Emily is a research scientist in the Public Health department at NORC with expertise in mixed-methods research and program evaluation, evaluation technical assistance, and project management. She has a strong background supporting the planning and optimization of health communication and social marketing efforts. Emily’s experience spans a range of health domains such as vaccine hesitancy, maternal mortality, tobacco cessation, type 2 diabetes prevention, and cancer care delivery. Her past clients include the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), among many others.

At NORC, Emily leads a qualitative evaluation to assess effective strategies to enhance adult immunization uptake for CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Disease, research and development of an algorithm that can identify patients experiencing chronic pain using claims data for CMS, and communication with a national network of health care provider organizations who use a NORC-developed management platform for the NIH All of Us Research Program. Emily also has experience providing technical assistance, including evaluation support to HHS grantees implementing family-centered interventions for type 2 diabetes management and to state health departments for evaluation of their programs, policies, or practices. 

Previously, Emily was a research and evaluation manager of social marketing at ICF where she led health communication projects spanning a range of topics. She spent many years focused on digital health (mHealth) research and evaluation for the National Cancer Institute’s Smokefree.gov Initiative for tobacco cessation. Prior to ICF, Emily was a Cancer Research Training Award (CRTA) Fellow at the National Cancer Institute.