Current Appointments & Affiliations
Assistant Professor of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
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2023 - Present
Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Division of Translational Biomedical,
Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
Assistant Professor of Statistical Science
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2024 - Present
Statistical Science,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute
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2023 - Present
Duke Cancer Institute,
Institutes and Centers
Recent Publications
Patient Attitudes toward Distress Screening and Referral in Glaucoma Care.
Journal Article Ophthalmol Glaucoma · September 18, 2025 A mixed-methods study of 300 glaucoma patients found strong support for screening and referral for psychological distress. Greater interest among those with elevated distress or higher intraocular pressure highlights an opportunity to integrate psychosocia ... Full text Link to item CiteEnhancing early autism prediction based on electronic records using clinical narratives.
Journal Article J Biomed Inform · August 2023 Recent work has shown that predictive models can be applied to structured electronic health record (EHR) data to stratify autism likelihood from an early age (<1 year). Integrating clinical narratives (or notes) with structured data has been shown to impro ... Full text Link to item CiteIdentifying Risk Factors for Blindness From Glaucoma at First Presentation to a Tertiary Clinic.
Conference Am J Ophthalmol · June 2023 PURPOSE: Glaucoma is the leading cause of irreversible blindness, a crippling disability resulting in higher risks of chronic health conditions. To better understand disparities in blindness risk, we identified risk factors of blindness on first presentati ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Understanding Diabetes and Peripheral Artery Disease-Related Amputation Disparities in North Carolina
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2025 - 2027Development of a program to assess and treat distress in glaucoma patients using an automated EHR-derived AI algorithm
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Eye Institute · 2024 - 2027Spatial patterns in regional cancer care-WI
ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by Medical College of Wisconsin · 2025 - 2026View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill ·
2018
Ph.D.