I lead interdisciplinary research and teams focused on health, behavior, and community resilience. Our goal is to translate evidence into real-world impact. My work explores biological, behavioral, and social drivers that shape health across the lifespan, with a focus on rural and underserved communities.
Understanding and mitigating substance use across the lifespan by integrating behavioral, social, and biological factors.
Substance Use
Examining how early-life adversity shapes behavior, decisions, and trajectories of resilience and wellbeing within individuals and across generations.
Adversity
Addressing health inequities in rural and underserved communities through research that bridges biology, behavior, and social context
Rural and Underserved Populations
Life Changing Research.
Explore my work across key areas of health, behavior, and community resilience.