Jesus E. Vazquez

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Jesus E. Vazquez

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Appointments

August 2025 – Present

Johns Hopkins University

Postdoctoral Fellow · Baltimore, MD

  • Johns Hopkins Provost Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Biostatistics.
  • Developing federated learning methods for incomplete and missing data, with applications to pulmonary health.
  • Advisor: Dr. Elizabeth A. Stuart.

Education

August 2019 – August 2025

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Ph.D. in Biostatistics (2025) · Chapel Hill, NC

M.S. in Biostatistics (2023)
  • Dissertation: Advancing Huntington Disease Modeling: Robust and Efficient Solutions for Right-Censored Covariates.
  • Research Advisor: Dr. Tanya P. Garcia.
August 2015 – May 2019

University of New Mexico

B.S. in Statistics, minor in Mathematics · Albuquerque, NM

B.A. in Economics, minor in Statistics
  • Undergraduate honors thesis: Impact of household waste management on health: A case study of Siddharthanagar.
  • Research Advisors: Dr. Fares Qeadan and Dr. Alok Bohara.
December 2017 – January 2018

Study Abroad: Rupandehi, Nepal

  • Identified risk factors for waterborne diseases using principal component analysis and logistic regression using survey data from the Rupandehi District, Nepal.
  • Presented undergraduate honors thesis on the impact of waste management on public health to the the mayor and other community leaders.

Grants & Fellowships

August 2025 – Present

Johns Hopkins Provost Postdoctoral Fellowship

Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD

  • One of 4 fellows selected university-wide through a competitive grant-based application to the Johns Hopkins Provost's Office.
January 2024 – June 2025

R01 Diversity Administrative Supplement

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · Chapel Hill, NC

  • Wrote a successful Diversity Administrative Supplement application to Developing a robust and efficient strategy for censored covariates to improve clinical trial design for neurodegenerative diseases (Tanya Garcia, PI) 1R01NS131225-01.
August 2020 – May 2023

T32 Environmental Sciences Training Grant

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences · Chapel Hill, NC

  • Three-year predoctoral fellow dedicated to develop innovative methods for addressing challenges in public health and environmental sciences
Fall 2019 – Spring 2020

Doctoral Merit Assistantship for Study in Biostatistics

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC

  • Nominated by academic program and selected through a university-wide competition of the most promising future scholars, policymakers, and innovators.
August 2017 – May 2019

Ronald E. McNair Scholars Program

University of New Mexico, Department of Economics · Albuquerque, NM

  • Investigated the importance of pollution and waste management practices in the health of community members of Bhairahawa, Rupandehi, Nepal.
August 2016 – April 2017

El Puente Undergraduate Research Fellowship

University of New Mexico, Department of Economics · Albuquerque, NM

  • Formulated research proposal to investigate how Corporate Social Performance (CSP) affects financial and market performance of companies in the southwest.

Honors & Awards

June 2026

3rd Place, 3-Minute Presentation Competition

Johns Hopkins Postdoctoral Association Conference · Baltimore, MD

  • Presented Higher educational attainment in Huntington disease families: evidence from the Enroll-HD study.
October 2022

Travel Award

Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) · San Juan, PR

November 2019

1st Place, Poster Competition

UNC Department of Biostatistics 70th Anniversary Conference · Chapel Hill, NC

  • Presented Validity of the global physical activity questionnaire in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL).

Papers

† denotes senior (last) authorship.

Under Review

  1. Vazquez, J.E.; Sheng, Y.; Akulian, J.; Hochberg, C.; Iwashyna, T.J.; Stuart, E.A.; Tong, J. Federated Learning with Missing Data: A Weighted Approach with Variance Correction. Statistics in Medicine. (expected 2026). arXiv
  2. Vazquez, J.E.; Ma, Y.; Marder, K.; Garcia, T.P. Robust Estimation under Outcome Dependent Right Censoring in Huntington Disease: Estimators for Low and High Censoring Rates. Statistics in Medicine. (expected 2026). arXiv
  3. Park, M.; Vazquez, J.E.; Qaqish, B.; Jolly, P.S. CO2 Laser Assisted Photodynamic Therapy as a Treatment for Basal Cell Carcinoma. Journal of Skin Cancer. (expected 2026).
  4. Choi, H.J.; Vazquez, J.E.; Qaqish, B.; Bedawi, E.O.; Rahman, N.M.; Yarmus, L.; Akulian, J.; Retrolysis and IPOG Study Groups. Intrapleural Enzyme Therapy Failure in Pleural Infection: Distinct Factors Associated with Surgery and Mortality in an International Multicentre Cohort. CHEST. (expected 2026).
  5. Diddams, M.J.; Vazquez, J.E.; Bedawi, E.; Rahman, N.M.; Yarmus, L.; Qaqish, B.; Akulian, J.A.; Retrolysis and IPOG Study Groups. Predicting Treatment Failure with Combination Intrapleural Enzyme Therapy for Complicated Pleural Space Infections: The SPARTAN Score. (expected 2026). SSRN

Published Peer-Reviewed

  1. Sanderson, K.; Vazquez, J.E.; Flythe, J.E.; Askenazi, D.; Kosorok, M.R.; Lu, M.; Makker, K.; Laughon, M.; Kistler, C.; Fry, R.C.; O'Shea, T.M. Perinatal predictors of abnormal adolescent cardiovascular-kidney health after extremely preterm birth: A machine learning analysis of the Extremely Low Gestational Age Newborn–Environmental Child Health Outcomes (ELGAN-ECHO) cohort. Kidney International. 2026. DOI
  2. Vazquez, J.E.; Ashner, M.C.; Ma, Y.; Marder, K.; Garcia, T.P. How Estimators Change When Adapted from the Missing Covariate Problem to the Right-Censored Covariate Problem. International Statistical Review. Accepted May 12, 2026. DOI
  3. Vazquez, J.E.; Lin, D.; Mendizabal, A.; Ogilvie, A.C.; Stuart, E.A.; Garcia, T.P. Higher educational attainment in Huntington disease families: evidence from the Enroll-HD study. Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases. 2026. DOI
  4. Boerwinkle, V.; Nowlene, M.; Vazquez, J.E.; et al. Resting State fMRI seizure onset localization meta-analysis: Comparing rs-fMRI to other seizure localizing modalities and surgical outcomes. Frontiers in Neuroimaging. 2024. DOI
  5. Vazquez, J.E.; Sotres-Alvarez, D.; Carlson, J.; Talavera, G.; Gallo, L.; Castañeda, S.; Evenson, K. Concurrent validity of the global physical activity questionnaire to accelerometry in Hispanic/Latino adults: The Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL). Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport. 2024. DOI
  6. Lotspeich, S.C.; Ashner, M.C.; Vazquez, J.E.; Richardson, B.D.; Grosser, K.F.; Bodek, B.E.; Garcia, T.P. Making sense of censored covariates: statistical methods for studies of Huntington's disease. Annual Review of Statistics and Its Application. 2024. PMID
  7. Rahman, M.M.; Bohara, A.; Vazquez, J.E.† Geospatial analysis of health risks and solid waste management behaviour. Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy. 2021. DOI

In Progress

  1. Vazquez, J.E.; Mendizabal, A.; Ogilvie, A.C.; Nguyen, T.; Garcia, T.P.; Stuart, E.A. Maternal Predominance Among Affected Parents in Huntington Disease: Evidence from the Enroll-HD Study.
  2. Raman, M.; Ma, Y.; Marder, K.; Garcia, T.P.; Vazquez, J.E.† Multiply-robust inverse probability weighting estimation for right-censored covariates.
  3. Vazquez, J.E.; Ringlein, G.; Bang, J.; Stuart, E.A.; Nguyen, T. Causal inference with a right-censored marker of disease progression: Adjusting for latent severity in Huntington disease.
  4. Rahman, M.; Vazquez, J.E.; Lin, D.; Cross, S.; Krishnan, A.; Lotspeich, S.C.; Garcia, T.P. Multi-state time-to-event modeling of Huntington Disease stage progression.
  5. Lin, D.; Ma, Y.; Garcia, T.P.; Vazquez, J.E.† Identifiability of Regression Models with a Right-Censored Covariate: Extending Canonical Causal Diagrams.
  6. Grosser, K.; Ma, Y.; Vazquez, J.E.; Rahman, M.; Lotspeich, S.C.; Garcia, T.P. Nonparametric Conditional Mean Imputation in Linear Models of Huntington Disease.
  7. Vazquez, J.E.; Ma, Y.; Marder, K.; Garcia, T.P. Longitudinal regression models with a right-censored covariate.
  8. Ochoa-Morales, A.; Vazquez, J.E.; Jara-Prado, A.; Yescas-Gómez, P.; Guerrero-Camacho, J.; Cruz-López, F.; Orozco-Pla, M.; Gómez-Pérez, C.A.; Fernandez-Ruiz, J.; Ramírez-García, M.A. Clinical, Molecular, and Survival Characteristics of Huntington's Disease in Mexico: A 30-Year Cohort from the National Referral Center.
  9. Vazquez, J.E.; Nguyen, T.; Ogilvie, A.; Bang, J.; Garcia, T.P.; Stuart, E.A. Target Trial Emulation of Antidepressant Initiation and Depression Outcomes in Huntington Disease: A Clone-Censor-Weight Approach with Grace Periods.
  10. Alexander-Savino, C.V.; Vazquez, J.E.; Qaqish, B.; Culton, D.A. A retrospective chart review on social determinants of health in pemphigus patients at a tertiary care referral center from 2014–2022 in the United States.
  11. Diddams, M.D.; Vazquez, J.E.; et al. The IET Score: A 30- and 90-day mortality prediction model for patients presenting with complicated pleural infection and treated with intrapleural enzyme therapy.
  12. Pizzuto, M.; Menozzi, S.E.; Vazquez, J.E.; Qaqish, B. Detection of multiple respiratory viruses associated with mortality and severity of illness among children with COVID-19.
  13. Vazquez, J.E.; Lotspeich, S.C.; Ma, Y.; Garcia, T.P. Robustness of parametric maximum likelihood estimation for handling right-censored covariates in generalized linear models.

Papers Completed (Not Published)

  1. Adatsi, G.; Hiba, F.; Togo, E.; Young, A.; Hane, A.A.; Vazquez, J.E.; et al. “It Won't Break You”: A survival guide for Black, Asian, and minority ethnic graduate students of color in their first year post-George Floyd. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 2024.
  2. Qeadan, F.; Vazquez, J.E.; Layne, L.; English, K. Changes in contact prevalence of health conditions from electronic health records after implementation of ICD-10-CM. Albuquerque Area Southwest Tribal Epidemiology Center. 2019.
  3. Vazquez, J.E.; Qeadan, F.; Carlson, A. Electronic medical record-based analysis of optimal screening ages for cerebral aneurysms in adults with Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD). Albuquerque Area Southwest Tribal Epidemiology Center. 2019.
  4. Vazquez, J.E.; Yannakopoulos, A.; Johnson, K.; Mancuso, C.; Krishnan, A. Learning numerical representations of biomedical concepts from 28 million abstracts using neural networks. Department of Computational Mathematics Science & Engineering, Michigan State University. 2018.

Published Abstracts

  1. Sanderson, K.; Vazquez, J.E.; Makker, K.; Defreitas, M.J.; South, A.M.; Isaac, J.; Aschner, J.L.; Reynolds, M.L.; Kucirka, L.M.; Reidy, K.J.; et al. Association Between Maternal Preeclampsia and Abnormal Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate in Adolescent Offspring Born Extremely Preterm. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 2025; 36(10S):10–1681. DOI
  2. Vazquez, J.E.; Ashner, M.; Ma, Y.; Marder, K.; Garcia, T.P. F014 Handling censored covariates in Huntington disease studies. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry (BMJ Publishing Group). 2024. DOI
  3. Choi, H.J.; Vazquez, J.E.; Qaqish, B.; Akulian, J.A. Failure of intrapleural enzyme therapy: a multicenter retrospective study. CHEST. 2024; 166(4):A3693. DOI
  4. Diddams, M.; Vazquez, J.E.; Qaqish, B.F.; Bedawi, E.; Rahman, N.; Yarmus, L.B.; Akulian, J. Validation of the RAPID Score for Complicated Pleural Infection Treated With Intrapleural Enzyme Therapy. American Thoracic Society 2023 International Conference. 2023.
  5. Diddams, M.; Vazquez, J.E.; Qaqish, B.F.; Bedawi, E.; Rahman, N.; Yarmus, L.B.; Akulian, J. A 90-day Mortality Prediction Model for Patients Presenting With Pleural Infection and Treated With Intrapleural Enzyme Therapy. American Thoracic Society 2023 International Conference. 2023, A4556. DOI

Presentations

* (invited guest speaker)

Guest Lectures

  1. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Current Topics in Biostatistics Research (first-year student seminar); Research overview and career path in biostatistics. March 2026. *
  2. Wake Forest University, STA779: Applied Survival Analysis; Joint modeling of survival and longitudinal data. November 2024. *

Oral Presentations

  1. Vazquez, J.E.; Lin, D.; Mendizabal, A.; Ogilvie, A.C.; Stuart, E.A.; Garcia, T.P.; Higher educational attainment in Huntington disease families: evidence from the Enroll-HD study. Johns Hopkins Postdoctoral Association Conference. Baltimore, MD. June 2026. (3rd place, 3-Minute Presentation Competition)
  2. Vazquez, J.E.; Ma, Y.; Marder, K.; Garcia, T.P.; Robust estimation under outcome dependent right censoring in Huntington disease: Estimators for low and high censoring rates. International Conference on Computational Statistics (COMPSTAT). Athens, GR. August 2026.
  3. Vazquez, J.E.; Shen, Y.; Akulian, J.; Hochberg, C.; Iwashyna, T.J.; Tong, J.; Stuart, E.A.; Federated learning with incomplete data: Applications to preterm kidney health. International Biometric Conference (IBC). Seoul, KR. July 2026.
  4. Vazquez, J.E.; Shen, Y.; Akulian, J.; Hochberg, C.; Iwashyna, T.J.; Tong, J.; Stuart, E.A.; Federated learning with incomplete data: Applications to preterm kidney health. Eastern North American Region (ENAR) Spring Meeting. 2026.
  5. Vazquez, J.E.; Ma, Y.; Marder, K.; Garcia, T.P.; Robust estimation under outcome dependent right censoring in Huntington disease: Estimators for low and high censoring rates. Johns Hopkins Causal Inference Working Group. Baltimore, MD. November 2025. *
  6. Choi, H.J.; Vazquez, J.E.; Qaqish, B.; Akulian, J.; et al.; Assessment of factors associated with the failure of intrapleural enzyme therapy in the treatment of pleural infection. American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST) Annual Meeting. Boston, MA. October 2025.
  7. Vazquez, J.E.; Ashner, M.C.; Ma, Y.; Marder, K.; Garcia, T.P.; Handling censored covariates in Huntington disease studies. EHDN & Enroll-HD Conference. Strasbourg, FR. September 2024.
  8. Vazquez, J.E.; Ashner, M.C.; Ma, Y.; Marder, K.; Garcia, T.P.; The missing link: Establishing the parallels between right-censored and missing covariates. International Society for Clinical Biostatistics. Thessaloniki, GR. July 2024. *
  9. Vazquez, J.E.; Ashner, M.C.; Ma, Y.; Marder, K.; Garcia, T.P.; Evaluating the robustness and efficiency of estimators under informative covariate censoring. Banff International Research Station. Banff, CA. February 2024. * (Video)
  10. Vazquez, J.E.; Ma, Y.; Marder, K.; Garcia, T.P.; Using biostatistics estimators to model the progression of symptoms for Huntington disease in astronomy. iid2022: Statistical Methods for Event Data Illuminating the Dynamic Universe. Huntsville, AL. November 2022.
  11. Vazquez, J.E.; Qeadan, F.; Carlson, A.; Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) and cerebral aneurysms. Clinical & Translational Investigators Program Seminar, UNM School of Medicine. Albuquerque, NM. February 2019.
  12. Vazquez, J.E.; Yannakopoulos, A.; Johnson, K.; Mancuso, C.; Krishnan, A.; Learning numerical representations of biomedical concepts from 28 million abstracts.
    • Ronald McNair Research Scholars Conference, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, October 2018
    • Ronald McNair Research Scholars Conference, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, October 2018
    • iCER Symposium, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, July 2018
  13. Vazquez, J.E.; Bohara, A.; Household waste management effects on health and behavior: A case study of Siddharthanagar. Pratiman-Neema Memorial Health Institute. Rupandehi District, NEP. December 2017.

Poster Presentations

  1. Vazquez, J.E.; Ma, Y.; Marder, K.; Garcia, T.P.; Robust estimation under outcome dependent right censoring in Huntington disease: Estimators for low and high censoring rates. Workshop on Statistics & Data Science. Bogotá, CO. December 2025.
  2. Vazquez, J.E.; Ma, Y.; Marder, K.; Garcia, T.P.; Estimators for longitudinal mixed models to account for right-censored covariates.
    • Eastern North American Regional Conference, ENAR, Nashville, TN, March 2023
    • International Mathematical Statistics Conference, IMS, Florence, IT, December 2022
  3. Vazquez, J.E.; Sotres-Alvarez, D.; Carlson, J.; Talavera, G.; Gallo, L.; Castañeda, S.; Evenson, K.; Validity of the global physical activity questionnaire in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL). University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Chapel Hill, NC. November 2019. (1st place, Poster Competition)
  4. Vazquez, J.E.; Collman, B.; Morris, R.M.; Biased childhood asthma mortality rates in the US: A vector autoregressive approach. University of New Mexico. Albuquerque, NM. May 2019.
  5. Vazquez, J.E.; Qeadan, F.; Carlson, A.; Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) and cerebral aneurysms. University of New Mexico School of Medicine. Albuquerque, NM. May 2018.
  6. Vazquez, J.E.; Riera Villa, N.; Anderson, N.; NaCl effects on hydroponically grown kale and mustard greens. University of Minnesota. Minneapolis, MN. December 2017.
  7. Vazquez, J.E.; Bohara, A.; Household waste management effects on health and behavior: A case study of Siddharthanagar. Undergraduate Research Opportunity Conference, University of New Mexico. Albuquerque, NM. April 2017.
  8. Vazquez, J.E.; Bohara, A.; Is arsenic contamination the real problem, or is it just one of the factors? University of New Mexico. Albuquerque, NM. May 2017.

Teaching

GR (Graduate level), UG (Undergraduate level)

Fall 2022

BIOS H500: Intro to Biostatistics (UG)

Teaching Assistant-Biostatistics Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC

  • Held office hours that guided students in sampling design, descriptive statistics, probability, confidence intervals, ANOVA, nonparametric methods, regression, survival analysis.
Spring 2022

BIOS 664: Applied Survey Data Analysis (GR)

Teaching Assistant- Biostatistics Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC

  • Fundamental principles and methods of sampling populations, with emphasis on simple random, stratified, and cluster sampling.
Fall 2021

BIOS 667: Applied Longitudinal Data Analysis (GR)

Teaching Assistant- Biostatistics Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC

  • Guided students to help understand linear and generalized linear models marginal and mixed effects models, methods of estimation (MLE, REML, GEE), variance components, hypothesis testing and confidence intervals, prediction of random effects, regression diagnostics, sample size calculation.
Spring 2021

BIOS 663: Intermediate Linear Models (GR)

Teaching Assistant- Biostatistics Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC

  • Led recitations and created HW answer keys for matrix-based treatment of regression, one-way and two-way ANOVA, and ANCOVA, with applications in the health sciences.
Fall 2018 & Spring 2019

BIOM 505: Biostatistics 1 & 2 (GR)

Teaching Assistant- School of Medicine, The University of New Mexico · Albuquerque, NM

  • Supported and held office hours for medical students without a statistical background in regression, ANOVA, survival analysis and power analysis.
Fall 2017

Econ 395: Economic Issues (UG)

Teaching Assistant - Economics Department, University of New Mexico · Albuquerque, NM

  • Assisted students in using STATA for data analysis in public health, focusing on multiple linear regression, probability concepts, and survey design applications.
Spring 2017

UNIV101: Transitional Studies (UG)

Teaching Assistant, University of New Mexico · Albuquerque, NM

  • Supported the course by recommending readings to first-generation college students, grading assignments, and helping students coordinate community service projects.

Leadership & Service Roles

May 2026 – Present

Planning Committee Member

Johns Hopkins Postdoctoral Association · Baltimore, MD

  • Served on the planning committee for postdoctoral community events at Johns Hopkins University.
  • Secured many of the social events for Postdoc Appreciation Week and Postdoc Appreciation Month.
August 2024 – May 2025

Methods for Incomplete Data Lab Facilitator

Biostatistics Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC

  • Schedule meetings, send out calendar invites, and booked meeting rooms.
  • Organize talks and arrange snacks schedule.
August 2024 – August 2025

Social Media Committee Member Chair

Eastern North American Region (ENAR) International Biometric Society · Chapel Hill, NC

  • Announced awards and winners, industry guidance updates and regulatory updates, among other material.
  • Created content and shared announcements from new journal issues of Biometrics and JABES; Providing timely commentaries and other news from the Biometric Bulletin.
August 2019 – May 2022

Interdepartmental Student Liason

UNC Biostatistics Student Association · Chapel Hill, NC

  • Ensured the Biostatistics Department was regularly updated on events from the Statistics & Operations Research Department (STOR) to strengthen interdepartmental partnerships.
August 2020 – May 2022

Departmental Student Representative

UNC Gillings School of Public Health Student Government Association · Chapel Hill, NC

  • Addressed concerns of Biostatistics students and organized fundraising events to support student activities within the public health school.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)

September 2024 – Present

Fostering Excellence in Biostatistics Workshop

Eastern North American Region (ENAR) International Biometric Society · Baltimore, MD

  • 2026: Served as Social Media Committee Chair and Organizing Committee Member; chaired the Student Panel and Introduction to Biostatistics Kahoot sessions.
  • 2025: Led a team in reviewing and posting advertising materials as Social Media Committee Chair.
  • 2024: Planning committee member.
August 2026 – Present

Graduate School Mentorship Initiative (GSMI)

Científico Latino · Baltimore, MD

  • Mentor students from backgrounds underrepresented in STEM through their graduate school applications, providing field-specific guidance, feedback on written materials, and mock interviews.
August 2024 – May 2025

Graduate School Application Reviewer and Mentor Program

Mentorship and Advice for Prospective Students, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC

  • Assisted underrepresented biostatistics applicants in reviewing their graduate school application materials to optimize their chances of being accepted to the Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
April 2022 – April 2023

Public Relations Manager & Founding Member

Latine Graduate & Professional Student Association (LGPSA), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC

  • Co-founded organization seeking to uphold a welcoming environment for Latine graduate and professional students.
  • Responsible for raising awareness and visibility of LGPSA across the UNC-Chapel Hill community through channels such as radio show interviews and organizing panel discussions of graduate students.
  • Led fundraising events including designing and selling t-shirts.

Volunteering

Fall 2024

Maureen Joy Charter School

Spanish interpreter for Hispanic/Latino parents. · Durham, NC

Summer 2023

MESA National Engineering Design Competition

Discussed personal struggles of homelessness and path to higher education in STEM to High School students. · Albuquerque, NM

Spring 2023

Adelante Education Coalition

Led a group of Hispanic/Latinx high school students into various workshops focused on exploring their aspirations beyond professional life. · High Point, NC

Summer 2022

Biostatistics Undergraduate Student Internships

Helped organize symposium for the student-led summer internship program for biostatistics undergraduate students at UNC. · Chapel Hill, NC

Summer 2022

EqualityNC

Helped distribute information of EqualityNC's support LGTBQ programs during the Raleigh Pride 2022. · Raleigh, NC

Summer 2022

Juntos Summer Academy

Presented about personal journey in conducting research in public health and Biostatistics to Latino/Hispanic High School Students. Presented them with opportunities for them to get involved. · Raleigh, NC

Spring 2022

Codepath

Participated as a resume reviewer to increase minority representation in technology. · Chapel Hill, NC

Other Relevant Experience

May 2023 – August 2023

Graduate Student Intern

Sandia National Laboratories · Albuquerque, NM

  • Led research project estimating and testing the reduction in photovoltaic energy production during the 2018 Camp Wildfire using spatial regression methods based on Markov Random Fields.
  • Trained and evaluated semi-parametric and machine learning models for predicting photovoltaic energy production by integrating diverse ocean, atmospheric, and terrain spatial data sources.
  • Research Advisor: Dr. Alex Washburne
May 2020 – August 2020

Data Scientist Intern

Google · San Francisco, CA

  • Proposed an Inter-Platform-Reliability metric to measure the reliability of users when answering YouTube surveys. The validity of the metric was then evaluated using a simulation study.
  • Recommended safe-hypothesis testing practices for Kappa coefficients under small sample-sizes.
August 2016 – December 2017

Project Assistant

College Assistance Migrant Program, University of New Mexico · Albuquerque, NM

  • Assisted in planning student activities, collecting data, administering outreach, and evaluating programs for undergraduate students from low-income and farmworker backgrounds.
  • Met with local farmworkers and members of the community to organize the 2017 Farmworkers Awareness Week.
  • Helped students to coordinate and execute community service projects.

References

Johns Hopkins University

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Penn State University