I am a researcher with a PhD in statistics, working on applied problems in global health, epidemiology, and development economics. I am a Consulting Director at the Development Innovation Lab at the University of Chicago, a Non-resident Research Fellow at the Centre for Global Development, and a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Progress.
Recent Projects
You can see more of my current ideas in my Working In Public Doc.
- BEAR, an open-source meta-dataset of empirical research results for meta-science.
- Water meta-analysis on water quality interventions and child mortality.
- Optimising dosing of vaccines, policy work on how to deliver vaccines to more people when supply is constrained.
- R package baggr for fitting Bayesian meta-analytic models with Stan.
Recent Papers
Google Scholar- Bayesian clinical trials and the FDA. JAMA, 2026, with Andrew Gelman and Erik van Zwet.
- Water treatment and child mortality, NBER working paper, Feb 2026, with Michael Kremer et al.
- Meta-analysis with a single study. Statistical Methods in Medical Research, 2025, with Andrew Gelman and Erik van Zwet.
Recent Research Notes
See All NotesI occasionally blog at Clinical Trials Abundance and Andrew Gelman's blog.