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Fed up with healthcare struggles?

Exhausted from trying to balance healthcare with the rest of life? Sinking under the weight of caregiving in a policy context that relies on unpaid labor from the same women and women of color who are already most underserved by healthcare? Then I hope you stick around.

We have a lot of great research about healthcare, but we need to do a better job of getting actionable information into the hands of people who need it the most—patients, families, caregivers, laypeople, and providers trying to navigate a difficult system.

Like everyone, I’ve come home upset with doctors and the systems that house them.

I have built a career doing academic studies of doctor-patient interaction, missed diagnoses, inequality in healthcare, and basically how healthcare can make things worse despite every medical promise out there.

But also, (surprise!) I’m a real live person, with a body that doesn’t always cooperate and is aging to boot. I’ve been gaslit, misdiagnosed, had delayed diagnoses, and had my pain dismissed, just like most of people I hear from in the course of doing this research.

Stick around while I try to help people connect the dots between research and personal experience—and get better outcomes.