I am a staff scientist and methodologist at the National Human Genome Research Institute. Previously, I was a postdoctoral fellow of the National Institute on Aging at the RAND Corporation in beautiful Santa Monica, California. I hold a doctoral degree in sociology from the University of California, Irvine. My research interests include aging and the life course, social interaction, network dynamics, and health. My dissertation research focused on health and structural explanations of age differences in day-to-day social interaction. At Genome, my work is primarily focused on the network dynamics of health communication and social behavior within families challenged with heritable disease. In addition, I have a lively program of research in network science methodology.
About Me
I am a staff scientist and methodologist at the National Human Genome Research Institute. Previously, I was a postdoctoral fellow of the National Institute on Aging at the RAND Corporation in beautiful Santa Monica, California. I hold a doctoral degree in sociology from the University of California, Irvine. My research interests include aging and the life course, social interaction, network dynamics, and health. My dissertation research focused on health and structural explanations of age differences in day-to-day social interaction. At Genome, my work is primarily focused on the network dynamics of health communication and social behavior within families challenged with heritable disease. In addition, I have a lively program of research in network science methodology.