Current Appointments & Affiliations
Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
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2017 - Present
Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Division of Biostatistics,
Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
Recent Publications
A social determinants-based county-level cardiovascular mortality index to identify high-risk counties in the USA.
Journal Article BMC Med · December 2, 2025 BACKGROUND: Social determinants of health (SDOH) contribute significantly to geographical variations in cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality in the USA. We aimed to develop and evaluate a SDOH-related social cardiovascular mortality index (SCMI) as a pop ... Full text Link to item CiteReinforcement Learning in Modern Biostatistics: Constructing Optimal Adaptive Interventions
Journal Article International Statistical Review · December 1, 2025 In recent years, reinforcement learning (RL) has acquired a prominent position in health-related sequential decision-making problems, gaining traction as a valuable tool for delivering adaptive interventions (AIs). However, in part due to a poor synergy be ... Full text CiteDeveloping federated time-to-event scores using heterogeneous real-world survival data.
Journal Article Comput Biol Med · October 2025 OBJECTIVE: Survival analysis serves as a fundamental component in numerous healthcare applications, where the determination of the time to specific events (such as the onset of a certain disease or death) for patients is crucial for clinical decision-makin ... Full text Link to item CiteEducation, Training & Certifications
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor ·
2009
Ph.D.