| First elected to the Maryland Senate in 2018. Member of the Senate since January 9, 2019. Member of the Maryland House of Delegates, 2015-2019.
Current Assignments
2023 Finance Committee
2019 Executive Nominations Committee
2019 Senate Chair, Joint Committee on Fair Practices and State Personnel Oversight
2020 Senate Chair, Joint Audit and Evaluation Committee
2019 Joint Committee on Ending Homelessness
2021 Chair, Maryland Legislative Asian-American & Pacific-Islander Caucus, Inc. (Member, 2019, 2nd Vice-Chair, 2019, 1st Vice Chair, 2020)
2019 Chair, Senate Select Committee No. 5, Howard County Delegation
Past Senate Service
Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee, 2019-2023; Chair, Environment Subcommittee of the Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee, 2020-2023; Alcohol Subcommittee of the Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee, 2019-2020; Health Subcommittee of the Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee (Co-Chair, 2019), 2019-2023; Joint Covid-19 Response Workgroup, 2020; Senate Vaccine Oversight Workgroup, 2021-2022.
Public Service
Commission to Study the Health Care Workforce Crisis in Maryland, 2022-; Maryland State Council on Cancer Control, 2020-; Maryland Council on Advancement of School-Based Health Centers, 2019-; Maryland Zero Emission Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Council, 2019-; Comptroller's Task Force on Electronic Smoking Devices (E-Facts), 2019-2020.
Biographical Information
Born, Allentown, Pennsylvania; Emmaus High School, Emmaus, Pennsylvania; Case Western Reserve University, B.A., Political Science-Honors, Biology (Phi Beta Kappa), 2003; University of Maryland, School of Medicine, M.D. 2008; Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, M.P.H., 2011; Legislative Assistant to Delegate Dan Morhaim, M.D. , Baltimore County, 2009-2013; Preventive Medicine Physician, Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2009-present; Program Director, Preventive Medicine Residency Program, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2014-present. |