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<div
id="columbia-university-mailman-school-of-public-health-new-york-ny-october-2022"
class="section level4">
<h4>Columbia University | Mailman School of Public Health | New York, NY
| October 2022</h4>
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<li>Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Biostatistics</li>
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id="columbia-university-mailman-school-of-public-health-new-york-ny-november-2020"
class="section level4">
<h4>Columbia University | Mailman School of Public Health | New York, NY
| November 2020</h4>
<ul>
<li>Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) in Biostatistics</li>
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<div id="university-of-pennsylvania-philadelphia-pa-may-2015"
class="section level4">
<h4>University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | May 2015</h4>
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<li>Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics, Statistics Minor (<em>cum
laude</em>)</li>
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<div id="professional-experience" class="section level3">
<h3>PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE</h3>
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<div id="assistant-professor-october-2022-present"
class="section level4">
<h4>Assistant Professor | October 2022 – Present</h4>
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<li>Division of Biostatistics, Department of Epidemiology, Albert
Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY</li>
<li>Saul R. Korey Department of Neurology, Albert Einstein College of
Medicine, New York, NY</li>
</ul>
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<div id="research-analyst-october-2018-october-2022"
class="section level4">
<h4>Research Analyst | October 2018 – October 2022</h4>
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<li>Department of Biostatistics, Columbia University, New York, NY</li>
</ul>
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<div id="data-science-intern-may-2021-august-2021"
class="section level4">
<h4>Data Science Intern | May 2021 – August 2021</h4>
<ul>
<li>Google Inc., San Francisco, CA</li>
</ul>
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<div id="research-analyst-october-2018-december-2020"
class="section level4">
<h4>Research Analyst | October 2018 – December 2020</h4>
<ul>
<li>Mental Health Data Science, Columbia University, New York, NY</li>
</ul>
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<div id="research-analyst-june-2018-august-2018" class="section level4">
<h4>Research Analyst | June 2018 – August 2018</h4>
<ul>
<li>The Center for Complicated Grief, Columbia University, New York,
NY</li>
</ul>
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<div id="neuroimaging-data-analyst-august-2015-august-2017"
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<h4>Neuroimaging Data Analyst | August 2015 – August 2017</h4>
<ul>
<li>Neuropsychiatry Program, Penn Medicine, Philadelphia, PA</li>
</ul>
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<div id="undergraduate-research-assistant-january-2015-july-2015"
class="section level4">
<h4>Undergraduate Research Assistant | January 2015 – July 2015</h4>
<ul>
<li>Department of Statistics, The Wharton School of the University of
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA</li>
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<h3>GRANT SUPPORT</h3>
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<div id="r03ag095655-01-nihnia-09012025-08312027"
class="section level4">
<h4>R03AG095655-01, NIH/NIA | 09/01/2025 – 08/31/2027</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Role:</strong> Principal Investigator</li>
<li><em>Pen-and-Paper and Smartphone Self-Reported Cognitive Concerns to
Predict Longitudinal Alzheimer’s Biomarkers in a Diverse, Non-Demented
Older Adult Population</em></li>
</ul>
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<div id="p01ag003949-40-nihnia-derby-pi-10012022-03312027"
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<h4>P01AG003949-40, NIH/NIA (Derby, PI) | 10/01/2022 – 03/31/2027</h4>
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<li><strong>Role:</strong> Statistician</li>
<li><em>Einstein Aging Study</em></li>
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<h3>AWARDS &amp; HONORS</h3>
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<li>Alzheimer’s Association International Conference Fellowship,
2026</li>
<li>Advanced Research Institute in Aging and Mental Health Mentored
Biostatistics Faculty Program Award, 2024</li>
<li>Allan Rosenfield Scholarship, Mailman School of Public Health, 2017,
2019</li>
<li>ENAR Diversity Workshop Travel Award, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019</li>
<li>Initiative for Maximizing Student Development Fellowship, Mailman
School of Public Health, 2017</li>
<li>Joint Statistical Meetings Diversity Workshop and Mentoring Program
Travel Award, 2016</li>
<li>Dean’s List, University of Pennsylvania, 2014–2015</li>
<li>Cipactli Latino Honor Society Inductee, University of Pennsylvania,
2013</li>
<li>State Department Summer Science Camp Scholarship, Institute of the
Americas, San Diego, 2010</li>
<li>First Place, NASA Climate Change Mexico Competition, 2010</li>
</ul>
<p><br></p>
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<div id="teaching" class="section level3">
<h3>TEACHING</h3>
<hr />
<ul>
<li>Foundations of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Spring 2023, 2024,
2025; student evaluation 3.8/4)</li>
<li>Introduction to Data Wrangling in R and Tidyverse — Short Course
(April 2024, April 2025)</li>
<li>Biostatistics Epidemiology Summer Training Program — Data Science
Instructor (Summer 2021)</li>
<li>Biostatistics Epidemiology Summer Training Program — Teaching
Assistant (Summer 2018, 2019)</li>
<li>Data Science I — Teaching Assistant (Fall 2018)</li>
<li>Data Science II — Teaching Assistant (Spring 2019, 2020, 2021)</li>
</ul>
<p><br></p>
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<div id="mentorship-service" class="section level3">
<h3>MENTORSHIP &amp; SERVICE</h3>
<hr />
<p><strong>Students under supervision:</strong> Evan Rothchild (Medical
Student / Clinical Research Training Program)</p>
<p><strong>Other Mentorship:</strong> Statistics Faculty for the Career
Institute in Mental Health of Aging, 2026</p>
<p><strong>Journal Reviewer:</strong> <em>Neurobiology of Aging</em>,
<em>Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease</em>, <em>Human Brain Mapping</em>,
<em>Psychology Research and Behavior Management</em>,
<em>Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment</em>, <em>American Journal of
Psychiatry</em>, <em>JAMA Network Open</em>, <em>Alzheimer’s and
Dementia</em>, <em>Statistics in Medicine</em>, <em>Nature
Communications</em>, <em>Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series
A</em>.</p>
<p><strong>Professional Organizations:</strong> American Statistical
Association; Eastern North American Region (ENAR), International
Biometric Society; International Society to Advance Alzheimer’s Research
and Treatment (ISTAART).</p>
<p><br></p>
</div>
<div id="leadership" class="section level3">
<h3>LEADERSHIP</h3>
<hr />
<ul>
<li>Lead Organizer, Columbia Biostatistics Computing Club
(2018–2021)</li>
<li>Co-Founder, Association of Queer International Students, University
of Pennsylvania (2015)</li>
<li>President, Assembly of International Students, University of
Pennsylvania (2014)</li>
<li>President, <a href="mailto:Mex@Penn" class="email">Mex@Penn</a>
Mexican Student Association, University of Pennsylvania (2013)</li>
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