Selected Talks
ImmGenT-GP: Understanding T Cells Through Gene Programs
Guest Symposium talk, IMMUNOLOGY2026™ (American Association of Immunologists Annual Meeting), Boston, USA, 2026.
Gaussian Processes, Integrated Wiener Processes and Overlapping Splines, Part III: Approximating the Gaussian Process, Stochastic Seasonality and Near-Monotone Processes
Invited talk, BIRS Workshop: Mathematical Foundations of Functional Data Analysis, Granada, Spain, 2026.
Detecting Latent Gene–Environment Interaction When Analyzing Binary Traits
Invited talk, BIRS Workshop: Statistical, Computational, Translational, & Ethical Challenges in Biobank Data Analysis, Banff, Canada, 2024.
Model-based Smoothing with Integrated Wiener Processes and Overlapping Splines
Contributed talk, Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM), Toronto, Canada, 2023.
Bayesian Smoothing and Inference of Derivatives through Integrated Wiener Processes
Contributed talk, Statistical Society of Canada (SSC) Annual Meeting, Ottawa, Canada, 2023.
Selected Poster Presentations
Empirical Bayes Shrinkage of Functional Effects, with Application to Analysis of Dynamic eQTLs
ISBA World Meeting, Nagoya, Japan, 2026 (ISBA Junior Researcher Travel Award)
Unveiling Quasi-Periodic Patterns: A Seasonal Gaussian Process Approach in a Bayesian Hierarchical Framework
ISBA World Meeting, Venice, Italy, 2024 (ISBA Junior Researcher Travel Award)
Exploiting Latent Gene–Environment Interaction in the Analysis of Binary Traits
American Society of Human Genetics Annual Meeting (ASHG), Washington, DC, USA, 2023
The Hidden Factor: The Importance of Accounting for Covariate Effects in Power and Sample Size Computation When Analyzing a Binary Trait
American Society of Human Genetics Annual Meeting (ASHG), Los Angeles, CA, USA, 2022
Power and Sample Size Computation for Association Analysis of a Binary Trait: Accounting for Covariate Effects
International Genetic Epidemiology Society (IGES) Annual Meeting, Paris, France, 2022
Bayesian Inference for Cox Proportional Hazard Models with Partial Likelihoods, Semiparametric Covariate Effects and Correlated Observations
ISBA World Meeting, Montreal, Canada, 2022
Genetic Association Analysis of a Binary Trait Detects More Than Just the Genetic Effect: Implications for Pleiotropy and Replication Studies
American Society of Human Genetics Annual Meeting (ASHG), Virtual, 2021 (Reviewer Choice Award)