My research focuses on nutrition and cardiovascular disease, especially how plant-based diets and dietary bioactives affect vascular function, inflammation, oxidative stress, and cardiometabolic disease. As a postdoctoral researcher in cardiology at Emory, I study coronary microvascular dysfunction, vascular physiology, and translational approaches. My PhD research examined how polyphenols target molecular pathways involved in cardiovascular diseases, and I have published in areas including endothelial biology, redox signaling, hypertension, heart failure, and plant-based diets in cardiovascular disease. I have also led human dietary intervention research and currently coordinate clinical cardiovascular trials, giving me experience across basic, translational, and clinical research.