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Education
- Ph.D in Biostatistics; Emory University; Atlanta, GA; 2018-Present
- M.S. in Biostatistics; Emory University; Atlanta, GA; 2021
- B.S. in Mathematics; University of Utah; Salt Lake City, UT; 2018
Publications
F Akbik, H Waddel, B Jaja, R Macdonald, R Moore, O Samuels, O Sadan. “Nicardipine Prolonged Release Implants For Prevention of Delayed Cerebral Ischemia After Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A meta-analysis” (Accepted, Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, 2021)
O Sadan, H Waddel, R Moore, C Feng, Y Mei, D Pearce, J Kraft, C Pimentel, S Mathew, F Akbik, P Ameli, A Taylor, L Danyluk, K Martin, K Garner, J Kolenda, A Pujari, W Asbury, V Jaja, R L Macdonald, M Cawley, D Barrow, and O Samuels. “Intrathecal Nicardipine for Cerebral Vasospasm Post Subarachnoid Hemorrhage–a Retrospective Propensity-Based Analysis” (Accepted, Journal of Neurosurgery, 2020) Pre-print
B Nadel, D Lopez, D Montoya, H Waddel, M Khan, and M Pellegrini. “Gene Expression Deconvolution Interactive Tool (GEDIT): Accurate Cell Type Quantification from Gene Expression Data” (Published, GigaScience, 2021) Full Text at NCBI
Research
- Fred Adler Lab; University of Utah; August 2017-August 2018
- Bruins in Genomics Summer Research Experience, Institute for Quantitative and Computational Biology; University of California, Los Angeles; June-August 2017. Project: “Evaluating the Efficiency of Single-Cell Data in Cell-Type Deconvolution”
Research Grants
- “The Community Ecology of the Music Canon”, 2018, Independent Research Experience Undergraduate Grant ($1,000), University of Utah Mathematics Department
- “The Community Ecology of the Music Canon”, 2017, Independent Research Experience Undergraduate Grant ($2,000), University of Utah Mathematics Department
- “Transcription Factor Interactions in Developing Hair Cells”, 2016, ORCA Undergraduate Student Mentoring Grant ($1,500), Brigham Young University Office of Research and Creative Activities
- “Sensory Integration in Zebrafish Larvae”, 2015, ORCA Undergraduate Student Mentoring Grant ($1,500), Brigham Young University Office of Research and Creative Activities
Conference Participation
- Oral Presentation, “Scalable and robust mechanistic integration of epidemiological and genomic data for phylodynamic inference”, Epidemics9, 2023
- Poster, “The Community Ecology of the Music Canon”, National Conference on Undergraduate Research, 2018
- Poster, “The Community Ecology of the Music Canon”, Utah Conference of Undergraduate Research, 2018
- Poster, “Transcription Factor Interactions in Developing Hair Cells”, Utah Conference of Undergraduate Research, 2016
Work experience
- Biostatistics Intern; Sanofi Vaccines Division; Swiftwater, Pennsylvania; Summer 2023
- Biostatistics Collaboration Core; Emory University; August 2019-Present
- Actuarial Intern; Willis Towers Watson; Denver, Colorado; May-August 2016
Teaching
- Teaching Assistant, Statistical Practice I (BIOS 580); Fall 2022, Fall 2023
- Co-Instructor, Introduction to Epidemiology and Biostatistics (HGC 707); Fall 2022
- Instructor, Statistical Methods I Lab (BIOS 500L); Fall 2020
- Teaching Assistant, Biostatistical Methods II (BIOS 591P); Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022
- Teaching Assistant, Statistical Methods I Lab (BIOS 500L); Fall 2019
Service and leadership
- Computer Museum of America, archives volunteer, October 2021-Present
- National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS) Graduate Student Network planning committee, June 2020-Present
- Emory Biostatistics Department Student Council Representative, September 2019-Present
- Georgia Department of Public Health COVID-19 Geospatial support, May-August 2020
Honors and Awards
- Scholarship, Summer Institute in Statistics and Modeling in Infectious Diseases (SISMID), 2022
- Laney Graduate Fellowship, Emory University, 2018
- Gibson Senior Award, University of Utah Department of Mathematics, 2018
- Marriott Library Emeritus Librarian Scholarship, University of Utah, 2017
- Pi Mu Epsilon Mathematics Honor Society, University of Utah, 2017
Other
- Society of Actuaries Exam P (Probability), 2016
Relevant Coursework
Graduate
Fall 2021
- Modern Regression Analysis
Spring 2021
- Statistical Inference II
- Generalized Linear Models
- Applied Bayesian Models
Fall 2020
- Probability Theory II
- Advanced Linear Models
- Survival Analysis
Spring 2020
- Statistical Inference I
- Applied Linear Models
- Observational Studies
Fall 2019
- Categorical Data Analysis
- Spatial Analysis of Public Health Data
- How to Teach Biostatistics
- Case Studies in Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Fall 2018
- Probability Theory I
- SAS Programming
- Biostatistical Methods I
Undergraduate
- Time Series Analysis
- Statistical Inference I and II
- Introduction to Optimization
- Introduction to Real Analysis
- Mathematical Models in Biology
- Game Theory