In am an Associate Economist at RAND Corporation. 

I received my UK Economic and Social Research Council funded PhD in Economics from Swansea University in the UK in 2020 and have since held positions at Vanderbilt University, the Welsh Institute of Social and Economic Research, Data and Methods, and the Open University. Prior to my PhD I completed my Undergraduate degree at The University of Westminster and my Masters degree at The University of Nottingham.

I am an Applied Micro-Economist who has interests in Health Economics, Labor Economics, LGBTQ+ Economics, and Public Economics. Broadly, my research studies health and labour market disparities and the role of public policies and programs in reducing these disparities. My research has previously been published in journals such as the American Journal of Health Economics, Health Affairs, Health Services Research, Labour Economics, and Public Choice.

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