scholarly work

master’s thesis (in progress)
  • original epidemiological research investigating demographic correlates of treatment expectations and therapeutic alliance among children being treated for anxiety
  • post-hoc analysis of data from the smart study for pediatric anxiety
characterizing a pediatric self-inflicted trauma population (in progress)
  • Characterizing the Population of Patients with Intentionally Self-Inflicted Injures at an L1 Pediatric Trauma Center
  • descriptive chart review study of patients with self-inflicted traumatic injuries seen at children’s hospital los angeles (chla), the only l1 pediatric trauma center in la county
  • conducted as part of the 16th pediatric injury and prevention scholars (pips) program internship at chla jun – aug 2026
ethnographic research paper of self harm
  • “IT’S HARD TO BRING THAT UP”: DEFINITIONS, MANY MEANINGS, STIGMATIZATION, and how we talk ABOUt SELF-HARM
  • original ethnographic research paper, including ethnographic interviews and autoethnography, exploring the lived experience of young women with a history of self-harm
  • final project for anth 332: anthropology and narrative medicine taught by dr. kristiana willsey
mock nih grant proposal
  • Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia as a Mediator of Association Between Type 2 Diabetes and Bladder Cancer
  • drafted an nih grant proposal covering a proposed nested case control study exploring mediator hypothesis of benign prostatic hyperplasia in the relationship between type two diabetes and bladder cancer
  • final project for pm 517a: research methods in epidemiology taught by dr. victoria cortessis