About Me

I am the Manager of the Advanced Analytics team at UCLA Health in the Office of Health Informatics & Analytics in Los Angeles, California. I oversee the team in developing custom machine learning and artificial intelligence solutions for healthcare use cases. My background is in data science and responsible AI, building processes, policies, and workflows to ensure AI's ethical use.

Prior to moving into healthcare in June 2022, I was a technical Staff Scientist at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, Maryland. During my postdoc in astrophysics research (2018 to 2021), I leveraged data science methods to understand the role of star-forming galaxies in ionizing the Universe (see e.g., Prichard et al. 2022). I earned my PhD in astrophysics in June 2018 as a Hintze Scholar at the University of Oxford. More information about my work in astrophysics can be found here.

I am passionate about increasing equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in academia, data science, and healthcare. I have led several initiatives throughout my career to support this goal, and build this work into my current role. See my talk on Responsible AI at UCLA Health at UCLA's 2023 Data Day. Read more about my EDI work and outreach activities here.