https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1185-148X
Overview
I am primarily a health outcomes researcher who specializes in cancers and chronic age-related diseases, especially Alzheimer’s disease and type II diabetes mellitus. However, I also write in epidemiology, demography, health economics and genetics. I am a specialist in the analysis of administrative big health data. My main contributions to scholarship can be summarized across three focus areas: health outcomes research, epidemiology and methodology, and health economics. Some of my most important findings are described below.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Associate Research Professor in the Social Science Research Institute
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2024 - Present
Social Science Research Institute,
University Institutes and Centers
Recent Publications
Towards personalized vaccine repurposing for Alzheimer's prevention: genotype-specific protective association of the shingles vaccine with odds of Alzheimer's disease in participants of two large cohort studies.
Journal Article BMC neurology · February 2026 Full text CiteDevelopment of an Exact Theory of Decomposing Population Attributable Fractions and Application to Decomposition of Alzheimer's Disease Risk.
Journal Article Mathematical population studies · January 2026 A new mathematically exact method of population attributable fraction (PAF) decomposition free of limitations inherent in existing approaches was developed and compared to existing methods based on the Miettinen, Norton, and Niedhammer-Chastang formulae. T ... Full text CitePublic Health.
Journal Article Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · December 2025 BackgroundAlzheimer's disease (AD) likely results from a combination of genetic, environmental, and other factors. Accumulating evidence points to a role of infections in AD. Traffic-related air pollution (TRAP) and APOE4 are major risk factors fo ... Full text CiteRecent Grants
Genetic Modulations of Morbidity Compression: A Population-Based Study
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institute on Aging · 2020 - 2026Leveraging population-based human data to uncover mechanisms connecting Alzheimer's disease and common infections and facilitate vaccines repurposing for AD prevention
ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2026Racial and Geographic Disparities in Risk and Survival of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias: Effects of Over/UnderDiagnosis and Disease Severity
ResearchSenior Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2025View All Grants
Education
University of South Florida ·
2013
Ph.D.
University of South Florida ·
2006
M.A.
University of South Florida ·
2002
M.P.H.
University of South Florida ·
2000
B.A.