Ph.D. Student, Health Services Research and Policy
Department of Health Policy and Management
Academic Advisors: T. LaVeist and L.E. Boulware
Research Trainee,
Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
The Ohio State University College of Public Health
Department of Health Management and Policy
Master of Public Health (2006)
Tougaloo College
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science (2005)
Summa Cum Laude Honors
Research Interests or Career Goals
My primary career goal is to become a successful researcher whose work directly contributes to improving health outcomes and reducing disparities in measures of access and quality for patients with chronic conditions. I want my future work to contribute to the implementation of federal and state policy legislation that improves health outcomes for chronic disease patients and influences healthcare decision-making that will improve delivery of care for vulnerable populations. I also plan to motivate and train future health services and policy researchers by pursuing a career in academia.
Why I Chose Hopkins
I decided to pursue doctoral training in Health Services Research and Policy at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health because I believe that the training I am receiving here will best enable me to achieve my career goals. In addition to being a well-respected and top-ranked program, faculty members here are currently conducting research directly related to improving health outcomes for patients with chronic conditions and developing policy interventions to address ethnic/racial disparities in measures of access, quality, and health outcomes. I am also excited about the work being conducted at the Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research and the Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions. The knowledge and mentorship that I am currently receiving here at Hopkins are vital to my development as a health services and policy researcher and as a future educator.
