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Society for Epidemiologic Research 2024

I co-instructed a workshop at the Society for Epidemiologic Research Annual Meeting 2024 entitled “Git’n up to speed on versioning control.” The workshop was an introduction to the Git language and other Git-enabled technology for epidemiologists to version control their software code.

Accessible geospatial socio-economic metrics

I gave an invited talk at the National Cancer Institute Division of Cancer Prevention Multi-Cancer Detection Working Group entitled “Accessible geospatial socio-economic metrics.” The talk was an introduction to my open-source R package in the Comprehensive R Archive Network (CRAN) named ndi that I developed as a postdoctoral Cancer Prevention Fellow.

Putting Cancer and Environmental Exposures in (Geo)spatial Perspective

I gave an invited talk at the Center for Science and Technology in the Radiation Protection Division of the Office of Air and Radiation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency entitled “Putting cancer and environmental exposures in (geo)spatial perspective.

International Society for Environmental Epidemiology 2021

I presented my oral abstract entitled “Roadway Proximity and Lung Cancer Risk in NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study Participants” at the 33rd Annual Conference of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology held virtually due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.

Society for Epidemiologic Research 2021

I presented my invited talk entitled “Estimating environmental mixtures in a geospatial context” in a symposium entitled “Implementing geolocation-based exposure assessments” at the Society for Epidemiologic Reserach 2021 annual meeting held virtually due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.

Lightning Talk at NIEHS Workshop

I presented a lightning talk entitled “Geographic Variation in the Oral Microbiome of NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study Participants” at a National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences workshop entitled Impact of Environmental Exposures on the Microbiome and Human Health held virtually due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.

Invited Presentation for the DCEG Geospatial Analysis Working Group

Dr. Derek Brown and I presented our “Spatial Power” webtool for the NCI Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics January 2021 monthly Geographic Analysis Working Group meeting. Spatial Power is an upcomping webtool to calculate power for spatial statistics.

A Place for Spatial Analysis in the Cancer Control Continuum

I gave an invited talk at the National Cancer Institute entitled “A place for spatial analysis in the Cancer Control Continuum.” The talk was an overview of my work in progress over the past year in the Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program.