I examine how policy environments, institutional arrangements, and socioeconomic conditions shape health and access to healthcare. Much of this work focuses on immigrant and racialized populations and asks how structural conditions determine who can obtain resources and care, under what conditions, and with what consequences for health and well-being.

My current work extends this agenda by examining how state policy environments shape immigrant healthcare access and insurance coverage in the United States.

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I study how health and social service systems can better respond to the needs, experiences, and priorities of the communities they serve. This work examines community engagement, culturally responsive care, social determinants of health, and the ways that health education and service infrastructures can expand access to health-promoting resources.

My current community-engaged work examines how community knowledge can inform health assessment, behavioral health, and more culturally responsive approaches to service delivery.

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I examine how digital technologies and generative AI are changing the ways people seek health information, support, and care. This work asks whether emerging technologies expand access or reproduce existing inequalities, with particular attention to linguistic and cultural equity, unequal access and reliance, and the consequences of technology-mediated forms of support.

My current work examines AI-mediated mental health support as an emerging pathway to care, including how the quality and consequences of these interactions may differ for people whose access to conventional services is constrained.

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My earlier scholarship examined migration trajectories, family processes, social incorporation, and health across diverse national contexts. This work includes longitudinal research on parental migration and child and youth development in Southeast Asia, as well as research on migration, identity, political incorporation, and mobility. These studies continue to inform my interest in how migration and social inequalities shape health, well-being, and inclusion across the life course.

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