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Los Angeles, CA, US

Los Angeles, California, United States

Working at the nexus of health economics, causal inference, and machine learning in order to glean actionable insights from employee health and benefits data.Abett is a Series A health tech start-up focused on harnessing large-scale health insurance and employee benefits data to improve transparency and decision-making in healthcare.

Greater New York City Area

RESEARCHMuch of my applied research relies on the use of large-scale data, including electronic health records and insurance claims, to study decision-making by physicians, and has been featured in the New England Journal of Medicine, in news outlets including the New York Times, Reuters, and STAT, popular press books such as Deep Medicine, Random Acts of.

Greater Boston Area

Used detailed EMS records and machine learning algorithms to model the probability of future opiate overdoses within an at-risk population.

Chicago, IL

Analyzed and assisted in the design of randomized experiments to evaluate programs that sought to improve criminal justice, educational, and labor market outcomes for at-risk youth in Chicago Public Schools and the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center.

Los Angeles, CA

Conducted analyses and audits financial statements (balance sheets, income, cash flows) for a number of clients, which included privately and publicly-held companies. Supervised and mentored junior colleagues.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Health Economics, Behavioral Economics, Applied Econometrics

Master Of Public Policy

Harris School Dean's Scholar

B.A., Double-Major: Business-Economics, History, Minor: Accounting

Phi Beta Kappa, Magna cum Laude