About Me
I am an MD/PhD candidate at the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson. My research explores how sleep and circadian rhythms modify mental illness and increase risk for suicide, with a primary focus on the Mind after Midnight Hypothesis. You can read more about the research supporting this hypothesis here.
My clinical interest is in first-episode psychosis. I trained in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) under Dr. Michael Perlis and Dr. Michael Grandner, and treated patients (under supervision) for two and a half years at the Early Psychosis Intervention Center (EPICenter). I am currently completing my MD training and will apply to Psychiatry residency in the 2023-2024 cycle.
I strongly believe in open science and the free flow of information. I conduct all of my own analyses in R, and my main purpose for this site is to share my analyses (including code) to make my science both transparent and accessible.
Education
- MD, May 2024, The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson (Anticipated)
- PhD, November 2021, The University of Arizona
- BSc, June 2012, The University of California, Davis
Leadership
- Society for Behavioral Sleep Medicine, Education Committee, 2019-2022
- Sleep Research Society, Trainee Symposium Subcommittee, 2020
- MD/PhD Admission Committee, 2020-2021
- MD/PhD Executive Committee, 2019-2020
- Curriculum Renewal, Pre-Clinical Subcommittee Member, 2016
- Post-Block Advisory Committee Member, 2015-2017
Professional Societies
- Society for Behavioral Sleep Medicine
- American Academy of Sleep Medicine
- Sleep Research Society
- American Society for Clinical Psychopharmacology
Awards and Honors
- ASCP New Investigator Award (2022)
- SBSM Significant Contribution to Science Award (2021)
- AASM Trainee Investigator Award, Honorable Mention (2021)
- University of Arizona Galileo Circle Scholar (2021, 2019)
- SBSM Student Dissertation and Thesis Award (2020)
- University of Arizona ARCS Foundation Scholar (2020-2021)
- GPSC ReaP Award Recipient (Feb 2019, May 2020)
- Sleep Research Society Trainee Merit Award (2019)
- Commitment to Underserved Peoples Alumnae Scholarship Award (2017)