About Me

I am a PhD student at UC Irvine studying Statistics. I love using my domain knowledge and computational skills to better understand the world around me, in both a personal and professional context. I'm currently working to formalize new statistical methods that combine existing efficiency frameworks with applications to biomarker discovery for Alzheimer's Disease.

Experience

Graduate Student Researcher Jan 2026 - present
UC Irvine
Statistics Tutor Aug 2022 - present
Self-Employed
Teaching Assistant Sep 2024 - Dec 2025
UC Irvine
Biostatistics Researcher Jul 2023 - Aug 2023
UC Irvine (SIBS)
Data Scientist Jan 2023 - Jun 2023
Global Emancipation Network
Textbook Contributor and Editor Jun 2023 - Aug 2023
Pearson
Workshop Leader Jan 2023 - Jun 2023
Cal Poly
Data Scientist Jan 2022 - Jan 2023
HomeOptions Inc.
Frost Researcher Jan 2021 - Aug 2021
Cal Poly

Publications

Chance, B., Tintle, N., Reynolds, S., Patel, A., Chan, K., & Leader, S. (2022). Student performance in curricula centered on simulation-based inference. Statistics Education Research Journal, 21(3).
https://doi.org/10.52041/serj.v21i3.6
Lu, T. V., Campos, P., Leader, S., Lee, X., Xu, H., Doran, E., Grill, J. D., & Lott, I. T. (2024). Comparing research attitudes in Down syndrome and non-Down syndrome research decision-makers. Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions, 10(3).
https://doi.org/10.1002/trc2.12478