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About Me
About Me
Now
Now
💼 Assistant Professor at Wake Forest University in the Department of Statistical Sciences, with a secondary appointment in the Department of Biostatistics and Data Science
🤝 Conduct and supervise student research tackling real-world data quality challenges in electronic health records (EHR) and health disparities research, primarily.
👩🔬 Co-lead the Spatial and Environmental Statistics in Health (SESH) Lab at Wake Forest and the Methods for INcomplete Data (MIND) Lab at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
👋 Co-organize Florence Nightingale Day, welcoming local middle and high schools to explore statistics and data science at Wake Forest
🎤 Co-host Regression to the Mean Girls, a podcast where we interview brilliant data people about their silliest side quests
Then
Then
🐏 Postdoctoral Fellowship in Biostatistics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill under the supervision of Dr. Tanya Garcia
⚓️ Ph.D. in Biostatistics at Vanderbilt University under the mentorship of Drs. Bryan Shepherd and Ran Tao
🐊 B.S. in Statistics (summa cum laude) from the University of Florida
🚀 Originally from Florida, having grown up in a family of rocket scientists minutes from Kennedy Space Center
The Fast Facts
The Fast Facts
I love data and people; I especially love data about people.
Email: lotspes AT wfu DOT edu
Latest Hoorays
Latest Hoorays
Milestones, Announcements, and Other Matters Sarah Is Excited About
(See the Hall of Hoorays for Archived Excitement)
October 2026
I was invited to give a seminar on my ongoing research on "Overcoming data quality challenges to develop EHR-based health scores: chart reviews, targeted designs, and LLMs" at University of Minnesota. [Slides]
September 2026
I was invited to give a seminar on my ongoing research on "Attenuated or flipped: On the ramifications of measurement error in concentration indices" at International Conference on Econometrics and Statistics (EcoSta 2026). [Slides]
August 2026
I was presented the lab's ongoing research on "Strategically validating error-prone food access measures using map-based software with efficient, equity-focused analyses in mind" at the Joint Statistical Meetings in Boston, MA. [Slides]
May 2026
Grayson, Cassi, and Jessica officially graduated and are off to their next adventures soon!
March 2026
I was immensely honored to receive the Dionne Price Early Career PIONEER Award at the ENAR Spring Meeting in Indianapolis, IN.
April 2026
My article "Interweaving probability and crochet: A stat-stichin's guide" from the Early Career Writing Competition was published in Significance Magazine online. [Article]
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