Methods for Diagnostic & Therapeutic Studies

BIOGRAPHY

ACADEMIC POSITION:
Research Associate, Group Health Research Institute

EDUCATION:
• University of Washington, Seattle, WA – MPH, Epidemiology, 2000-2002
• University of California, Irvine – BS, Applied Ecology, magna cum laude, 1996-2000

MEMBERSHIPS/AWARDS:
• Exceptional Reviewer for Medical Care, 2007
• Second Place Poster Award, Society for Epidemiologic Research, 2007
• First Place Poster Award, HMO Research Network Conference, 2007
• Exceptional Reviewer for Medical Care, 2006
• Best Poster Award (1st place), American Society of Preventive Oncology, 2006
• Best Poster Award (3rd place), American Society of Preventive Oncology, 2005
• Student-Postdoc Advisory Committee travel award, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Cancer, 2002
• Washington State funded research assistant, University of Washington, 2000-2001.
• Magna cum laude, University of California, Irvine, 2000
• Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program grant recipient, University of California, Irvine, 2000
• Social Ecology Honors Research Seminar, University of California, Irvine, 1999-2000
• Phi Beta Kappa Society (junior year nomination), University of California, Irvine, 1999-2000
• Golden Key National Honor Society, University of California, Irvine, 1998-2000
• Regent’s Scholar, University of California, Irvine, 1996-2000
• Valedictorian, Abraham Lincoln High School, San Jose, CA, 1996

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
• Cancer control: breast cancer; biostatistics; epidemiology; mammography; mammographic breast density; breast cancer treatment; molecular markers; breast cancer screening surveillance; automated data collection; quality of care; medication use
• Women's health: menopause; hormone replacement therapy (HRT); breast cancer
• Health services & economics: access to care; health disparities; health outcomes research; quality of life; measurement of change in health care systems; practice variation