I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. I am affiliated with 4 graduate programs at CU Anschutz, Computational Bioscience, Human Medical Genetics and Genomics, Microbiology, and the umbrella Biomedical Sciences.

My research group develops computational approaches that can leverage large-scale genomic data to gain testable insights into infectious disease biology, focusing on microbial genotypes, phenotypes, and diseases. I also teach fundamentals of data analysis, visualization, and reproducible research, especially programming in non-traditional settings. As part of this effort, I founded R-Ladies East Lansing, Women+ Data Science, AsiaR, and R-Ladies Aurora, four organizations that promote leadership and technical networking opportunities in data science via meetups & webinars (featured in the CU newsletter).