Research Interests
- Development and assessment of performance of risk prediction models
- Use of electronic health records (EHR) for predictive medicine
- Assessment of the usefulness of new biomarkers
- Optimal treatment guidelines and resource utilization
- Risk communication strategies: novel approaches
- Ethical and equitable data science
- Healthcare artificial intelligence, large language models, and clinical decision support
- Design of clinical trials with composite outcomes
- Data monitoring committees (DMC): role, mandate, and operation
Selected Grants
Leveraging machine learning for cardiovascular disease risk prediction and prevention in women with a history of adverse pregnancy outcomes
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Brigham and Women's Hospital · 2023 - 2027HPV, HIV and Oral Microbiota Interplay in Nigerian Youth (HOMINY)
ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by University of Pennsylvania · 2024 - 2027Improving Racial Equity in Clinical Decision Making about Access to Organ Transplant
ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities · 2022 - 2027Integrated Biostatistical Training for CVD Research
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by North Carolina State University · 2022 - 2027HPV, HIV and Oral Microbiota Interplay in Nigerian Youth (HOMINY) - Year 2 Funding
ResearchConsultant · Awarded by Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey · 2022 - 2025Improving stroke risk prediction with cohort data and machine learning methods
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2025Postdoctoral Training in Cardiovascular Clinical Research
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2003 - 2025Debiasing Clinical Care Algorithms
ResearchSignificant Contributor · Awarded by American Heart Association · 2024 - 2025Measuring AI Maturity in Healthcare Organizations
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Vanderbilt University Medical Center · 2023 - 2025A Machine Learning Model for Preprocedural Prediction of Cardiovascular Events Including Stroke
ResearchMentor · Awarded by American Heart Association · 2024 - 2024New causal inference methods for cluster randomized trials with post-randomization selection
ResearchStakeholder · Awarded by Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute · 2020 - 2024Cardiovascular Risk Prediction for Improved Maternal Health
ResearchCo-Mentor · Awarded by Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research · 2022 - 2023Addressing Bias from Missing Data in EHR Based Studies of CVD
ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2023Postdoctoral Training in Genomic Medicine Research
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2023Health AI Coalition Workgroup
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Mitre Corporation · 2022 - 2022Methods for the Design and Conduct of Subgroup Analysis in Observational Studies
ResearchAdvisor · Awarded by Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute · 2019 - 2022Administrative Claims-based Efficiencies for the Advancement of Regulatory Sciences
ResearchBiostatistician · Awarded by Burroughs Wellcome Fund · 2014 - 2021QuBBD: Deep Poisson Methods for Biomedical Time-to-Event and Longitudinal Data
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2021Risk Prediction for Secondary Events in Adults with Arteriosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease (ASCVD)
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · 2015 - 2021Preventing Cardiovascular Disease through Improved Risk Prediction and Communication
ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2020Aspirin Dosing: A Patient-centric Trial Assessing Benefits and Long-term Effectiveness (ADAPTABLE)
Clinical TrialStatistical Investigator · Awarded by Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute · 2015 - 2020Patient-centered Research into Outcomes Stroke patients Prefer and Effectiveness Research
ResearchStatistical Investigator · Awarded by Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute · 2013 - 2020Cardiovascular Risk Profile of LAL Deficiency Patients
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · 2016 - 2020Financial and Social Behavioral Economic Incentives to Increase Physical Activity in Adolescents and Young Adults for Cardiovascular Health
ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2019Predictive Analytic Treatment effect Heterogeneity (PATH)
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Tufts Medical Center · 2018 - 2019Risk prediction for S Arteriosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease (ASCVD) in persons on statins
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · 2016 - 2019Semi-automated terminology extension and term extraction enhancement to improve disease stratification using clinical notes
ResearchCo-Mentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2019Duke CTSA (UL1): Statistical methods for complex data in CV disease research
ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2013 - 2018Modified KOR Phase 2A Study
Clinical TrialCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2014 - 2017CKD Biomarkers Consortium
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Pennsylvania · 2015 - 2017Assessment of the Number of Patients Treated for In-stent Restenosis using the Duke Health System
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. · 2016 - 2017HIV and Asthma in the Post- ART Era
ResearchBiostatistician · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2014 - 2016FAST- MAS Administrative Task Year 3
ResearchStatistical Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2014 - 2015Southern Consortium Node of the Clinical Trials Network
ResearchSenior Statistician · Awarded by Medical University of South Carolina · 2013 - 2015External Relationships
- American Medical Association
- Azra Care Inc.
- Catholic Distance University
- Cleerly
- Coalition for Health AI
- Eli Lilly & Co.
- InQuera
- McGill University Health System/Doggone Foundation
- Polska Agencja Badan Medycznych/Polish Medical Research Agency
- Ropes and Gray
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