Investigators

Summary

I am a pediatric hematologist-oncologist and a health services researcher. I have a masters of science in clinical epidemiology. My research focuses on investigating social determinants of health (SDOH) as it relates to pediatric cancer access, care, and outcomes with the goal of eliminating health disparities in this population. Previous projects include investigating infectious complications in children with leukemia by an area-based measure of SDOH and clinical trial enrollment disparities. An ongoing project is investigating how preferred language as documented in the electronic medical record impacts infectious complications in children with leukemia. I am establishing my research program here focused on caregiver-clinician communication with families who speak a language other than English and how this impacts their care and outcomes.