I am trained as a medical anthropologist with a PhD in Sociomedical Sciences from Columbia University (2007). I am currently an Associate Professor of International and Global Studies at Brandeis University. I was previously an Assistant Professor of Global Health, Anthropology, and International Affairs at The George Washington University (2009-2017) and Associate Professor of Anthropology at The George Washington University (2017-2018). I am the author of Occupational Hazards: Sex, Business and HIV/AIDS in Post-Mao China (Stanford University Press, 2016).