Education
PhD, 2013, University of Pennsylvania (History)
MPH, 2012, University of Pennsylvania (Masters Public Health)
BA, 2005, Columbia University (History, Sociology)
Academic Appointments
Donald Gemson Assistant Professor of Sociomedical Sciences, Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, September 2015 – present
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholar, Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, September 2013 – July 2015
Honors
2018 Innovation in Teaching Award, Mailman School of Public Health
2017 Excellence in Teaching Award, Mailman School of Public Health
Shiriki Kumanyika Award for Public Health Leadership, University of Pennsylvania, 2012
Journal of Urban Affairs, Best Article of the Year Prize, 2010 (shared with Michael B. Katz, Mat Creighton, Daniel Amsterdam)
Dean’s Scholar, School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, 2010
Penn Prize for Excellence in Teaching by Graduate Students, 2008
Charles A. Beard Prize (Senior Thesis), Columbia University, 2005
Gilder-Lehrman History Scholar, Gilder-Lehrman Institute of American History, Summer 2004
John Jay Scholar, Columbia University, 2001-2005
Fellowships
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholar, University of Wisconsin- Madison Site, 2013-2015
Institute of Education Sciences/Department of Education Pre-Doctoral Training Program in Interdisciplinary Methods for Field-based Research (University of Pennsylvania Site), 2011-2013
Penn Program on Democracy, Citizenship, and Constitutionalism Dissertation Fellow, 2011- 2012
Carey McWilliams Dissertation Fellow, Miller Center of Public Affairs, University of Virginia, 2010-2011
William Fontaine Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania, 2005-2010
Recent Grants
Principal Investigator (PI) with Co-PI David Rosner, NSF-1827951, Standard Grant: ToxicDocs Research Infrastructure Project, 08/01/2018-08/01/2021 ($457,649)
Provost’s Grants Program for Junior Faculty
Calderone Junior Faculty Prize, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
Amazon.com AWS in Education Grant
Research Fellowship, Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard University, 2010-2011
Ad Hoc Reviewer
American Journal of Public Health; PNAS; Bulletin of the History of Medicine; Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences; Public Health Reports; Social Science & Medicine; Social Forces; Modern American History; New England Journal of Medicine; Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities; American Journal of Preventative Medicine; Journal of the American Society of Nephrology; Drug and Alcohol Dependence; University of Pittsburgh Press; PLOS Medicine; Sociological Forum; Journal of Health Politiics, Policy, and Law; Harvard Data Science Review; Social Science & Medicine -- Population Health; Journal of Women's Health
Sports Loyalties
WNBA: New York Liberty (Season Ticket Holders since Stewie came), Mystics (Supporter); Storm (Until Sue Bird Retired); Sparks (Until Kristi Toliver left) WBB: UCONN WBB NBA: Lakers (Fan); Clippers (Detest)