Washington University in St. Louis (WU)
I work at the intersection of public health, adolescent mental health, HIV, substance use and sexual violence, designing and testing evidence-based, contextually grounded interventions that can be sustained in low-resource systems. My work spans: (1) school-linked, family-focused programs that build emotion regulation and strengthen caregiver–youth relationships; (2) HIV prevention and care models that reduce stigma and improve engagement across the treatment cascade; and (3) multilevel strategies to reduce hazardous substance use and prevent sexual violence. Across projects, I employ participatory co-design, task-sharing, and pragmatic implementation methods to close care gaps and improve adolescent health and well-being in the U.S. and globally.