Welcome

I am a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and Ph.D. candidate at Tufts University’s Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy. My research applies behavioral theory and systems science methodologies to examine the interplay of structural, commercial, and sociopolitical factors that shape dietary behavior and nutritional status. My work centers on how complex factors within and acting on the food environment shape individual behavior, population health, and the emergent unintended consequences at their intersection.

 

My dissertation is nested within the NIH-funded Delta GREENS Food is Medicine randomized controlled trial in rural Mississippi, where I use mixed methods and causal loop diagramming to understand how produce prescription interventions influence dietary behavior change and its sustainability over time.

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I am a Health Policy Research Scholar with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, a program that develops diverse research leaders committed to advancing health equity and influencing policy. I also serve as a Fellow for the Healthy Eating Research (HER) and the CDC's Nutrition and Obesity Policy Research and Evaluation Network's (NOPREN) Healthy Food Retail Work Group, where I support national efforts to improve access to nutritious food through policy-relevant research, cross-sector collaboration and evidence dissemination.