Experience

Research Experience

Research Assistant, Department of Statistics, University of Connecticut, USA
Jan. 2020 – Aug. 2023
P.I: Dr. Dipak K. Dey

• Led projects on demand surge modeling after catastrophic events.
• Developed Tweedie generalized linear models to address correlated temporal variables.
• Built gamma finite mixture models to predict bodily injury severity in auto insurance data.
• Applied unsupervised clustering to identify subgroups of policy holders based on insurance scores.

Research Assistant, Department of Information Statistics, Andong National University, South Korea
Sep. 2018 – Apr. 2019
P.I: Dr. Eun Jin Jang

• Managed and analyzed national health insurance claims data using SAS.
• Conducted a nested case-control cohort study on the use of proton pump inhibitors (PPI) and osteoporotic fracture risk.

Research Assistant, College of Pharmacy and Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyungpook National University, South Korea
Sep. 2015 – Jun. 2017
P.I: Dr. Jin-Won Kwon

• Managed and analyzed Korean national health insurance claims data using SAS.
• Conducted nested case-control cohort studies investigating:
  • Polypharmacy and Parkinsonism/Parkinson’s disease.
  • Polypharmacy and dementia.
  • Oral bisphosphonates and upper gastrointestinal cancer risk in Asian patients with osteoporosis.

Consulting Experience

Consultant, Department of Statistics, University of Connecticut, USA
Aug. 2021 – Aug. 2023

• Performed data analysis in survey research using SPSS, R, and SAS.
• Selected projects included:
  • Comparative analysis of proteomic changes in Listeria monocytogenes under eugenol treatment using Empirical Bayes methods.
  • Modeling gender differences in post-amputation experiences using generalized ordered beta and fractional regression models.

Consultant, Department of Statistics, Kyungpook National University, South Korea
Mar. 2015 – Jun. 2017

• Provided consulting for survey-based research using SPSS, R, and SAS.

Awards and Honors

• University of Connecticut Department of Statistics Pre-doctoral Fellowship, 2022
• Champion, Travelers Modeling Competition (Claim Fraud Detection), 2021
• Scholarship for Academic Excellence, Kyungpook National University, Fall 2016
• Academic Support Scholarship, Kyungpook National University, Spring 2015
• National Science and Engineering Undergraduate Scholarship, Korea Student Aid Foundation, 2014–2015
• Scholarship for Academic Excellence, Kyungpook National University, 2013
• Global Challenger A, Kyungpook National University, 2012