Hi there! I'm Alex, an applied health services researcher (and optimist) searching for practicable solutions to complex and thorny health care challenges. 

Driven by principles of disability justice and health abolition, I study how to hold public systems accountable to equity in disability and aging care. My work promotes models of care that support community well-being, avoid punishment, and center the experiences of marginalized groups. 

 Over the past decade, I've examined access, quality, and racial equity in Medicaid and the Veterans Health Administration. My journey has included training social work and nursing students to provide culturally responsive behavioral health care, developing person-centered outcomes measures for clinical trials, and analyzing claims and interview data to better understand home-based care delivery. Now, my work centers on three "levers": (1) health plan coverage and benefit design, (2) quality measurement and accreditation, and (3) dissemination and implementation science.

In summer 2025, I completed my PhD in Health Services and Policy Research at Boston University. I am currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Lurie Institute for Disability Policy and Brandeis University.