Teaching

Teaching Areas
Biostatistics
Descriptive statistics; linear, generalized linear, and longitudinal models; survival analysis; statistical inference & estimation
Research Methods
Design of experiments & observational studies; causal inference, bias, confounding and effect modification; interpretation of statistical evidence
Statistical Computing
Data management, visualization and analysis in R statistical software

Courses

University of Illinois Chicago
School of Public Health
BSTT 535
Categorical Data Analysis
Spring 2026 | Graduate level

Covers contingency tables, measures of association, stratified analysis, logistic regression, generalized linear models, Poisson regression, log-linear models, matched data, marginal homogeneity, and methods for ordinal outcomes.

IPHS 454–455
Quantitative Methods and Analysis I & II
Fall 2025–Spring 2026 | Graduate level

Two-course sequence providing a foundation in quantitative and research methods for evidence-based public health, with emphasis on study design, statistical reasoning, data analysis, and interpretation of findings.

IPHS 405
Analytic and Research Methods in Public Health, Part II
Spring 2025 | Graduate level

Second course in a graduate-level sequence emphasizing the selection of appropriate statistical methods, interpretation of findings, and communication of public health research results.

IPHS 402
Analytic and Research Methods in Public Health
Fall 2023 and Fall 2024 | Graduate level

Introduces students to the analytic and research methods used to carry out the core functions of evidence-based public health.

College of Applied Health Sciences
AHS 511–512
Biostatistics I & II
Fall 2023–2025; Spring 2024–2026 | Graduate level

Two-course sequence covering biostatistical reasoning and applied data analysis. Topics include descriptive statistics, probability, statistical inference, ANOVA and ANCOVA, linear and logistic regression, clinical trial design, nonparametric and categorical methods, factor and cluster analysis, and longitudinal and repeated-measures approaches.