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
The Validity of the Distress Thermometer in Patients with Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma.
Conference Ophthalmol Glaucoma · March 2, 2026 OBJECTIVE: To validate the Distress Thermometer (DT) as a screening tool for psychosocial distress in primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) patients and determine optimal cutoff score for clinical use. DESIGN: A clinic-based cross-sectional study. PARTICIPANT ... Full text Link to item CitePatient Attitudes toward Distress Screening and Referral in Glaucoma Care.
Journal Article Ophthalmol Glaucoma · 2026 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 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
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill ·
2018
Ph.D.