smokiesSmoky Mountains, TN (2019)


EDUCATION

May 2022 | M.S. in Mathematical Statistics, Wake Forest University
  • Honors & Awards: Graduate Teaching Assistanship (Tuition + Stipend)
May 2020 | B.S. in Applied Mathematics, University of Alabama
  • Minors: Russian and Liberal Arts (Blount Scholars Program)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Aug 2022 - Present | Biostatistician II, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics and Data Science
  • Performing statistical analyses in R and SAS in a Linux/Unix environment
  • Bash scripting for data wrangling on Linux HPC and for SLURM job submissions
  • Conducting clinical/statistical literature review for grant proposals and active research
  • Performing quality control on phenotypic and multiomic data as a basis for bias checks, model design and model selection
Aug 2020 – July 2022 | Graduate Teaching Assistant, Wake Forest University, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
  • Worked alongside the same professor grading and leading study sessions for his calculus sections in Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, and Summer I 2022
  • Worked as a grader and lead study sessions in Summer I and Summer II Sessions in 2021
  • Gained experience explaining mathematical material to students through regular one-on-one tutoring sessions
  • Helped lead the early-stage planning and implementation of math teaching assistance program at Reynolds High School to prepare local math class without a permanent teacher for their statewide end-of-course exam (from April 2022 – June 2022)
Aug 2018 – May 2020 | Math Tutor, University of Alabama, Math Technology Learning Center
  • Taught topics to students and helped students work through in-class problem sets alongside instructors, GTAs, and other undergraduate tutors in several computer-assisted classrooms
  • Proctored online tests and final exams for computer-assisted and traditional mathematics courses in online testing center
  • Tutored in open study sessions alongside instructors, GTAs, and other undergraduate tutors
  • Employee of the Month (April 2019)

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Programming Languages

R Language, SAS, LaTeX, Markdown, MATLAB, C Language

Applications and UIs

RStudio, VSCode, MATLAB, Microsoft Excel, Mathematica

Operating Systems

MacOS, Linux, Windows 10

High Performance Computing

Bash scripting, PuTTY, XMing/XQuartz, SLURM job scripting


CERTIFICATIONS

Sept 2022 - Sept 2025 | CITI Program: Good Clinical Practice for Clinical Trials with Investigational Drugs and Biologics (ICH Focus)
Aug 2022 - Aug 2025 | CITI Program: Biomedical Investigators and Human Research
June 2022 | NYU Quantitative Public Health Data Literacy Certificate
  • Four-week data analysis and visualization training with a focus on public health and social justice
  • Lead Organizers: Dr. Melody Goodman (NYU School of Global Public Health) and Dr. Janice Johnson Dias (John Jay College of Criminal Justice, GrassROOTS Community Foundation)

WRITING AND COMMUNICATION

Languages
  • English: Native Fluency
  • Russian: Intermediate in Reading, Writing, and Listening
  • French: Beginner in Reading, Writing, and Listening
Email Newsletter Design: MailChimp, ListServ, Canva
  • Association for Women in Math, Wake Forest University Student Chapter (~40 recipients) | Aug 2021 - Dec 2021
  • Blount Student Organization, University of Alabama (~400 recipients) | Jan 2020 - May 2020
Writing and Presentations
  • Scientific Writing for Mathematical and Statistical Literature
  • Creating notes, tutorials, scientific papers, and powerpoint presentations using RMarkdown (through RStudio and through scripting in a Linux/Unix environment)
  • Static Web Development Using R Package blogdown, CSS, and HTML
  • Microsoft Teams, WebEx, Slack