My research brings together psychology with clinical medicine to improve how patients, clinicians, and the public interpret and use health information. I study how cognitive and emotional processes — trust, risk perception, and general orientations toward medical care — shape the way people respond to health information and medical recommendations.

The questions that motivate this work rarely have a single right answer. They involve weighing benefits against harms, communicating uncertainty honestly, and supporting people in decisions that depend on their own values.