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Variable selection, Epidemiology, Machine learning, Model selection, Big data analytics, Computational statistics, Survival analysis
United States

Biography

I am a Biostatistician III at the Duke Clinical Research Institute, where I provide statistical support and insights to ongoing clinical research projects. I aim to use mathematics and statistics in a way that not only increases the availability of knowledge in these respective fields, but also improves the quality of public health in my community and abroad. I maintain fluency in R and MATLAB, but I also regularly use numerous other software packages, including ArcGIS, SAS, SPSS, and Stata.

As a Mathematics Ph.D. candidate at the University of Tennessee, I focused on modern computational statistics applications for high-dimensional datasets. My main research interests included mixture modeling (Bayesian and classical), developing model selection criteria, and variable subset selection techniques. My research projects led to 5 publications, as well as grants, fellowships, and scholarships totaling over $100,000. I had the opportunity to work with individuals from many backgrounds different from my own, including biologists, veterinarians, farmers, firefighters, and epidemiologists. These experiences gave me the opportunity to develop an ability to communicate my research in a way that is understandable, without understating its importance.

Activities

Employment (5)

Duke Clinical Research Institute: Durham, NC, US

2017-08-01 to present | Biostatistician III (Clinical Trials Statistics)
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Duke Clinical Research Institute: Durham, NC, US

2016-08-01 to 2017-07-31 | Postdoctoral Associate
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University of Tennessee, SCALE-IT: Knoxville, TN, US

2012-08-01 to 2014-07-31 | Graduate Research Fellow (Mathematics)
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National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis: Knoxville, Tennessee, US

2010-06-01 to 2010-07-31 | Undergraduate Researcher
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Belgium-Cold Springs Fire Department: Baldwinsville, NY, US

2009-05-15 to 2009-08-15 | Summer Intern; Firefighter; EMT; CPR Instructor
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Education and qualifications (2)

Duke Clinical Research Institute: Durham, NC, US

2016-08-01 to 2017-07-31 | Postdoctoral Associate
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SUNY Geneseo: Geneseo, NY, US

2007-08-01 to 2011-05-31 | B.A. Mathematics (Mathematics)
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Funding (3)

The evolution of microbes in a social world

2015 to 2017 | Grant
National Academies Keck Future Initiative (Irvine, CA, US)
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STEM Chateaubriand Fellowship

2014 to 2015 | Award
Embassy of France in the United States (Washington, D.C., US)
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NSF East Asia and Pacific Summer Institute (EAPSI) for FY 2013 in Australia

2013-06-01 to 2014-05-31 | Grant
National Science Foundation - Office of the Director (Arlington, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: 1317104
GRANT_NUMBER: 1317104
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Works (7)

Metabolic network failures in Alzheimer's disease: A biochemical road map

Alzheimer's & Dementia
2017-09 | Journal article
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Poisson mixture distribution analysis for North Carolina SIDS counts using information criteria

Epidemiology Biostatistics and Public Health
2017-09-21 | Journal article
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A county-level analysis of persons living with HIV in the southern United States

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84940702291

Contributors: Gray, S.C.; Massaro, T.; Chen, I.; Edholm, C.J.; Grotheer, R.; Zheng, Y.; Chang, H.H.
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Variable subset selection via GA and information complexity in mixtures of Poisson and negative binomial regression models

2015 | Conference paper
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Mathematical modeling of the HIV/Kaposi's Sarcoma coinfection dynamics in areas of high HIV prevalence

Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine
2013 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84890041392

Contributors: Lungu, E.; Massaro, T.J.; Ndelwa, E.; Ainea, N.; Chibaya, S.; Malunguza, N.J.
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Modeling for cost analysis of Johne's disease control based on evelisa testing

Journal of Biological Systems
2013 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84893420727

Contributors: Massaro, T.; Lenhart, S.; Spence, M.; Drakes, C.; Yang, G.; Agusto, F.; Johnson, R.; Whitlock, B.; Wadhwa, A.; Eda, S.
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Stability Analysis of FitzHugh-Nagumo with Smooth Periodic Forcing

Journal of Student Research
2012 | Journal article
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