Research Interests

• The social construction and experience of addiction
• Co-morbidity (HIV, substance abuse, mental illness), homelessness, and US urban health
• Structural competency in medical education and clinical care
• Chronic non-cancer pain, clinical uncertainty, and scientific evidence
• Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), bi-polar disorder, and the US welfare state
• Gender, reproduction, motherhood and citizenship
• The production of knowledge in science, clinical medicine, and public health