I am a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research (GIM/HSR) at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). My research focuses on healthcare quality and dementia epidemiology, leveraging causal inference (including natural experiments) and machine learning methods. My work has been published in JAMA Surgery, Journal of General Internal Medicine, and Epidemiology, among other international journals.
Education
- PhD in Epidemiology, University of California, Los Angeles, 2025
- Bachelor of Medicine (MD equivalent), University of Tokyo, 2016
Research Interests
- Quality of care
- Dementia epidemiology
- Causal inference
Recent News
- Started my Postdoc at Division of General Internal Medicine & Health Services Research (GIM/HSR), UCLA Department of Medicine (mentor: Dr. Yusuke Tsugawa) – 08-01-2025
- Completed my PhD in Epidemiology at UCLA (advisor: Dr. Elizabeth Rose Mayeda) – 06-13-2025
- Awarded the Carolbeth Korn Scholar Award from UCLA Fielding School of Public Health – 06-11-2025
