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Postdoctoral Research Fellow: Recipient of Cancer Prevention Research Training Program fellowship (NCI/MD Anderson Cancer Center) in the Department of Epidemiology under the mentorship of the Department Chair, Dr. Xifeng Wu.Responsible for independent research funded by the R25T Cancer Research and Prevention Training program granted in August 2013: Primary research involves; Diet, physical activity and energy balance and renal cell carcinoma riskGenetic susceptibility loci and gene-environment interactionPathway AnalysesAdditive and multiplicative interaction in large scale dataMicrobiome diversity and cancer risk and outcomesQuantitative assessment of obesity and visceral adiposity using CT imaging

Conduct prospective and retrospective analyses of chief complaints and diagnoses associated with Emergency Center (EC) presentation Manage and analyze data set with over 200,000 patient encountersEvaluate epidemiologic, behavioral, and clinical factors associated with time to EC presentation. Develope novel protocol for pilot study on oral microbiome and treatment associated toxicities; i.e. oral mucositisManage study team, aided in grant writing and protocol development, and facilitated microbiome sampling, data collection, and storage procedures

Explored incidence and survival of rare malignancies of the brain in a large population based sample. Research and tasks included;Quality control and data harmonization of the Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) database brain cancer dataSurvival analysis and calculation of incidence rates

Explored adverse health effects related to naturally occurring arsenic in the drinking water supply of Bangladesh. Tasks included:Database maintenance and quality control Evaluation of dietary and nutritional risk factors and mediatorsAssessment of statistical and biological interaction Use of complex analytic methods (longitudinal data analysis, discrete time hazards models, GWAS) for assessment of various health outcomes (skin lesion incidence, skin cancer, mortality)

Initiated independent dissertation project regarding genome-wide association analysis of early-onset breast cancer survival. Research involved; Quality control and harmonization of consortium dataGene - environment interaction in genome-wide dataEvaluation of reproductive and modifiable risk factors and breast cancer survivalUse of novel statistical methodologies for prognosis in large scale genetic dataPrimary data management

Teaching assistant for two introductory graduate course in epidemiology. Held weekly and scheduled office hours, graded assignments and conducted weekly 1 hour tutorials regarding statistical software.

Data Analyst for study (Project CATCH-IT) investigating the efficacy of an internet based, behavior modification program aimed at preventing adolescent depression. Tasks included: Patient recruitment and study coordinationSurvey data analysisGrant and journal submissions