I am currently a Provost Fellow (Guarini Dean's Fellow) at Dartmouth College, where I am primarily affiliated with the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, with additional affiliations at the Cancer Center and the Irving Institute for Energy and Society. At Dartmouth, I will establish independent interdisciplinary research on healthcare resilience, integrating network science, artificial intelligence (AI), and public health. My work will be supported by mentorship from Dr. Amber Barnato, Dr. Katie Lichter, and Dr. Geoffrey Parker.

 

My research aims to understand and strengthen the resilience of healthcare systems under disruptions. Healthcare systems face growing challenges from infectious disease outbreaks, pandemics, climate-related hazards, and other systemic disruptions. I investigate how healthcare systems prepare for, respond to, and recover from these crises across three interconnected scales: population-level responses, hospital operations, and individual continuity of care, with applications in rural health, cancer care, and pandemic preparedness. While grounded in healthcare, my research generates broader insights into the resilience of complex socio-technical systems.

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My work combines computational network science, AI-driven modeling, graph machine learning, spatial analytics, and large-scale human mobility and electronic health record data. By combining methodological innovation with real-world healthcare applications, my research advances data-driven decision-making for healthcare preparedness, resource allocation, and health system resilience.

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My work has been published in leading interdisciplinary journals, including Nature Medicine (2024), Nature Cities (2025), and Nature Communications Physics (2021), and has been supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation through a Research Accelerator Grant. I also serve as a reviewer for journals including IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems, BMC Public Health, and Scientific Reports.

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Prior to joining Dartmouth, I served as a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences at Clemson University (worked with Dr. Lior Rennert) and completed postdoctoral training in the Department of Computer Science and the Network Science and Technology Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (advised by Dr. Jianxi Gao). I received my Ph.D. in Data Science from the City University of Hong Kong (advised by Dr. Qingpeng Zhang).​​​​​

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Related links​

• Mobility Models and Infectious Disease Spread