Overview
I am an academic statistician with a focus on educational leadership and administration, teaching, mentoring, and collaborative clinical research. I serve as the director of multiple education programs, both formal degree programs and certificate-based training programs. I also provide administrative oversight of multiple graduate degree programs and educational initiatives focusing on clinical and translational science workforce development at the student, staff, and faculty levels.
I have many years of experience with in-person and online teaching across a variety of teaching venues (formal degree programs, domestic and international certificate-based training programs, faculty development seminars, residency/fellowship training programs) and health sciences audiences (medical students, residents, fellows, faculty, and other health professionals), including more than 21 years as a statistics course director in the Duke Clinical Research Training Program.
As a collaborative scientist I have experience with a broad range of clinical research areas and clinical research designs, including observational studies, epidemiology investigations, and randomized clinical trials, including those utilizing web, mobile, and telemedicine-based health behavior interventions. I have collaborated on projects spanning a broad range of clinical research areas, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS), prostate cancer, quality of colorectal cancer care, osteoarthritis, lifestyle modification through weight loss, CVD risk reduction through hypertension control, smoking cessation, and substance abuse recovery.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Recent Publications
Natural History of Clostridioides difficile-related Disease Progression in the Two-Step Testing Era.
Journal Article Clin Infect Dis · January 20, 2025 IMPORTANCE: The natural history of C. difficile progression in nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT) positive, toxin enzyme immunoassay-negative patients remains poorly described. Better understanding risk for subsequent disease may improve prevention str ... Full text Link to item CiteA Method for Teaching Biostatisticians to Write and Critique Specific Aims
Journal Article Journal of Curriculum and Teaching · November 1, 2024 This article describes the design of a single instructional module on writing and critiquing the Specific Aims (SA) section of a grant proposal for a biomedical research study. It begins by discussing the goals and learning objectives for the module. Then, ... Full text CiteEffective Scientific Presentations Across Formats: A Modern Guide for Science Trainees and Researchers
Journal Article Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal · September 19, 2024 This paper presents a comprehensive tutorial on delivering effective scientific presentations in the modern era, addressing a landscape altered by the COVID-19 pandemic. The shift to virtual and hybrid formats has fundamentally changed the norms of ... Full text CiteRecent Grants
Staphylococcus aureus Cardiac Device Infections - From the Vascular Viewpoint (K23)
ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2027The Clinical Research/Reproductive Scientist Training Program (CREST)
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Colorado - Denver · 2020 - 2026Educational Resources to Support FDA's Patient-Focused Drug Development Guidance Series
ResearchAdvisor · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2024 - 2025View All Grants