• Professor of Biostatistics and Quantitative Sciences, and Director of the Biostatistics & Data Science Division at Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Medical Center, Department of Cancer Imaging
• Statistical Consultant and Assistant Professor at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
• Former Technical Biostatistics Consultant at NASA (Johnson Space Center, Houston)
• Former Director of Statistical Services and Assistant Professor at the Clinical Research Institute, Texas Tech University

• Ph.D. in Higher Education Research with a focus on Quantitative Methods and Spatiotemporal Analysis from Texas Tech University (with co-supervision from the University of Pennsylvania)

• Master’s degree in Quantitative Methods and Applications
• Postgraduate Diploma in GIS and Spatiotemporal Analysis
• Master’s degree in Applied Linguistics, also from Texas Tech
• Completed numerous NASA and advanced-level trainings in:
  • Machine learning
  • Advanced data science
  • Programming
  • Mathematical and statistical modeling
• Finalist for the Harvard Strategic Data Analysis Fellowship
• Received the Texas Education Data Analytics Excellence Award and other research grants
• Leading several federally funded projects in biostatistics and machine learning, particularly in:​
• • Nuclear and radiological medicine
• • Military health research in the U.S.

• Research focuses on high-dimensional modeling and big data analysis for:
  • Health policy evaluation (U.S. Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs)
  • Higher education data systems using spatiotemporal techniques
• Published dozens of peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and conference papers in top-tier U.S. and international journals

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