Assistant Professor of Public Health, Texas A&M University
I am an Assistant Professor in the School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Texas A&M University. My research focuses on understanding the physical and mental health impacts of environmental exposures and hazards, particularly among environmental justice communities and vulnerable populations including incarcerated persons. My work integrates scholarship in epidemiology, environmental health, hazard and disaster research, and community engagement.
My most recent work looks at the mental health impacts of disaster evacuation processes on incarcerated women. I am a Faculty Fellow with Texas A&M University’s Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center (HRRC) and USA Center for Rural Public Health Preparedness. I was recently named a 2024 U.S. Kavli Fellow by the National Academy of Sciences.I am a Founding Fellow of the William Averette Anderson Fund, whose mission is to expand the number of historically underrepresented professionals in the field of disaster and hazard research and practice.