Overview
Education: PhD, Biostatistics -- Brown University, 2021
Samantha collaborates with clinicians and researchers in the Department of Radiology, the Duke Transplant Center, and the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine in the Department of Medicine. Her research focuses on development and evaluation of prediction models in the presence of incomplete outcome data. Her areas of interest include machine learning methods and survival analysis.
Samantha collaborates with clinicians and researchers in the Department of Radiology, the Duke Transplant Center, and the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine in the Department of Medicine. Her research focuses on development and evaluation of prediction models in the presence of incomplete outcome data. Her areas of interest include machine learning methods and survival analysis.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Biostatistician III
Biostatistics & Bioinformatics,
Basic Science Departments
Recent Publications
Invasive surgical site infections after lung transplantation: contemporary risk factors and associated clinical outcomes.
Journal Article JHLT Open · August 2025 BACKGROUND: Invasive primary surgical site infections (IP-SSI) complicate lung transplant (LT) surgery. Identification of IP-SSI risk factors is critical to IP-SSI prevention. METHODS: This single-center retrospective cohort study of adult patients who und ... Full text Link to item CiteHypersensitivity Reactions to Fibrin Glue during Epidural Blood Patching.
Journal Article AJNR Am J Neuroradiol · April 2, 2025 BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Fibrin glue is increasingly incorporated as a component in epidural blood patching (EBP) for the treatment of spinal CSF leaks. Hypersensitivity reactions are a potential complication of its use but are not well studied in the setti ... Full text Link to item CiteTelehealth interventions to improve outcomes in lung transplant recipients: Primary results of the INSPIRE-III randomized clinical trial.
Journal Article J Heart Lung Transplant · April 1, 2025 BACKGROUND: There is growing evidence that many patients undergoing lung transplantation report significant distress and low physical activity (PA), which might not improve despite lung transplantation and may be associated with worse clinical outcomes. Fe ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Pathogenic Mechanisms of Inflammatory Subventricular Zone Injury in Preterm Infants
ResearchStatistician · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2025 - 2030View All Grants