Research Interests
My primary research involves studying respiratory morbidities in cystic fibrosis patients. Currently, I am focusing on causal modeling applications for observational studies in which individual treatment assignment is not randomized. Specifically, I am applying this analytic framework to investigate various respiratory outcomes in young children, adolescents and adult patients with cystic fibrosis.
I also continue to investigate the role of environmental factors and their associations with various respiratory infections in children with cystic fibrosis. The majority of this work has focused on the initial acquisition of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, the sentinel pathogen in this patient population.
In my spare time, I enjoy following the developments in spatial and spatial-temporal statistical applications in public health disease settings, particularly as they relate to small area estimation studies and for infectious diseases; as well as, contemporary methodologies for identifying and addressing bias(es) in reproductive and perinatal epidemiologic studies.
I also continue to investigate the role of environmental factors and their associations with various respiratory infections in children with cystic fibrosis. The majority of this work has focused on the initial acquisition of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, the sentinel pathogen in this patient population.
In my spare time, I enjoy following the developments in spatial and spatial-temporal statistical applications in public health disease settings, particularly as they relate to small area estimation studies and for infectious diseases; as well as, contemporary methodologies for identifying and addressing bias(es) in reproductive and perinatal epidemiologic studies.