Life Sciences & Health

Peer-reviewed publications, clinical predictive modeling, interactive medical applets, molecular biology research, and health policy.

Published / Presented Research

Predicting Glaucoma Progression with Clinical NLP

Deep learning and NLP applied to free-text clinical notes from electronic medical records to forecast surgical intervention.

Ophthalmology Domain-Specific Neural Word Embeddings

Evaluating domain-adapted embeddings on medical analogies and fusing structured with unstructured data to predict visual prognosis.

Multimodal Low Vision Prognosis Prediction from EHRs

Published in IJMI: multimodal deep learning fusing structured lab tables with free-text physician notes.

Transcriptional Regulation of TRIM30 and TRIM34 (99R Thesis)

Undergraduate honors thesis in Biochemical Sciences evaluating retroviral restriction factor regulation in innate immunity.

The Mathematics of Nuclear Import (Ran Gradient)

Mathematical modeling of steady-state Ran GTPase concentration gradients across nuclear pores.

Myeloid Progenitors in Lethal Aspergillus Infection

Stanford University Bone Marrow Transplant research evaluating allogeneic myeloid progenitors against fungal infection.

Biochemistry Subject Test Study Guides

Structured review notes, metabolic pathways, and enzyme kinetics summaries prepared for the Biochemistry GRE.

Tools

Diagnostic Math & Health-Economics Calculators

Interactive figures of merit calculators for clinical PPV, NPV, and screening cost-effectiveness trade-offs with downloadable models.

AGIS Visual Field Defect Score Calculator

Clinical scoring applet computing Advanced Glaucoma Intervention Study (AGIS) defect scores for patient evaluation.

Predicting Top-Tier Journal Publication with Keras

Binary text classification model trained on PubMed abstracts predicting publication tier with 87.2% accuracy.

Health Policy

The Role of Digital Technology in Combating Chronic Disease

Policy analysis for the Tony Blair Institute examining clinical AI, remote monitoring, and digital therapeutics in health systems.

Combatting Vaccine Misinformation in the Age of the Internet

Policy brief analyzing digital distribution channels for health misinformation and regulatory/platform mitigation frameworks.

Science Writing

How You Might Cure Asian Glow

Biochemical examination of ALDH2 deficiency, acetaldehyde metabolism, and potential therapeutic interventions.

Slime Takes a Stroll

Exploring the computational geometry and chemotaxis mechanisms of Dictyostelium discoideum slime mold.

Collateral Damage by Mitochondria

Evaluating systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) triggered by mitochondrial damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs).

United States of Amoeba

Analysis of genetic kin recognition and cheating behaviors in multicellular amoeba aggregations.

Do You Have the Guts for Nori?

Marine bacterial porphyranase genes horizontally transferred into the human gut microbiome of Japanese populations.

Antibody-omics

High-throughput sequencing and structural analysis of human antibody repertoires.

Fat Flora

Gut microbiota composition shifts and energy harvest efficiency in obesity models.

Mosquitoes are Drawn to Your Skin Bacteria

Olfactory cues and skin microflora volatile profiles mediating Anopheles mosquito attraction.

Boa Constrictors Listen to Your Heart

Sensory feedback in snake constriction behavior responding to victim hemodynamic arrest.