Biographical Info

My research takes a mixed methods approach to examine the factors that lead to negative health behaviours and negative health outcomes. I am interested in how negative healthcare interactions produce a stress response focusing on the steroid hormone cortisol. Additionally, I am interested in how theses negative healthcare interactions lead to medical skepticism, medical mistrust and the use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) in Canadian women; specifically, those that experience racial discrimination. In my free time, I love to watch movies. My other favourite hobbies include painting, photography, cooking, and ballet.