What is your professional background?
I have been at Emory University since my intern year. In the 16 years since, I completed a chief residency at Grady Memorial Hospital, an MSCR through the Georgia Clinical & Translational Science Alliance, and a pulmonary and critical care fellowship. I currently practice at Grady, teach every fall in the MSCR program, am finishing up a K08 from the AHRQ, and applied for my first R01 this year.
In what division do you work, and who is your mentor?
Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine. I have worked with Greg Martin for more than 10 years, who continues to provide academic, professional, and research guidance.
Briefly describe your research. Why is it important?
I work to apply my knowledge and skills as a health data scientist to bring critical care issues into the research domains of epidemiology, public health, and health services. While critical care has not often been included in these domains, I believe that as a growing sector of US health resources, it is a necessary evolution towards equitable, efficient, and cost-effective healthcare administration. I have worked with a range of publicly available national datasets from the NHANES, NHIS, NDI, CMS, and HCUP to describe the epidemiology of sepsis and respiratory failure. My future focus is to build resources describing the US county-level supply and demand for critical care resources such as ICU beds and intensivists. The COVID-19 pandemic has cemented my belief and those of others who make policy decisions that we need data to be available, continuously up-to-date, and interactive for it to be impactful in critical care resource planning.
What do you like most about Emory?
Since my interview day for intern year, I have felt that Emory is an institution that strives to create an enriched environment that allows those willing to work hard to achieve their diverse professional goals.
What is your favorite movie or TV show?
I was really drawn into all 3 seasons of “True Detective,” even the much decried second season.
What do you like to do in your spare time?
Music and cooking remain enduring, lifelong passions of mine. I play guitar about 5-10 hours a week and it continues to be something I love and has transitioned into original songwriting in the past year.
What is a fun fact about you?
I did only one Ironman event in Cabos, Mexico during which my ankle tracker stopped working so my family thought I was lost for about nine hours till I showed up at the marathon transition.
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