Research

Research Interests

• Statistical genetics

• Biostatistics

Current Projects

• Adjusting for population structure in genetic association studies in admixed populations

• Ancestry inference and differential gene expression in pediatric cancer

Research Experience

• Grinde Lab, 2019–present

• Graduate Research Assistant, Browning Statistical Genetics Lab, 2014–2019

• Graduate Research Assistant, Genetic Analysis Center, 2015–2016

• Undergraduate Research Assistant, Summer Research Program in Statistical Genetics and Biostatistics, 2013 and 2014

• Undergraduate Research Fellow, Center for Interdisciplinary Research, 2013–2014

Research Recognition

• I won a 2nd place award for this lightning talk at the International Genetic Epidemiology Society's 2021 annual meeting

• My paper on constructing polygenic risk scores in Hispanic/Latino populations was selected as the International Genetic Epidemiology Society Communication Committee's highlight from the February 2019 issue of Genetic Epidemiology

• The PRS paper was also named a top-cited Genetic Epidemiology article in 2021

• My presentation (based on this paper) on controlling for multiple testing in admixture mapping studies was awarded a Distinguished Oral Presentation Award at the 2018 WNAR Annual Conference in Edmonton, Canada

CV

A pdf version of my CV is available here.