I received my Master’s degree and Doctor of Public Health in 2000 and 2003, respectively, from the Department of Biostatistics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH). During my time as a student at UNC-CH, I worked for the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center for three years as a graduate research assistant and completed an internship at the National Cancer Institute.
After graduation, I started at the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, FL, as an Assistant Professor of Biostatistics and went through tenure and promotions up to the Full rank. In 2014, I moved to the University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center to lead the Biostatistics Shared Resource Group. Four years later, I returned to Florida to become a Professor in the Department of Biostatistics and to lead the Division of Quantitative Sciences and the Shared Resource of Biostatistics and Computational Biology at the University of Florida Health Cancer Center. My detailed CV is attached.
As a cancer researcher, I have a long track record of successful funding and a strong dedication to improving the lives of those affected by cancer. My research interests include clinical trial designs, longitudinal data analysis, cancer disparity, cancer prevention interventions (including smoking cessation), and AI approaches for imaging data. I have published 210 peer-reviewed papers and continue to seek effective ways to make meaningful contributions to the oncology field.