COVID-19 mortality and related consequences; 2) structural racism and the health consequences of racialization, 3) state policy and health inequality in the U.S., and 4) migration and health over the life course.
I am also interested in computational methods for analysis of new data sources, as well as the ethical considerations of novel computational approaches to social science.
Awards / Honors / Selected Grants
2021 // Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Sciences, Postdoctoral Award
2019 // NSHAP Fellows Program, Invited Fellow (2019-2021)
2018 // Excellence in Course Design, Chicago Center for Teaching, Honorable Mention
2018 // First Place Poster, International Conference on Aging in the Americas
2018 // Pozen Center Prize Lectureship in Human Rights, University of Chicago