What is your professional background?
I received a degree in chemistry from Duke University and my medical degree from the State University of New York. I did my internal medicine residency and rheumatology fellowship at Emory University, during which I got a MPH in epidemiology from the Rollins School of Public Health.
In what division do you work, and who is your mentor?
I am in the Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, with a joint appointment in the Department of Epidemiology at Rollins.
Briefly describe your research. Why is it important?
My research interests are in epidemiology, outcomes, and contributions of social determinants of health in lupus disparities. I am a Principal Investigator for The Georgia Lupus Registry (GLR), one of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-funded population-based lupus registries from which I helped create the Georgians Organized Against Lupus (GOAL) research cohort that now has over 1,100 consented individuals with a validated diagnosis of lupus from the Atlanta metropolitan area. I am currently funded by the NIH and the CDC to study the role of psychosocial stressors and other social determinants of health on racial health disparities in lupus. Lupus disproportionately afflicts young women and minorities, especially those of African ancestry.
What do you like most about Emory?
I love being able to serve the people at Grady while advancing lupus research there through the Grady Lupus Clinic and our affiliated research studies. Emory and Grady are powerfully complementary and a combined resource that has few equals.
What do you like to do in your spare time?
I love to run while listening to a good audiobook and watching my children grow into amazing individuals.
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