Education
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Ph.D., Biostatistics, April 2025
Advisor: Jarcy Zee, PhD
Committee: Russell Shinohara, PhD, Jeffrey Morris, PhD, Lawrence Holzman, MD
Dissertation Title: Statistical Methods for Variable Selection and Prediction with Pathomic Features
M.S., Biostatistics, May 2022
Advisors: Jarcy Zee, PhD and Laura Mariani, MD
Thesis Title: Ridge regression for functional form Identification of continuous Predictors (RIP) of Patient-Reported Outcomes
Certificate, College and University Teaching, May 2022
University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD
B.S., Statistics and Mathematics, May 2020
GPA: 4.0, Summa Cum Laude
Mathematics/Statistics Departmental Honors
Advisor: Russell Shinohara, PhD
Thesis Title: Letting the LaxKAT out of the Bag: Packaging, Simulation, and Neuroimaging Data Analysis for a Powerful Kernel Test
Continuing Education
University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD
Teaching and Learning Transformation Center
Active Learning Fundamentals (Micro-credential, August 2025)
Professional Certifications, Licenses, and Memberships
American Society of Nephrology
American Statistical Association
Eastern North American Region, International Biometric Society
Gifts, and Funded Research not administered by the ORA
Other
Developing High-Quality Tools to Characterize Allograft Quality, Predict Transplant Outcomes and Expand Access to Kidney and Liver Transplantation
Source: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Role: Biostatistician Trainee
Amount Awarded: $506,377
Time Period: 06/29/2022 – 05/31/2025
Research Fellowships, Prizes and Awards
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program
Title: The Linear Maximal Sequence Kernel Association Test for Neuroimaging Studies
Role: Fellow
Amount Awarded: $102,000
Time period: 06/20/2022 – 06/20/2025
Top Biostatistics Talk DBEI & CCEB Research Day (April 2022)
Honors College Outstanding Academic Achievement Award (April 2020)
Outstanding Graduating Senior in Statistics (April 2020)
Outstanding Graduating Senior in Mathematics (April 2020)
Valedictorian Nomination (April 2020)
Biological Sciences 1st Place Undergraduate Research Symposium in the Chemical and Biological Sciences (October 2019)
Phi Kappa Phi (May 2019)
Pi Mu Epsilon Mathematics Honor Society (September 2018)
UMBC Dr. Bimal and Mrs. Suchandra Sinha Endowment for Excellence in Statistics (April 2018)
MARC U*STAR Scholarship (April 2018) - Increase diversity in achievement of terminal degrees in biomedical, behavioral, or mathematical sciences
UMBC Undergraduate Research Award (March 2018) - Provides up to $1,500 to undergraduates to fund their research or creative work with a UMBC faculty member on a new project
Mu Sigma Rho Statistics Honor Society (November 2017)
UMBC Honors College (July 2016)
Meyerhoff Scholars Program (July 2016) - Increase diversity in achievement of STEM PhDs