Background: Born and raised in the frozen suburbs of Minneapolis Minnesota, I fled to Florida in 2013 to study Statistics at the University of Central Florida. I discovered that research can be a whole career and found medicine to be a fascinating field, so I decided to try my hand at Biostatistics. Now I’m in my five (and counting, but not for much longer!!) years deep in my PhD at the University of Pennsylvania in the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics.
Research: My master’s thesis focused on quantifying the impact of dialysis treatment noncompliance on poor post-kidney transplant outcomes. Now, my dissertation work focuses on proposing and developing methods for nontraditional biomarkers, with applications for biomarker studies, especially those with large omics data. Dr. Warren Bilker and Dr. Phyllis Gimotty are graciously guiding me on this journey. Find my resume here.
Other: This website was born from an effervescent need to talk about conservation and environmental initiatives, take on projects outside of school, and document my world travels (which have inspired me to care so much about our blue planet). When I’m not a picketing hippy, I enjoy further globetrotting my weekends away, exchanging memes, kickboxing, climbing, and forcing my bunny, Ophelia, to love me.