I am a third year medical student at the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Peoria, IL. I intend to pursue residency training in internal medicine, with interests in critical care medicine and hematology/oncology. I eventually would like to pursue a career in academic medicine, with research interests in domestic and global health policy and health outcomes research.

Along with my medical education, I have a broad background in policy, economics, and business. In 2006 I received my undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, with concentrations in political science and general biology. In 2008 I received my Masters in Public Policy (MPP) degree from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. My area of concentration was Science, Technology, and Public Policy. I also had two methodological concentrations in specific policy analysis tools: Regulation and Industry Analysis, which included courses in finance and the regulation of large private corporations; and Negotiations and Conflict Resolution, which provided intensive negotiations training and leadership development. Along with my policy studies, I also have taken courses at the Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard Business School and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).