Current Appointments & Affiliations
Assistant Professor of Surgery
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2021 - Present
Surgery, Surgical Sciences,
Surgery
Assistant Professor in Population Health Sciences
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2021 - Present
Population Health Sciences,
Basic Science Departments
Recent Publications
Decomposition of Heart Failure Prevalence and Mortality Among Older Adults in the United States: Medicare-Based Partitioning Analysis.
Journal Article JMIR Public Health Surveill · November 20, 2024 BACKGROUND: Heart failure (HF) is a challenging clinical and public health problem characterized by high prevalence and mortality among US older adults, along with a recent decline in HF prevalence and increase in mortality. The changes of prevalence can b ... Full text Link to item CiteForecasting prevalence and mortality of Alzheimer's disease using the partitioning models.
Journal Article Exp Gerontol · April 2023 OBJECTIVES: Health forecasting is an important aspect of ensuring that the health system can effectively respond to the changing epidemiological environment. Common models for forecasting Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (AD/ADRD) are based on sim ... Full text Link to item CiteUnderlying mechanisms of change in cancer prevalence in older U.S. adults: contributions of incidence, survival, and ascertainment at early stages.
Journal Article Cancer Causes Control · September 2022 PURPOSE: To quantitatively evaluate contributions of trends in incidence, relative survival, and stage at diagnosis to the dynamics in the prevalence of major cancers (lung, prostate, colon, breast, urinary bladder, ovaries, stomach, pancreas, esophagus, k ... Full text Open Access Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Environmental and health impacts of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in North Carolina (NC)
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by NC Department of Environmental Quality · 2025 - 2027Racial 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 - 2025Determinants of geographic disparities in mortality and multimorbidity in the U.S.
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2025View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
Belarusian Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education (Republic of Belarus) ·
1999
Ph.D.
Belarusian State Medical University (Republic of Belarus) ·
1992
M.D.