About me

I am a Clinical Assistant Professor of Biostatistics at the University of Illinois Chicago, with appointments in the School of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (primary), and the College of Applied Health Sciences (joint), and a Statistician in the Office of Research, College of Applied Health Sciences.

My research interests are in the use and development of statistical methods and tools to support policy-making. This includes

• the quantification of uncertainty of point estimates from predictive models,
• the formulation of effect sizes and effect size estimators in randomized and quasi-experiments when adjusting for covariates, and
• extensions of meta-analysis methods to small sample situations.

I am also interested in generating empirical evidence about how policy-makers and practitioners make decisions currently, and designing tools that better support their decision-making processes.

To date, I have worked in a range of substantive areas, including:

• statistical support for refugee populations,
• combining and communicating air quality data for community empowerment,
• sport epidemiology,
• mobility improvement among the aging population and people with neurological disorders,
• lifestyle interventions that promote mental health, and
• understanding physiological mechanisms governing skeletal muscle blood flow during physical activity.