I am an Assistant Investigator in the Biostatistics Unit at Group Health Research Institute (GHRI) and an Affiliate Assistant Professor in the Department of Biostatistics at the University of Washington.  At GHRI I am working on nine studies, four clinical trials in the areas of alternative medicine and medical error disclosure, and five observational studies in the areas of radiology and breast cancer, location and neighborhood on cancer interventions and outcomes, obesity's relationship to food and the environment, and post-surveillance monitoring of vaccine and drug safety.  

I am currently working on statistical methodology and application for multi-level data, spatial cluster detection, and methods for continuous monitoring of post-marketing surveillance data. 

In June 2005 I finished my Ph.D. in Biostatistics at Harvard University supervised by my thesis advisor Dr. Yi Li.  My dissertation covered the broad topics of spatial statistics, survival analysis, and longitudinal data analysis. Previously, I attended the University of Washington and obtained my Bachelor of Science degree in Applied and Computational Mathematical Sciences (ACMS).  For information about my research interests and background please click on the links above.