Projects
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Health Effects Institute Summer Research Fellowship (June – August 2026)
UCLA, Los Angeles, California
Socioeconomic clustering of California ZCTAs to inform heat-risk thresholds within the CalHeatScore framework -
Independent Research Project (Jan. 2026 – Present)
Department of Biostatistics & Epidemiology, UIC, Chicago, IL
Evaluating Large Language Model-Generated Behavioral Patterns for Epidemiological Modeling: A Case Study Among People Who Inject Drugs -
Research Committee Volunteer (Sept. – Dec. 2025)
Cook County College Teachers Union Local 1600, Chicago, IL
Comparative Policy Analysis for Union Negotiations: Tuition Waiver Structures
Academic Activities
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Directed Reading Program (Spring 2026)
The Importance of Model Specification in Statistical Conclusions
This presentation explains how model specification (our choice of variables and model) can lead to different conclusions from the same data. This is related to concepts such as identifiability, the bias–variance tradeoff, and the distinction between prediction and inference.