I hold a PhD in Applied Statistics, a master's degree in Applied Statistics and Research Methods, and a bachelor's degree in Statistics (Mathematics). I am interested in conducting statistical and interdisciplinary research, specifically in biomedical and (public) health research, and teaching courses in statistics, biostatistics, research methods, and data analytics. 

I have over a decade of experience as a senior statistician, consultant, and biostatistician, working with multiple state agencies. I enjoy working on different statistics and biostatistics areas; specially interested in recurrent event analysis and survival analysis, and their application in health, social, and education data. I am especially experienced with longitudinal, hierarchical, and joint models. 

I am a two-time recipient of SAS Ambassador Award for innovative use of statistical analysis software, as well as faculty (2019) and junior faculty (2018) SAS award, and have earned over two dozen competitive academic awards through SAS, APHA, ASA, and others, for my research in statistical modeling including developing two new power estimation techniques for longitudinal data. I am passionate in handling missing data, efficiently modeling correlated and multilevel data, and extending generalized estimating equations to capture higher response variation. Such methods are highly applicable in biomedical, social, health, engineering, business, education, and econometric fields. 

I believes in giving back to the community and have volunteered with nonprofit organizations for over 5 years writing grants, evaluating intervention programs, and designing studies and look forward to more volunteer activities.

I have over ten years of experience teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in statistics and data analytics, designing courses, and developing curriculum. My teaching philosophy is to impart my passion for statistics on my students to enable them to solve real-world problems using statistics. I also am looking forward to collaborate with other researchers and educators to further my research.