Overview
Tyler earned his first MS in Botany & Plant Pathology with a concentration in molecular biology from Oregon State University and his second MS in Statistics with a concentration in statistical genetics from North Carolina State University. He currently collaborates with researchers in the Abdominal Transplant Division of the Department of Surgery and in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. His main interests include hierarchical linear models, large "omics" datasets, Bayesian inference and Stan, machine learning, and spatial statistics.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Biostatistician II
Biostatistics & Bioinformatics,
Basic Science Departments
Recent Publications
Development of a natural language processing algorithm to extract social determinants of health from clinician notes.
Journal Article Am J Transplant · June 2025 Disparities in access to the organ transplant waitlist are well-documented, but research into modifiable factors has been limited due to a lack of access to organized prewaitlisting data. This study aimed to develop a natural language processing (NLP) algo ... Full text Link to item CiteA data pipeline for secure extraction and sharing of social determinants of health.
Journal Article PLoS One · 2025 OBJECTIVES: Linking neighborhood- and patient-level data provides valuable information about the influence of upstream social determinants of health (SDOH). However, sharing of these data across health systems presents challenges. We set out to develop a p ... Full text Link to item CiteIncidence of Kidney Failure after Primary Organ Transplant.
Journal Article Kidney360 · January 1, 2024 KEY POINTS: Incidence of ESKD in the first year after primary organ transplant ranges from 2.4% to 3.6% and from 1.4% to 1.8% in the second year post-transplant. National data sources do not currently collect sufficiently reliable follow-up data to identif ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Improving Racial Equity in Clinical Decision Making about Access to Organ Transplant
ResearchBiostatistician · Awarded by National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities · 2022 - 2027Monocyte-derived alveolar macrophage drives inflammatory response to lung ozone exposure
ResearchBiostatistician II · Awarded by National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences · 2022 - 2027ACC Harmonized Adjuvant Comparison Study
ResearchBioinformatician II · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2026View All Grants