Dispatches
Talks, workshops, and writing — what I'm presenting, teaching about, and thinking through. Longer essays live on my Substack, Alcohol Intelligence.
Talks & workshops
Workshop · reveal.js
AI in Epidemiology
Hands-on workshop slides on using AI tools in epidemiologic research and teaching.
Invited talks
2026“Agentic AI for Public Health Policy Evaluation.” Agentic AI Convening, University at Albany.
2026“AI-Assisted Statistical Analysis in Graduate Education.” UAlbany AI Plus Symposium.
2025“No Protective Effect of Moderate Drinking.” Beyond Addiction Symposium, University at Albany.
2024“Predictive Modeling of Cognitive Function in Early Midlife.” CAPS Annual Conference, Cornell University.
Selected conference presentations
2025“Historical Redlining and Binge Drinking in Early Midlife.” IAPHS, Pittsburgh, PA.
2025“Predictive Modeling of Cognitive Function.” Population Association of America (PAA).
2024“Frequent Alcohol Consumption, Binge Drinking and Hypertension.” PAA, Columbus, OH.
Writing & notes
What the seed grant will build, and why harmonization matters.
GrantsOne data source for the CV and the whole site — and far less maintenance.
ReproducibilityTeaching regression methods in epidemiology with Claude and RStudio.
TalksOn LinkedIn
Short posts sharing new papers, teaching materials, and open-source templates.
The weight of place ↗ — New in Annals of Epidemiology: neighborhood disadvantage in adolescence and obesity trajectories into early midlife.Jul 2026
Does staying put protect? ↗ — New in Alcohol & Alcoholism: higher neighborhood cohesion tracked with more binge and heavy drinking, not less.Apr 2026
Data visualization in R ↗ — An interactive lecture deck from EPI 553: grammar of graphics, perception, accessibility, and interactive plots.Apr 2026
Quarto + Typst CV template ↗ — An open template that builds a formatted academic CV straight from YAML and BibTeX.Apr 2026
Publication-ready tables in R ↗ — Survey-weighted Table 1 and regression tables with gtsummary and flextable, using NHIS data.Mar 2026
Newsletter
Alcohol Intelligence
Essays and data notes on alcohol, health, and population data — in plain language, a couple of times a month.