I am a PhD student in the Department of Biostatistics. I grew up in Minnesota and received my BA from St. Olaf College, where I studied math, chemistry, and statistics. I earned my MS in Biostatistics from the University of Washington while pursuing my PhD.

I am advised by Dr. Peter Gilbert at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and we are developing statistical methods to assess COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness and immune correlates in test-negative design studies. These methods implement targeted maximum likelihood estimation or leverage negative control variables to account for confounding, selection bias, and missing data in test-negative design studies. 

I have also worked as a research assistant for Dr. Lyndia Brumback at the Collaborative Health Studies Coordinating Center. We investigated how arterial stiffness relates to hypertension and can inform risk assessment for cardiovascular disease using data from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.

In my free time, I enjoy playing viola in small chamber groups, soccer, and board games.