Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health
I am an Assistant Professor of research in the Section on Health Choice, Policy and Evaluation in the Department of Population Health at NYU Grossman School of Medicine. My research focuses on nutrition-related diseases (obesity, diabetes) at the population level, particularly with an emphasis on socioeconomic disparities. Much of my work aims to better understand the causal effect of the neighborhood environment on diet behaviors and cardiometabolic outcomes. To this end, I have developed expertise in emerging and innovative analytic methods in epidemiology and nutrition science as well as behavioral economics. My recent work involves examining the impact of health-related policies on diet practices and chronic disease risk factors, with a focus on children and minority groups. My research also draws attention to disparities in trends in beverage purchases (sugary drinks) and health outcomes (local obesity rates).
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Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health at NYU Grossman School of Medicine
PhD from University of North Carolina
MPH from New York University
Journal of the Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics. 2022 May; 122(5):918-931.e7
Environmental research. 2022 Mar 23; 212(Pt A):113146
Preventive medicine reports. 2021 Dec; 24:101519
JAMA network open. 2021 Oct 01; 4(10):e2130789
Health promotion practice. 2021 Aug 03; 15248399211034800
Annals of epidemiology. 2021 May 27; 61:1-7