Professor, Center for Global Health Cornell Medical CollegeWeill Cornell Medicine
I am a physician-scientist focused on improving health care in resource-poor populations in Haiti and Africa, particularly for HIV and cardiovascular diseases. My interest and participation in global health began at Harvard Medical School and residency working with Partners in Health in sub-Saharan Africa to build health systems and scale antiretroviral therapy to rural populations in India, Lesotho and Malawi. I then received a Masters in Health Policy and Finance at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the London School of Economics as a Fulbright Scholar. From 2009-2014, I worked with Columbia Mailman School of Health and ICAP to implement PEPFAR-funded programs in HIV, tuberculosis and chronic diseases in sub-Saharan Africa. I then joined Cornell's Center for Global Health where my work focuses on designing and evaluating novel and pragmatic models of health care delivery for HIV and cardiovascular disease using a multi-pronged approach of community-based care, behavioral economics, and mobile technology. The goal of my work is to improve access to clinical care and health outcomes among the world's poorest populations, particularly adolescents and slum communities. Our work has been funded by NIH, Gates Foundation, CDC, MAC AIDS Foundation, Resolve to Save Lives Foundation, among others. I also am a faculty attending physician at Cornell New York Presbyterian Hospital and teach medical students and residents at Cornell Medical School. I am passionate about mentorship and leadership training and co-founded the Women in Global Health Research Initiative (https://www.womenglobalhealth.com/) and direct our Global Health Research Fellowship.