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I’m a postdoctoral research scientist in the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. My research interests include applications of biomedical informatics in the public and population health fields. I work in the Boland Lab on projects that develop novel data mining methods to extract pregnancy-related information from Electronic Health Records (EHR) and study the relationship between environment and disease. Learn more about my research interests in publications.
Certificate in Biomedical Informatics ∙ University of Pennsylvania ∙ 2019
Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering ∙ Purdue University ∙ 2018
B.S. in Biomedical Engineering ∙ University of Minnesota ∙ 2012
Lately…
I’ve been enjoying using R to optimize my research workflow and have noticed it making guest appearances elsewhere in my life. I’m certified as an RStudio Tidyverse Instructor and am passionate about R education as a way to build power in communities. Keep up with my R tinkering in my blog and teaching in talks.
Tidyverse Instructor Certification ∙ RStudio, PBC ∙ 2020
Meeting People Where They R
Hello Umami: Deploying a Privacy-Friendly Open Source Tool for Web Analytics
A use case for adding Umami web analytics to a blogdown site and deploying using Railway.
Projects
Professional, Polished, Presentable
A three hour intermediate xaringan tutorial created for useR!2021
Publications
Evaluation of Stillbirth Among Pregnant People With Sickle Cell Trait
Retrospective cohort study finding both sickle cell trait and disease to be associated with an increased risk of stillbirth, suggesting that sickle cell carriers would benefit from additional risk assessment during pregnancy.
Talks
Professional, Polished, Presentable: Making Great Slides with xaringan
A useR!2021 tutorial about making great slides with xaringan
Featured categories
R (19) Education (15) Research (13)curious about all intersections of data and society.
