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I co-authored an article in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences entitled “Burkitt lymphoma risk shows geographic and temporal associations with Plasmodium falciparum infections in Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya” led by Kelly Broen and Dr. Sam Mbulaiteye.

I completed my postdoctoral fellowship at the National Cancer Institute through the Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program working with Dr. Rena Jones and Dr. Mary Ward in the Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch in the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics in Rockville, Maryland.

I co-authored an article in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention entitled “Geographic Patterns in U.S. Lung Cancer Mortality and Cigarette Smoking” led by Alaina Shreves and Dr. Rena Jones.

Migrating my professional updates from Twitter to Bluesky and Mastodon. Find me there!

My fourth R package is published in the Comprehensive R Archive Network named ndi. It computes various geospatial neighborhood deprivation indices (NDI) and other metrics of social vulnerability in the United States.

I co-authored an article in Environmental Research entitled “Urinary nitrate and sodium in a high-risk area for upper gastrointestinal cancers: Golestan Cohort Study” led by Dr. Arash Etemadi.

Here is an example of plotting a neighborhoods network with ggplot2 using the sf and sfdep packages for counties in a U.S. state.

My first manuscript that was featured as the cover article of a scientific journal was published today in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention Volume 31, Issue 5.

I received a 2021 National Cancer Institute (NCI) Director’s Award for Emerging Leader along with the other members of the Fellows Advisory Board of the Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program (CPFP) in recognition of spearheading innovative opportunities for fellows to develop skills and community during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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.”