Michelle is a quantitative researcher that studies the epidemiology of social problems. Specifically, her research focuses on documenting and understanding population differences in interpersonal violence and mental health. She has over a decade of experience using big data and advanced statistical methods to answer questions like: i) are some countries are more violent than others? ii) have national rates of mental health diagnoses changed over time? and iii) are specific policies responsible for recent changes in the patterning of interpersonal violence?
Michelle embraces interdisciplinarity and with her work strives to bridge the gap between individual (micro) and population (macro) research so to provide relevant and translatable evidence for policy and practice. She has also worked cross-nationally across the Global North (e.g., US and UK) and South (e.g., Brazil).
Before joining DSPI, Michelle was an Assistant Professor at the Institute for Firearm Injury and Prevention (IFIP) at the University of Michigan, US, and a Senior Research Associate at DOVE Research Centre at Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil – where she actively continues her affiliations. She completed her doctorate and BA in Experimental Psychology at the University of Oxford.
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