Resume
Research Experience
- Associate Professor (tenured), Department of Biostatistics, The University of Texas at MD Anderson Cancer Center (2021–present)
- Director, Data Analytics and Biostatistics (DAB) Core, Department of Medicine, Emory University (June 2019–present)
- Assistant Professor, Department of Biostatistics, Emory University (2014–present)
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Statistics, Texas A&M University & Department of Biostatistics, MD Anderson (Sep 2012–Jun 2014)
- Research Assistant, Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute, UNC Chapel Hill (2008–2012)
Background
- Associate Professor (tenured) in the Department of Biostatistics at The University of Texas at MD Anderson Cancer Center
- Research focuses on practical statistical methods and theory for high-dimensional biomedical applications in epidemiology, neuroimaging, and -omics
- Aims to integrate multi-scale and multi-modal data using prior biological or expert knowledge
- Works on non- and semi-parametric Bayesian methods, density estimation, high-dimensional variable selection, graphical models, and deep learning
- Operates at the intersection of statistics, machine learning, and computer science to build scalable solutions for complex multi-source data