Experience

City of San Antonio Metropolitan Health District

• United States
• Government Administration
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Chief of Informatics

  • 2018 - Present

  San Antonio, Texas Area • Head of the Health Department’s Informatics Section, with supervision of Informatics team consisting of epidemiologists, analysts, and programmers. • Acquisition, processing, management, statistical analysis, and geo-spatial modeling of data from local, state, and federal databases. • Evidence-based research and data-Informed decision making for public health policies, interventions, and community initiatives. • Cross-sector collaboration and partnership building with local… Show more • Head of the Health Department’s Informatics Section, with supervision of Informatics team consisting of epidemiologists, analysts, and programmers. • Acquisition, processing, management, statistical analysis, and geo-spatial modeling of data from local, state, and federal databases. • Evidence-based research and data-Informed decision making for public health policies, interventions, and community initiatives. • Cross-sector collaboration and partnership building with local institutions, non-profit organizations, as well as State (DSHS) and federal (CDC) public health partners. • Development and dissemination of annual reports on chronic disease risk, incidence, and mortality. Show less



Columbia University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Scientist

  • 2016 - 2018

  • Project lead for the International CHARGE consortium meta-analysis project on epigenome-wide data and incident heart disease across 10 cohorts in Europe and USA. Responsible for: Supervising the lead scientist/analysts from each cohort, developing and streamlining high-throughput analysis pipelines, harmonizing clinical outcomes and performing the meta-analysis, and leading the international scientific writing group for the project. • Lead scientist, responsible for data analysis… Show more • Project lead for the International CHARGE consortium meta-analysis project on epigenome-wide data and incident heart disease across 10 cohorts in Europe and USA. Responsible for: Supervising the lead scientist/analysts from each cohort, developing and streamlining high-throughput analysis pipelines, harmonizing clinical outcomes and performing the meta-analysis, and leading the international scientific writing group for the project. • Lead scientist, responsible for data analysis, manuscript writing, and grant proposal development for funded interdisciplinary pilot project: “Identifying Longitudinal Patterns of Interaction between Biology, Behavior, and Context as a Basis for Precision Prevention.” Show less



Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Fellow

  • 2014 - 2016

  • Lead analyst for NIH-funded project: “Novel Epigenomic Biomarkers of Prenatal Risk Factors, And Childhood Obesity” (R01NR013945). Responsible for: developing research ideas, analyzing high-dimensional data, and producing publications, mentoring PhD students, and training incoming research investigators in the development of grant/research proposals, statistical analysis of data, and preparation of manuscripts.

• Lecturer

  • Sep 2014 - Dec 2015

  “The Role of Epigenetics in Health and Disease” - in Course: Environmental Epigenetics



Brown University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Independent Consultant

  • 2014 - 2016

  Providence, Rhode Island Area Identifying Targets for Reducing Obesity Caused by Early Life Disadvantage



Brown University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• PHD student

  • 2009 - 2013

  Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Epigenetic mechanisms underlying obesity and fat development, developmental programming of disease through adverse early-life experiences

• Research Assistant

  • Jun 2009 - Aug 2009

  Samoa Field work and original data collection for NIH funded Project: Genome-wide Association Study of Adiposity in Samoans

• Research Assistant

  • Jan 2009 - May 2009

  Providence, Rhode Island Area Research Assistant for NIH-funded Project: Life Course Effects on Aging Perinatal