BIO

Epidemiologist, Mexican food addict, dog & plant lover

I am an epidemiologist and incoming Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics at the University of California, Irvine. My research examines how social, environmental, healthcare, and biological factors interact to shape infectious disease risk and outcomes, with a particular focus on understanding the mechanisms that contribute to health inequities. By integrating large-scale health data, advanced epidemiologic methods, and computational modeling approaches, I investigate the complex processes that drive disease patterns across populations.

Prior to joining UC Irvine, I was a UC President’s Postdoctoral Fellow in the Remais Lab at the University of California, Berkeley. I earned my PhD in Public Health Sciences from the University of California, Davis. I completed the California Epidemiologic Investigation Service (Cal-EIS) Fellowship with the California Department of Public Health and previously worked as an Epidemiologist with the California Department of Food & Agriculture’s Antimicrobial Use and Stewardship Program.

My research lies at the intersection of infectious disease epidemiology, social epidemiology and complex systems science, with ongoing work focused on fungal diseases, healthcare access, and the social and environmental determinants of health. Through this work, I seek to generate foundational insights that inform theory, advance epidemiologic methods, and refine conceptual models of disease systems.

When I’m not working, I can be found listening to music, watching the birds in my garden, reading, learning to throw clay, or taking my toddler on an adventure.