Staff Scientist                                                                                                August 2025 - present

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, Washington

• Lead implementation of qualitative and user-centered design research supporting Indigenous cancer health disparities.

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Research Scientist                                                                                         June 2025 - present

University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

• Support various Indigenous public health evaluation projects with writing, technical assistance, and evaluation implementation.

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NLM Pre-Doctoral Fellow                                                                                 Sept. 2021- June 2025

University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

• Led project design, implementation, and dissemination for a community-engaged study seeking to improve research results dissemination for American Indian and Alaska Native communities through co-designing collaborative technology systems.

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Graduate Research Assistant                                                                      

June 2021-Feb 2023

University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

Reproductive Health Project (06/22-02/23):

• Developed and led a community-based speculative design workshop to plan for possible future research activities.

• Analyzed qualitative data from interviews with Alaska Native women about reproductive health needs in rural Alaska.

UnBIASED Project (06/21-06/22):

• Led recruitment and data collection of primary healthcare providers and patients to participate in a clinical study on implicit bias social signal processing.

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Pre-Doctoral Teaching Associate                                

Sept. 2019-June 2021
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

•     Attended lecture sections

•     Led lectures (in absence of regular instructor)

•     Conducted lab sections

•     Tracked attendance 

•     Graded assignments

•     Provided critical and constructive feedback to students

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Courses: User-Centred Design Methods, Research Methods, Informatics Capstone

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Researcher                                                                                                   

July 2013-January 2020

Southcentral Foundation, Anchorage, Alaska

• Assisted PIs in grant proposal writing and grant reporting.

• Assisted PIs in the development of data collection instruments.

• Recruited participants for qualitative and quantitative research studies.

• Moderated focus groups and conduct interviews.

• Led site-specific recruitment and data collection activities for an alcohol contingency management RCT.

• Administered quantitative surveys.

• Conducted descriptive quantitative analyses.

• Conducted qualitative analyses.

• Developed research reports, manuscripts and other research dissemination materials.

• Submitted IRB protocol packages for review.

• Conducted extensive literature searches and reviews.

• Provided research support to research director and principal investigators.

• Disseminated research results to community and scientific audiences through presentations, written articles and manuscripts.

 

Evaluator                                                                                                     

May 2015-August 2018

Southcentral Foundation, Anchorage, Alaska

• Evaluated Southcentral Foundation and partner activities for a SAMHSA GLS cross-site evaluation on youth suicide prevention.

 

Evaluator/Research Manager                                                                

January 2009-January 2014

Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, Anchorage, Alaska

Evaluator:

• Managed a SAMHSA Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) Chronic Homeless Alcohol Branch (CHAB) program evaluation.

• Developed annual and supplemental evaluation reports for program and funder.

• Presented evaluation results to program staff and at professional conferences.

• Conducted qualitative and descriptive quantitative analyses.

• Conducted semi-structured interviews with program staff and participants in Anchorage, AK.

• Observed lifeskills curriculum delivery for fidelity and participant satisfaction.

• Worked with a CSAT CHAB evaluators’ workgroup to develop a review document on culturally relevant evaluation measures and resources.

• Participated in the American Evaluation Association Graduate Education Diversity Internship (GEDI) program from 2010-2011.

         

 Research Manager:

• Trained over 20 local data collection coordinators on a multi-component RCT substance abuse prevention research study.

• Provided technical support and data collection coordination for 20 local data coordinators.

• Conducted descriptive quantitative analyses.

• Managed complex research databases.

• Conducted over 150 semi-structured interviews in both Anchorage, AK, and in 18 rural Alaskan communities across the state.

• Managed cross-site data collection in rural Alaskan communities throughout the state of Alaska.

• Submitted IRB applications and renewals.

• Submitted annual NIH grant progress reports.

• Assisted in NIH grant proposal writing.

 

Evaluator                                                                                                     

March 2013-October 2013

San Jose State University, Telecommute

• Provided support on a community evaluation project for the San Jose State University Circle of Learning scholarship program.

• Attended two site visits (Pine Ridge, Yakama) and co-interviewed 12 participants to evaluate the impact of a library and information science scholarship program on services provided by scholarship program students working in a tribal library setting.

• Co-authored an evaluation report.

 

Research Associate                                                                                        April 2007-January 2009

Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, Anchorage, Alaska

• Collected observational data on lifeskills training curriculum.

• Conducted qualitative observation analyses on over 75 video-recorded substance abuse prevention curriculum sessions.

• Developed annual and supplemental evaluation reports.

• Presented evaluation results to program staff and at professional conferences.

• Performed data preparation and cleaning.

• Managed research databases.

• Conducted qualitative interviews.

         

Research Associate                                                                                         May 2006-September 2007

Southcentral Foundation, Anchorage, Alaska

• Recruited and enrolled participants in a tobacco research study.

• Provided research support to Research Director.      

 

Research Professional I                                                                                   June 2005-September 2006

Mind Matters Research, Anchorage, Alaska 

• Entered and processed quantitative data.

• Designed a participant workbook used as part of a mind-body clinical trial for breast cancer patients.

• Prepared data collection packets and data management files.

• Conducted a case study analysis of clinical trial participants’ intervention activity data.

• Assisted in focus groups.

• Transcribed focus groups.

• Conducted cancer and mind-body health-related literature searches.

 

Research Associate                                                                                         September 2004-September 2006

Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Anchorage, Alaska

• Provided research support to the Director of the Alaska Native Epidemiology Center.

• Coordinated a GIS for Public Health training.

• Collected pediatric anthropometric measurements.

• Conducted descriptive analysis on pediatric anthropometric data.

• Submitted annual IRB renewals.

• Supported development of health promotion materials and community outreach activities.

 

Research Assistant                                                                                          June 2004-September 2004

Alaska Native Health Board, Anchorage, Alaska

• Provided research support to the Alaska Native Epidemiology Center staff.

 

Anthropology Intern                                                                               

May 2002-August 2002

Museum of the Aleutians, Unalaska, Alaska

• Processed lithic and faunal material from a midden site for artifact cataloging and storage.

• Conserved museum items for display in the museum’s permanent collection.

• Cataloged WWII photographs and military paraphernalia from the Aleutian Campaign.

• Assisted museum patrons with entry and museum store purchases.