I specialize in employing human-centered design to develop, implement, and evaluate interventions—often digital—to improve health and well-being. Two common threads animate my research: enhancing the person-centeredness of health care for people with complex health needs, and applying informatics innovations to support communication and coordination among clinicians. I am active in the Center for Behavioral Intervention Technologies (CBITs), Center for Health Services and Outcomes Research (CHSOR), and the Center for Human-Computer Interaction + Design (HCI+D). 

As of August 2021 I am an Assistant Professor in the department of Medical Social Sciences in the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University. I earned a  PhD and MS in Human Centered Design & Engineering from the University of Washington, and a BA in Psychological and Brain Sciences from Dartmouth College. I completed a National Library of Medicine Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Department of Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education and the University of Washington, and completed postdoctoral research at Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute.

I'm a husband to Taylor and a father to Arden and Birman. I love being active outdoors, including hiking, fly fishing, trail running, and playing soccer. I grew up in Madison WI, spent my undergraduate years in Hanover NH, lived 10 years in Seattle WA, and moved to Chicago IL in 2022.