As a third-year student in the Ph.D. program in Biostatistics at Johns Hopkins, I am working on several projects with departmental faculty as well as continuing my coursework. With my advisor Ron Brookmeyer, I am doing some independent research on infectious diseases. Specifically, we are studying the temporal and spatial characteristics of yearly flu epidemics in the US. This research has led to collaboration with a Hopkins-based research team that is working with the Red Cross to predict the effects of pandemic influenza on the US blood supply. You can find more detail about these projects (and a few others) on my research page.

I grew up in rural western Massachusetts and attended Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota. Since graduating in 2001 with a B.A. in English, I have worked for Harper's Magazine in New York City, San Francisco's City Carshare, the Framingham Heart Study and the Boston University School of Public Health.

My better (and certainly more newsworthy) half, Johanna, spends her days fighting for consumer-friendly policies at her job for Maryland Public Interest Research Group.