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OUTSMARTING CANCER:
​Risk reduction and the power of prevention

In my upcoming book, I share the latest research on the many risk factors behind our young adult cancer epidemic
including obesity, microplastics, ultra-processed foods, pollution, radiation and more
Coming via Johns Hopkins University Press in February 2026
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Targeted Therapies in Lung Cancer International Conference, 2025

clinical research:
​PROBING THE DEPTHS OF OUR being​

I conduct research on cancer epidemiology, disparities, and real-world survival comparisons of precision therapies
See select publications below:

View my Google Scholar profile
View my ResearchGate profile
 Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Jefferson University
Clinical Research Assistant (2019-2023)
  • Dean's, Lavine Student Research Awards
  • Allegheny County Medical Society Medical Student Scholarship
  • Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Student Honor Society, Junior Member
  • Hobart Amory Hare Internal Medicine Honor Society 
  • ​Department of Surgery McClellan Honor Society
  • Investigating glioblastoma treatment modalities and survival
    • ​Presenter at the 2021 and 2022 American Academy of Neurological Surgery National Conference
  • Investigating the role of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in pancreatic and small bowel adenocarcinoma
    • ​Abstract presented as the 2019 American Society of Clinical Oncology National Conference
  • ​Investigating the adjuvant chemotherapy efficacy in head and neck cancer
  • ​Investigating the efficacy of bisphosphonates in prevention of multiple myeloma skeletal complications
    • ​Abstract presented at the 2019 American Society of Hematology National Conference

University of Pittsburgh
Senior Research Assistant in Cancer and Aging  (2015-2019)
  • Presenter at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory International Telomere Conference (2019)
  • Hillman Cancer Center Director's Award for Scientific Excellence in the Basic Sciences (2018)
  • ​Hillman Cancer Center Basic Sciences Seminar Speaker (2018)
  • UPCI Academy Award for Best Poster (2015)
  • Findings were featured in SciShow (see below)
Hillman Cancer Center Academy (2015)
Recognized as Best Research Project
Dr. Bruce Armitage's laboratory at Carnegie Mellon University (2014-2015)
Intern at the Allegheny General Hospital Gene Therapy Department (2013-2014)

Healthcare & Culture:
sustaining Those that sustain us

After sweeping ICE raids, can we still call ourselves a nation of immigrants
Philadelphia Inquirer, 2025
Populist reforms can save US healthcare
Pittsburgh Post Gazette, 2024
Quiet quitting and corporate culture
The Wall Street Journal, 2022
The case against lifting COVID mask mandates
The Wall Street Journal, 2022
What threatens American Jews?
​The Wall Street Journal, 2022
Mask and vaccine mandates secure personal liberty
In-Training, 2021
Coronavirus reveals urgent need for FDA reform
Washington Examiner, 2020
Smoking out the hysteria around vaping
The Wall Street Journal, 2019
To those inspired by synagogue shootings: there is no America without Jews
Washington Examiner, 2019
Poetry: Is it man or is it flesh?
In-Training, 2019
Comedian running for president in Ukraine challenges culture of corruption
National Interest, Yahoo News, 2019
Our broken immigration system prevents immigrant doctors from saving American lives
​Townhall, 2019
New Zealand Massacre Reminds Me of Pittsburgh Synagogue: Lessons on Unifying After Tragedy
Fox News, 2019
Obamacare cannot stand without its mandate
Washington Examiner, 2019
I Prayed at the Pittsburgh Tree of Life Synagogue
Fox News, 2018
How Obamacare Is Making The U.S. Health-Care System Run Like Netflix
​The Federalist, 2018
There Is No Such Thing as a Free Pharma Lunch (Anymore) 
Reason Magazine, 2018
Markets Run Healthcare Better Than Government Mandates 
​Foundation for Economic Education, Personal Liberty, 2017
Students Still Live and Suffer in Sandusky's Long Shadow
Newsweek, 2017
Doctors of Policy: Discussion on ACA, AHCA, and BCRA
In-Training, 2017
Doctors of Medicine must become Doctors of Policy
In-Training, 2017

Interviews AND Books:

I spoke with FOX5 DC about the lessons learned after the shooting at the Pittsburgh Synagogue I attended. Can we learn to set aside politics and unite in the face of tragedy? Watch below:
My take on single-payer healthcare was featured in McGraw-Hill Education's new textbook Taking Sides: Clashing Views in Health and Society (2019).

Get the book here!
I spoke with the award-winning Coffee Shop Philosophy Podcast on the writings of Soviet escapees like Ayn Rand, and the implications they have for politics and culture today (2019).

Listen here!
"In the jungles of Cambodia, one can find the remains of Angkor Thom, the once largest city in the world and capital of the Khmer empire. Many have never heard of the Khmer, because, over but a few generations, their awesome temples were lost to the entropy of the forest. Their symbols, such as the seven-headed snake, ominously adorn the tombs and sparse structures of present-day Cambodia. Imagine a future where the United States Bald Eagle is but a relic of a long-forgotten past, serving as a reminder of the frailty of civilization. Freedom, education and culture are man's best defense against the ceaseless march of chaos.”

Igniting Liberty
Best-Seller on Amazon
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