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Fairfax, VA, US

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Mclean, VA

• Statistician collaborating with human factors psychologists in conducting experiments and statistical analysis for the Federal Highway Administration in the areas of transportation safety and operations
• Develop advanced statistical analysis models to measure driving behaviors using generalized estimating equations, generalized linear regression, repeated measures ANOVA, chi-square tests, Wilcoxon rank-sum tests.
• Process, clean, and compile data files generated from Driving Simulators and CAN Bus systems
• Create data visualization widgets using Trelliscopejs to better explore data from highway simulations
• Extract data from publicly available databases
• Report statistical finding to principal investigators to help improve strategies for sequential studies

West Lafayette, IN

• Coordinate with 20+ lab instructors and 7+ course instructors to incorporate revisions to assignments
• Design two semesters of weekly lab instruction material to be utilized by 800+ students in an elementary statistics course (STAT 301)

West Lafayette, IN

• Instructed daily lectures and graded exams during the 8 week summer term for a class of 29 students in an elementary statistics course
• Created all course presentations, lecture notes, and quiz material and received a 4.5/5 in evaluation
• Presented on the following topics: - Experimental Design - Data Collection and Sampling Designs - Data Visualization - Statistical Inference for One Sample t- test - Two Sample Comparison of Means test - Matched pairs.

West Lafayette, IN

• Department of Nutrition ScienceProject Title: Loci-specific differences in blood DNA methylation for early detection of hepatocellular carcinoma in populations at risk
• Analyzed the methylation of liver cancer bio-markers, using Logistic Regression and ROC curve analysis in R, SAS, and SPSS, to aid in predicting future cancer status in at-risk populations.
• Consulted with project staff members from Nutrition Science on the data analysis and reporting of results
• Explored combinations of biomarkers to develop a diagnostic panel to be used in classify patients who will develop liver cancer
• Performed literature review
• Technical report with findings was submitted for publication.

West Lafayette, IN

• Taught undergraduate students from multiple disciplines to analyze quantitative and qualitative data by implementing statistical methods in the statistical program SPSS
• Prepared and presented weekly summary overviews of statistical topics to 60 non-statistics students and received a 4.7/5 in evaluation

Linden, Indiana

• Analyzed survey data to ensure the survey programming was correctly implemented and anomalies within the data were investigated
• Collaborated with a team of 6 on the randomized sampling and survey design process for a follow up study
• Compiled and analyzed member data and identify correlations between demographics and survey responses
• Extracted, merged, and manipulated large amounts of member data in R and produced data visualizations
• Developed advanced statistical models to infer needs for new services and predict the likelihood of consumer demands
• Reported statistical findings and recommendations to mid-senior level management to improve future project strategies

San Antonio, Texas Area

• Graded quizzes and homework as well as assisted students with questions during work-study hours
• Grader for the following courses: Calculus I &II, Business Calculus, College Algebra, Probability and Statistics I

San Antonio, Texas Area

• Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology Project Title: Correlations between Parental Stress Index (PSI) and (GARS) in patients with Tetrasomy 18p-
• Explored the correlations between Global Assessment of Recent Stress (GARS) survey responses and stress in parents of patients with Tetrasomy 18 p-

Phoenix, Arizona Area

• Mathematical and Theoretical Biology Institute (MTBI) Summer Research ProgramProject Title: Mathematical Model on the Dynamics of Diabetes Recovery
• Generated a model which incorporates fat into the dynamics of glucose, insulin, and beta-cell overcompensation/dysfunction using a dynamic
• Researched advance mathematical methods to identify count levels of cell dysfunction which inhibit at risk patients to return to a non-diabetic state.

Houston, Texas Area

• Rice University Summer Institute of Statistics (RUSIS)Project Title: Estimation of Two Stochastically Ordered Survival Curves
• Expanded previously established stochastically ordered survival curve estimators by incorporating time dependent weights and a Kaplan-Meier component to handle cases of high censoring in the data

San Antonio, Texas Area

• Helped high school students who were first generation college applicants with homework and college prep material during an after school program.
• Documented all hours of attendance in tutoring as well as to analyze each student’s grades on a weekly basis.
• Created flyers for upcoming programs, college visit opportunities, and academic enrichment study sessions.

Master'S Degree, Applied Statistics

Activities and Societies: Statistics in the Community (STATCOM) Coursework: Advance Statistical Methods, Probability Theory, Statistical.

Graduate Student, Statistics

Activities and Societies: Graduate Student Association (GSA) Coursework: Statistical Inference, Probability in Bioinformatics.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Mathematical Sciences

Activities and Societies: Saint Mary's Society of Mathematicians McNair Scholars Program Coursework: Calculus I (Differential), Calculus.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Biology, General

Activities and Societies: American Chemistry Society of Students Minority Access to Research Careers– Undergraduate Student Training in.