Maya is a practicing general internist and a researcher in tobacco control with a focus on populations experiencing homelessness. Maya is formally trained in a variety of methodologies, including implementation sciences, descriptive epidemiology using national longitudinal and cross-sectional data, policy analysis, randomized controlled trials, qualitative and mixed methods research. Her intervention research stems from collaborations with community organizations, homeless shelters and supportive housing to implement interventions to increase access to smoking cessation services and smoke-free policies among homeless adults. Maya’s current work involves delivery of system-level interventions for smoking cessation, integrated within the electronic health record of safety-net health systems.
