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

Pre-Doctoral Research Fellow October 2026 - present
UC Irvine
Graduate Student Researcher Jan 2026 - September 2026
UC Irvine
Statistics Tutor Aug 2022 - present
Self-Employed
Teaching Assistant Sep 2024 - July 2026
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