PhD Student, Epidemiology - SDSU/UC San Diego Joint Doctoral Program - San Diego State University & University of California San Diego
Conduct epidemiologic research in chronic disease, cardiovascular outcomes, cancer survivorship, and population health using large observational datasets. Use R and SAS for statistical analysis, reproducible research workflows, and manuscript development; have applied these tools in peer-reviewed publications. Developing Python proficiency for doctoral research and data analysis. Graduate coursework includes Introduction to Biomedical Natural Language Processing and Current Trends in Biomedical Informatics. Course-based AI experience includes foundational LLM/AI concepts, prompt engineering, and evaluation/comparison of multiple LLM models in a project setting.