I am a behavioral scientist with expertise in helping patients and their health care providers have better discussions with the goal of improving patient decision-making. I have a passion for working with patients who have been diagnosed with, or are at high risk for the development of, tobacco-related cancers. In addition to my research focused on communication and decision-making, my research also works to decrease the stigma associated with tobacco-related cancers. I am the Associate Research Director of the Tobacco Cessation Research Program at Memorial Sloan Kettering in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and work with a team of colleagues dedicated to promoting smoking cessation, improving patient-provider communication in complex cancer screening decisions, decreasing stigma, and decreasing health disparities among cancer patients and individuals at risk for tobacco-related cancers.