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.

I develop and apply statistical methods to support evidence-based policy and decision-making in public health and social policy. This includes

• extensions of meta-analysis methods to small sample situations,
• the formulation of effect sizes and effect-size estimators for randomized and quasi-experiments when adjusting for covariates, and
• the development and application of statistical methods to support refugee populations.

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

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

• human rights statistics,
• sports epidemiology,
• mobility improvement among older adults and people with neurological disorders,
• lifestyle interventions that promote mental health, and
• the physiological mechanisms governing skeletal muscle blood flow during physical activity.