Turning evidence
into better policy.
I'm a health policy researcher supporting CMS and AHRQ — translating complex research into the briefs, scans, and evidence that federal decision-makers actually use, with a focus on behavioral health integration.
Where research meets the system.
My work lives at the intersection of rigorous research and federal implementation — the point where a systematic review becomes a payment model, and a stakeholder interview becomes a program that works better.
Policy analysis
Medicare & Medicaid payment, quality, and delivery — synthesized for the people making the call.
Behavioral health
Integrating mental health into primary care — my north star, from Glasgow to AHRQ.
Evidence synthesis
Systematic reviews, environmental scans, and literature reviews that hold up to scrutiny.
Qualitative research
Coding and analyzing stakeholder interviews in NVivo to surface what the data alone can't.
A track record in federal health policy.
- Support federal health policy & implementation research for CMS and AHRQ — Medicare payment models, quality improvement, and behavioral health integration.
- Manage monitoring & evaluation for CMS' ESRD Quality Incentive Program, coordinating 50+ deliverables against federal quality and accessibility standards.
- Author quarterly 30+ page environmental scans on dialysis policy, payment, and quality — presented directly to CMS leadership.
- Code and analyze 100+ stakeholder interviews in NVivo to identify implementation challenges and emerging policy themes.
- Support the GUIDE and ACCESS Models with technical-assistance resources and stakeholder communications reaching 4,000+ participants.
- Support AHRQ's Behavioral Health Integration work — evidence synthesis, national resource repositories, and authoring on primary-care transformation and AI.
- Conducted a systematic review of 47 international studies on school-based mental health interventions to identify evidence for effective child & adolescent policy.
- Synthesized findings across 20 countries and 7,163 participants, emphasizing implementation in low- and middle-income settings.
- Produced a distinction-level dissertation and presented findings through academic publications and research presentations.
- Supported executive leadership — coordinating projects, preparing board materials, and building presentations used for strategic decisions.
- Drove strategic-partnership initiatives through stakeholder engagement, project coordination, and relationship management.
- Assisted implementation of national partnership activities and event planning.
Neuroscience to global mental health.
University of Glasgow
Dissertation: a systematic review examining the effectiveness of school-based interventions in treating child and adolescent mental illness.
University of Pennsylvania
Minors in Health Services Management (Wharton) and Medical Sociology.
The toolkit.
Policy & Research
Data & Tools
Delivery
Communication
Published work.
Selected writing on behavioral health integration, AI, and health policy.
Let's talk policy.
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