Biography

I work as a pediatric endocrinology fellow at the Medical University of Vienna, where I specialize in providing care for children with differences in sex development and gender-diverse youth. Over the years, I came to appreciate how intricately my field is intertwined with larger sociopolitical and philosophical questions about normativity and bodily autonomy. I also became increasingly aware of the considerable responsibility we have in caring for marginalized young people. This led me to pursue an MPhil in Multi-Disciplinary Gender Studies at Cambridge, where I learned to apply critical theory to my own practice. My research has since focused on the interplay between gender diversity and health behaviors, and the limitations of medical scientific methodologies in understanding the nuance and agency of gendered embodiment. Expanding on this work, my PhD project aims to apply a more desire-based framework to transgender medical research, troubling the hierarchy between physician-researcher and subject-participant. I'm excited to join the Gates Cambridge scholarship community, whose commitment to improving the lives of others sits at the heart of what I do.

Previous Education

Medical University of Vienna Medicine
University of Cambridge Gender Studies