Erika previously worked as a clinical research coordinator at OHSU in the Division of Trauma and at the Cystic Fibrosis Center, and completed her M.P.H. at OHSU in 2017 in the Primary Health Care and Health Disparities track. She joined the Center for Health Systems Effectiveness in the fall of 2020 and supports multiple projects involving the assessment of Medicare and Medicaid programs and utilization of services. Her research interests include rural health care, AI/AN and transgender health equity, and immunization policy.