Current Appointments & Affiliations
Associate Professor in Medicine
·
2025 - Present
Medicine, Rheumatology and Immunology,
Medicine
Assistant Professor in Population Health Sciences
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2023 - Present
Population Health Sciences,
Basic Science Departments
Recent Publications
Racial differences in medication beliefs and adherence barriers among patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.
Journal Article Lupus · January 2026 IntroductionBlack patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have lower medication adherence than White patients, contributing to worse health outcomes. However, racial differences in reasons for nonadherence and beliefs about medications are not wel ... Full text Open Access Link to item CiteReply to the Letter to the Editor.
Journal Article Arthritis Rheumatol · December 26, 2025 Full text Link to item CitePaging Palliative Care: Barriers to Referral and Why Rheumatologists Aren't Making the Call (Yet).
Journal Article J Pain Symptom Manage · December 2025 PAGING PALLIATIVE CARE: Barriers to Referral and Why Rheumatologists Aren't Making the Call (Yet). CONTEXT: People with serious rheumatic disease experience high morbidity and mortality, yet palliative care (PC) remains an underutilized resource for these ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Advancing Reproductive Rheumatology through Research Mentoring
ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases · 2024 - 2029Cervical Cancer Screening in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
ResearchStatistician · Awarded by Rheumatology Research Foundation · 2025 - 2028LILAC - Anifrolumab in DLR
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, LP · 2025 - 2027View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill ·
2016
Ph.D.
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill ·
2011
M.S.P.H.