Research Interests

My research falls broadly within the realms of health communication and clinical research, and I have worked on both individual and public health issues. My most recent work involves the utility of imaging modalities, surgical communication, cognitive impairment in chronic kidney disease, and medical tourism. Please select a link in the sidebar to the left for more information on publications and teaching.

I am open to collaboration involving the following areas:

• Conversation Analysis

• Program Evaluation of Public Health & Patient Education Interventions

• Healthcare Interactions and Patient-Provider Relationship

• Cisgenderism

• Transgender Health

• Medical/Research Ethics (e.g., Religious Issues in Medicine, Autonomy, Consent)

• Psychological responses to hand injury and urological conditions

• Trauma therapies

• Medical Decision Making & Consumer Directed Care