Faculty

Research Interests

Correctional health care

Health Services Biography

Education

MPH Health Services, Indiana University, 1992

MD Medicine, State University of New York (Buffalo), 1982

BS Biology Teaching, State University of New York (Albany), 1975

In the News

SeaTac federal detainees grow desperate amid lack of medical care
The Seattle Times, 02/26/2024

Why a leading option for treating opioid addiction is not widely available in Washington prisons 
Washington State Standard, 01/03/2024

WA jails have among the highest death rates in the US — A new law to explain why isn’t working
The Seattle Times, 03/26/2023

Many former prisoners struggle to obtain health care after release
CBS News, 03/10/2023

US settlement signals protections for addiction medicine
Associated Press, 01/19/2023

Special Report: He waited 512 days behind bars for his day in court. It never came
Reuters, 10/28/2020

A judge ordered him released from prison due to COVID-19 concerns — he died of the disease two months later in ICE custody
BuzzFeed News, 09/23/2020

Doctor calls Parchman conditions 'deplorable'
Associated Press, 06/21/2020

One’s an inmate, and one’s a guard. Coronavirus binds their loved ones — in protest against the state.
The Washington Post, 05/22/2020

Special Report: 'Death Sentence' - the hidden coronavirus toll in U.S. jails and prisons
Reuters, 05/18/2020