Teaching & Mentorship

Formal Teaching Appointments

National Teaching Fellow in Data Science

RCMI National Coordinating Center, Morehouse School of Medicine
November 2024 – Present

Designed and delivered graduate-level data science and statistical programming instruction in R through the RCMI National Coordinating Center, serving MPH, PhD, and early, mid, and late-career researchers across multiple minority-serving institutions including Morehouse School of Medicine and Howard University. Curriculum covered reproducible research practices, regression modeling, survival analysis, and data visualization using Quarto and R.

R Programming Reproducible Research Regression Modeling Survival Analysis Data Visualization Quarto

Graduate Assistant — Epidemiology Methods Instructor

Florida International University, Department of Epidemiology
May 2025 – Present

Teaching graduate-level epidemiological methods to MPH and PhD students, with measurable improvement in student quantitative output quality and multiple students applying advanced methods independently to their research. Provide individual statistical consultation and mentorship on study design, analytical methods, and scientific writing.

Epidemiological Methods Study Design Statistical Consulting Scientific Writing

Open-Source Educational Materials

Fisher's Exact Test Tutorial

Published via Quarto Pub

Interactive tutorial with annotated R code covering Fisher's Exact Test for small-sample contingency table analysis, including worked examples and interpretation guidance for public health applications.

RHypothesis TestingQuarto
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Two-Sample T-Test Tutorial

Published via Quarto Pub

Tutorial covering two-sample t-test methodology, assumptions, implementation in R, and interpretation for public health and epidemiology applications.

RHypothesis TestingQuarto
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Random Intercept Model Tutorial

How to Health Science in R — Collaborative Blog

Contributed to a collaborative open-source tutorial series covering multilevel modeling with random intercept models in R for health science researchers.

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Mentorship

Mentored four junior researchers on statistical methods, R and SAS programming, study design, and scientific writing, with each mentee successfully completing independent research outputs including conference abstracts, thesis chapters, and peer-reviewed publication submissions. Two mentees completed their first peer-reviewed publication submissions under direct guidance.

Professional Leadership & Service

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Governing Councilor
American Public Health Association (APHA)
2025 – Present
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President, Students and Post-docs Committee (SPC)
Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER)
2026 – Present  |  President-Elect 2025–2026
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National Chapter Chair
Sisters in Public Health — 300+ members
2024 – 2026
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Abstract Reviewer
Society for Epidemiologic Research Annual Meeting
20+ abstracts reviewed