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PhD, Health Policy, Population & Data Science

University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health

Graduate Certificate in Applied Data Science

Dissertation Chair: Dr. Lia Fernald, Brian and Jennifer Maxwell Endowed Professor in Public Health

Committee Members: Dr. Sandra McCoy, Dr. Alan Hubbard, Dr. Susana Matias

BS, Biostatistics and Public Health

Saint Louis University College for Public Health and Social Justice

Minors in Engineering Mathematics and Urban Poverty Studies

• Biostatistics Capstone: 'The black-white disparities in preterm birth rates in St. Louis City and County'
• Honors Program Capstone: 'Understanding the role of social support among low food-secure adults in Missouri'

Please find a complete list of publications here.

Graduate Student Researcher

University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health

Support data management and analysis (using REDCap, Stata, and R) for two randomized trials evaluating the effectiveness of cash incentives for supporting out-of-care people living with HIV and in-care people living with HIV who are predicted through machine learning to be at risk for disengaging from care in Tanzania.

Project Coordinator & Graduate Student Researcher

University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health

Led data management, monitoring, and statistical analysis for a cluster randomized control trial to test whether cash incentives can improve treatment adherence among people living with HIV in Tanzania.

Research Consultant

International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie)

Led the analysis for the impact evaluation of a nutrition randomized trial in Baja Verapaz, Guatemala and assisted with development of the manuscript.

Graduate Student Researcher

University of California, San Francisco School of Nursing

Wrote, updated, and revised R Markdown code to generate monthly, tailored reports based on customer feedback data for drug shop owners enrolled in a randomized controlled trial in Tanzania.

Research Consultant

International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie)

Synthesized evidence around key questions for policymakers in the Philippines as they prepared to respond to challenges posed by COVID-19.

Research Assistant

Inter-American Development Bank, Office of Strategic Planning and Development Effectiveness

Provided technical support for impact evaluations and research in maternal and child health and nutrition.

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Saint Louis University College for Public Health and Social Justice

Interviewed parents for a qualitative research study to understand the relationship between sleep habits and health among young children in St. Louis.

Undergraduate Trainee

Big Data Summer Institute, University of Michigan School of Public Health

Participated in an interdisciplinary training and research program to introduce undergraduate students to big data and biostatistics (National Institutes of Health, BD2K R25 Courses and Skills grant R25EB022363).

Undergraduate Research Assistant

American Institutes for Research

Assisted in the evaluation of Plantwise Kenya, a project focused on improving plant health in Kenya by training extension agents and expanding farmer access to plant health information.

Interdisciplinary Training in Demography, NIH T32 Fellowship

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Computational Social Science Training Program, NIH T32 Fellowship

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Biomedical Big Data Training Program, NIH T32 Fellowship

National Library of Medicine

Outstanding Bachelor of Science in Biostatistics Graduating Senior Award

Saint Louis University College for Public Health and Social Justice

'This award honors an individual that shows leadership performance & potential, scholastic achievement, and manifestations of the College Covenant in personal conduct.'

Honors Program

Saint Louis University