About me
Hello, I’m Max. I’m currently a 5th year PhD student at Vanderbilt University in the Department of Biostatistics. My research is on Bayesian clinical trial designs for ordinal longitudinal data with Dr. Frank Harrell, and I’m a statistician on the ACTIV-6 clinical trial.
Education
Vanderbilt University | Nashville, TN
PhD in Biostatistics | 2020 - Present
Carleton College | Northfield, MN
BA in Physics | 2013 - 2017
BA in Geology | 2013 - 2017
Research / Work Experience
PhD Summer Intern at Pfizer: Bayesian hierarchical models for analyzing adverse events in gene therapy clinical trials.
ORISE Fellow at FDA Division of Antivirals: Natural-language processing tools for product label data and meta-analyses of clinical trials for hepatitis C and HIV treatments.
MIT Washington Office: Reporting on current events in science policy.
Albuquerque Seismological Laboratory: Effects of atmospheric noise on seismometers.
LIGO collaboration: Magnetic transients and implications for gravitational wave astronomy.
Academic tutoring: teaching physics, chemistry, and mathematics to high-school and undergraduate students.
Personal
In my free time I enjoy cooking (and collecting cookbooks), playing funk guitar, and swimming.