A health policy researcher supporting CMS and AHRQ — turning complex research into the briefs, scans, and evidence federal decision-makers rely on, with a focus on behavioral health integration.
Open to new roles in health policy & mental health
My work lives where a systematic review becomes a payment model and a stakeholder interview becomes a program that works better.
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Policy analysis
Medicare & Medicaid payment, quality, and delivery — synthesized for the people making the call.
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Behavioral health
Integrating mental health into primary care — my north star, from Glasgow to AHRQ.
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Evidence synthesis
Systematic reviews, environmental scans, and literature reviews that hold up to scrutiny.
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Qualitative research
Coding stakeholder interviews in NVivo to surface what the numbers alone can't.
Experience · click to expand
A track record in federal health policy.
Support federal health policy & implementation research for CMS and AHRQ — Medicare payment models, quality improvement, behavioral health integration.
Manage monitoring & evaluation for CMS' ESRD Quality Incentive Program — 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 TA resources and stakeholder communications reaching 4,000+ participants.
Support AHRQ's Behavioral Health Integration work — evidence synthesis, national repositories, authoring on primary-care transformation and AI.
Conducted a systematic review of 47 international studies on school-based mental health interventions.
Synthesized findings across 20 countries and 7,163 participants, emphasizing low- and middle-income settings.
Produced a distinction-level dissertation and presented findings through academic publications.
Supported executive leadership — coordinating projects, preparing board materials, and building strategic presentations.
Drove strategic-partnership initiatives through stakeholder engagement and relationship management.
Assisted implementation of national partnership activities and event planning.
Education
Neuroscience to global mental health.
Glasgow, Scotland · Dec 2023
University of Glasgow
MSc, Global Mental Health — Distinction
Dissertation: a systematic review of the effectiveness of school-based interventions in treating child and adolescent mental illness.
Philadelphia, PA · May 2020
University of Pennsylvania
BA, Biological Basis of Behavior — Neuroscience
Minors in Health Services Management (Wharton) and Medical Sociology.