Professional & Academic

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ABOUT ME

I work towards understanding the relationship between behavior and biology as it underlies much of science’s most basic questions. I believe technology is a critical tool in examining these relationships. I enjoy finding solutions to problems and fixing broken systems.

Currently, I spend the majority of my time as Co-founder and Chief Product Officer at Ucardia where I build a system that provides patients with virtual cardiac rehabilitation. I’m so proud to be bringing cardiac rehabilitation into a new data driven, digital era!

I’ve spent time building programs that collect, process, and analyze data of most types. Though not a trained computer scientist I’m driven to teach myself how to make things work. From woodworking and canvas painting to system development and analytic pipelines I love building things.

I have experience wrangling raw data from claims, peripherally connected Bluetooth devices, apps, arrays, or clinical tests into analytic sets to perform a multitude of statistical and algorithmic methods. I love working in R (this site is build in R) but when a task calls for something else I’ll usually be able to accomplish it in Python. Like many data nerds I have strong opinions about having good code hygiene with clear annotation and formatting - so if you feel like

Team work and collaboration are a critical part of almost everything I do. Its important to get a different perspective and get everyone on board with the what, why, and how of a project and having the patience to do that.

My commitment to team work drives my leadership style. In leadership positions I think it’s important to leave your ego at the door and enable everyone to do whatever it is they do best.

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ACADEMIC TIMELINE

I have a bachelor’s degree in biology, a masters in public health (MPH), an MS, and a PhD. Each degree has given me a different perspective on research, work, and finding solutions and answers. Here’s how it played out over time:

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PROJECTS

I’ve been part of a bunch of projects! Most have been published so please see my publications for the most details. Here are some broad topics.

  • Mobile health for obesity wellness intervention
    • Managed bio sample collection
    • Examined changes in methlyation based biological age
    • Examined changes in physical activities in older obese adults
    • Examined feasibility and acceptability of mHealth use in older adults
  • Examining DNA methylation in Panic Disorder
    • Examination of differences in immune cell type proportions in Panic Disorder
    • Examination of differences in genome wide CpG methylation differences in Panic Disorder
  • Sarcopenia In Older Adults
    • Cross sectional analysis using NHANES data
    • Association with Depression
    • Association with Food Insecurity
  • Development of a Bluetooth enabled resistance band
    • Lead a development to build an app to capture data
    • Secured funding through NIH STTR phase 1
    • Developed data analytic pipelines for use
    • Founder of SyncroHealth
  • Development of a remote medical sensing company
    • I helped start ImagineCare by building the first version of their backend logic.
    • We went from discussing the concept in a closet to building an application and system that aggregated sensor and questionnaire data!
  • Carotid Artery Dissection
    • Using claims data from Centers For Medicare and Medicaid I’ve examined the association of carotid artery dissection with other diagnosis to examine when it occurs.
    • Examined how it might be associated with spinal manipulation.
  • Mortality Prediction
    • Using claims data from Centers For Medicare and Medicaid I’ve developed prediction models for mortality from inpatient and outpatient utilization.
    • Machine learning and big data analytic pipeline.
  • Food Security
    • Cross sectional analysis using NHANES data
    • Association with Depression
    • Association with Sarcopenia
  • Use of a EHR embedded decision aid for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation
    • Wrangled data to examine use of decision aid
    • Conducted statistical analysis on use of decision aid
  • Natural language processing of patient education materials
    • Custom construct labels
  • Changing medication use in elderly in nursing homes
    • Examined longitudinal use of medications in those with and without dementia
    • Worked with industry partners to answer questions on use
  • Lead student government as President of the Graduate Student Council
    • I led efforts to create the first diversity leadership chair
    • Worked with administration to provide leadership training for faculty mentors
    • Advocated for new graduate housing

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