My research centers on lifetime health effects of family experiences, focusing on processes of health selection and causation. My current research focuses on the intersection of health and family behavior by exploring access and use of contraception.

Much of my research aims to identify health effects using various causal methods (e.g., instrumental variables, twin study design, survey experiments, and natural experiments). My previous work has been published at outlets including:

• BMJ
• American Journal of Public Health
• Social Forces
• Social Science & Medicine
• Journal of Marriage and Family.

At Tech, I teach statistics and medical sociology at the undergraduate level and research methods at the graduate level.