Bayesian statistician. Data scientist. Avid learner. Ordained priest.

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Profile

I am a PhD statistician passionate about data science and biostatistics research, as well as teaching and mentoring. I am currently employed as an assistant professor of biostatistics at Florida International University’s Stempel College of Public Health. I previously was a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Miami’s Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center with teaching duties in the Miller School of Medicine’s Department of Public Health Sciences. My research in statistical learning and computational statistics is fulfilling, and I enjoy the challenge of writing beautiful code. I want my passion for accurate statistical analyses to spur my students to become better scientists and better people. Overall, I strive to become a better steward of my discipline.

Interests

High-Dimensional Statistics, Statistical Genetics/Genomics, R/Bioconductor Package Development, Reproducibility in Data Science, Computational Statistics, Matrix Theory, Bayesian Statistics, Spatial/Time Series, Ethics in Public Health and Medical Informatics

Application Areas

Cancers, substance use disorders, COVID-19 public health data reporting, Alzheimer’s and neuro-degenerative diseases

Faculty Appointments

2019- Assistant Professor, Department of Biostatistics
Florida International University’s Stempel College of Public Health

2019- Voluntary Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Miami’s Miller School of Medicine

Education

2019 Postdoctoral Associate, Biostatistics, University of Miami

  • Mentors: Xi Steven Chen and Lily Wang

2017 PhD, Statistical Science, Baylor University

  • Dissertation: “Three Examples of Linear Dimension Reduction”
  • Advisors: Dean M. Young and Amanda S. Hering
  • Honors: Conyer’s Doctoral Honors Fellow; TeaCHE Capstone in Higher Education

2011 BA, Economics; BS, Mathematics, University of West Florida

  • Thesis: “An Economic Approach to University Campus Parking Shortages”
  • Advisor: Morris L. Marx
  • Honors: Summa Cum Laude, First in Major (Economics); Kugelman Honors Techne Scholar

2014 ThD, Sacred Theology, International Miracle Institute

  • Dissertation: “An Exploration of Biblical Perspectives as Applied to Personal, Business, and National Economics”
  • Advisor: Christian M. E. Harfouche
  • Honors: Vested as Ordained Presbyter, Keeper of the Book Scholar

2011 MDiv, BTh; Theology (conjoint) International Miracle Institute

  • Honors: Licensed Member of the Clergy

Research

In Progress:

  • A Software Tool to Standardize Outcomes and Measure Algorithmic Racial Bias in Opioid Clinical Trials (NIMHD FIU-RCMI Pilot AWD000000009108). 07/2021 - 06/2022. PI: Gabriel Odom
  • Individual Level Predictive Modeling of Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Response using Aggregate CTN Datasets (NIDA UG1DA013035-17). Data scientist. 10/2019 - 06/2022. PI: Dan Feaster, University of Miami
  • Building blood based DNA methylation signatures for AD that are reflective of CNS changes (NIA 1RF1AG061127-01). Subcontract PI. 09/2019 - 07/2022. PI: Lily Wang, University of Miami

Completed:

  • New Statistical Strategies for Comprehensive Analysis of Epigenomewide Methylation Data: NIH-funded post-doc research. PI: Lily Wang, University of Miami
  • iPGDAC, An Integrative Proteogenomic Data Analysis Center for CPTAC: NIH-funded post-doc research. PI: Bing Zhang, Baylor College of Medicine; Site PI and Supervisor: Xi Steven Chen, University of Miami
  • Self-Correcting Energy-Efficient Water Reclamation Systems for Tailored Water Reuse at Decentralized Facilities: NSF-funded PhD research. PI: Tzahi Cath, Colorado School of Mines; Co-PI and Supervisor: Amanda S. Hering, Baylor University

Manuscripts

Peer-reviewed

  • “pathwayMultiomics: An R package for efficient integrative analysis of multi-omics datasets with matched or un-matched samples”. Odom, G.J., Colaprico, A., Silva, T., Chen, X., and Wang, L. Frontiers in Genetics. 2021. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2021.783713
  • “Lessons Learned From Miami-Dade County’s COVID-19 Epidemic: Making Surveillance Data Accessible for Policy Makers”. Williams, R.†, Bursac, Z., Trepka, M., and Odom, G.J.. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1097/PHH.0000000000001364
  • “Evaluating the endothelial-microglial interaction and comprehensive inflammatory marker profiles under acute exposure to ultrafine diesel exhaust particles in vitro”. Aquino, G., Dabi, A., Odom, G.J., Zhang, F., and Bruce, E. Toxicology. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tox.2021.152748
  • “pathwayPCA: an R/Bioconductor Package for Pathway Based Integrative Analysis of Multi‐Omics Data. Odom, G.J., Ban, Y., Colaprico, A., Liu, L.†, Silva, T., Sun, X., Pico, A., Zhang, B., Wang, L., and Chen, X. Proteomics. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1002/pmic.201900409
  • “Moonlight: A tool to interpret pathways to discover cancer driver genes”. Colaprico, A., Olsen, C., Cava, C., Bailey, M., Odom, G.J., Terkelsen, T., Silva, T., Olsen, A., Cantini, L., Zinovyev, A., Barillot, E., Bertoli, G., Castiglioni, I., Noushmehr, H., Chen, X., Papaleo, E., Bontempi, G. Nature Communications. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13803-0
  • “coMethDMR: Accurate identification of co-methylated and differentially-methylated regions in epigenome-wide association studies with continuous phenotypes”. Gomez, L.†, Odom, G.J., Liu, L.†, Gao, Z., Chen, X., and Wang, L. Nucleic Acids Research. 2019. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkz590.
  • “An evaluation of supervised methods for identifying DMRs in Illumina methylation arrays.” Saurav, M.*, Odom, G.J.*, Gao, Z., Chen, X., and Wang, L. Briefings in Bioinformatics. 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bib/bby085. (* signifies co-first-authorship)
  • “Multi-state multivariate statistical process control.” Odom, G.J., Newhart, K.B., Cath, T.Y., and Hering, A.S. Applied Stochastic Models in Business and Industry. 2018. https://doi.org/10.1002/asmb.2333.

  • † indicates academic mentee / advisee / graduate student

Submitted

  • “A power contrast of five tests for two high-dimensional covariance matrices”. Barnard, B.J., Young, D.M., Odom, G.J., Young, P.D. Communications in Statistics: Series B.
  • “Regularized linear dimension reduction for the sample quadratic discriminant function”. Odom, G.J., Young, P., Ramey, J., and Young, D.M. Advances in Data Analysis and Classification.

In process

  • “Multivariate statistical process control with mvMonitoring”. Odom, G.J., Barnard, B.J., and Hering, A.S. The R Journal.
  • “Dimension reduction for testing homogeneity of two population covariance matrices in a high-dimensional setting”. Barnard, B.J., Young, D.M., Odom, G.J., Young, P.D. Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference.
  • “Comparing PCA and SVD algorithms for linear dimension reduction when N < p”. Odom, G.J. and Young, D.M. In Silico Biology.

Software Packages

  • Gomez L†, Veitzman F†, Silva T, Wang L, and Odom G. 2019. coMethDMR: Apply DMR-detection methods to detect co-methylated regions of the genome. Package version controlled with Git on GitHub. Submitted to Bioconductor for Fall 2021 release.
  • Balise R, Bouzoubaa L†, Odom G, and Castor N. 2021. DOPE: a Drug Ontology Parsing Engine. R package version 2.1.0, https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=DOPE.
  • Balise R and Odom G. 2020. tidyREDCap: Helper functions for working with REDCap data. R package version 0.2.0, https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=tidyREDCap.
  • Zhang L†, Odom G, Silva T, Gomez L†, and Wang L. 2020. rnaEditr: Statistical analysis of RNA editing sites and hyper-editing regions. R package version 1.4.0, https://doi.org/doi:10.18129/B9.bioc.rnaEditr.
  • Odom G, Ban J, Liu L†, Wang L, and Chen S. 2019. pathwayPCA: Integrative pathway analysis with modern PCA methodology and gene selection. R package version 1.10.0, https://doi.org/doi:10.18129/B9.bioc.pathwayPCA.
  • DMRcompare. Odom G, Chen X, and Wang L. 2018. Compare analytical tools to detect DMRs in Illumina Methylation Arrays. R package version controlled with Git on GitHub.
  • Odom G, Barnard B, Johnson M, Kazor K, and Hering A. 2017. mvMonitoring: Multi-state adaptive dynamic principal component analysis for multivariate process monitoring. R package version 0.1.0, https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=mvMonitoring.
  • covEstR. Barnard B and Odom G. 2017. Estimate covariance matrices with varied shrinkage estimators. R package distributed on CRAN and version controlled with Git on GitHub. License: GPL- 2.
  • hldr. Odom G and Barnard B. 2016. Implementation of linear dimension reduction for supervised classification. R package version controlled with Git on GitHub. License: GPL-2.

  • † indicates academic mentee / advisee / graduate student

Patents

Teaching Experience

Instructor

  • Introduction to Statistical Methods in R. Instructor of Record, Florida International University’s Stempel College of Public Health. 2021.
  • Advanced R Computing for Public Health Sciences. Instructor of Record, Florida International University’s Stempel College of Public Health. 2020-2022.
  • Multivariate Methods in Health Sciences Research. Instructor of Record, Florida International University’s Stempel College of Public Health. 2020.
  • Survey of Statistical Computing. Instructor of Record, University of Miami’s Miller School of Medicine. 2019.
  • Topics in Biostatistical Research I & II. Instructor of Record, University of Miami’s Miller School of Medicine. 2018 – 2019.
    • PhD sections: coordinated topics with graduate and external faculty; developed course syllabi; wrote and administered all projects and presentations; assigned all grades
    • MS sections: coordinated topics with graduate faculty; developed course syllabi and course notes; wrote and administered all homework assignments and projects; assigned all grades
  • Complex Data Analysis. Lab Instructor, University of Miami’s Miller School of Medicine. 2018-2019. Taught weekly software lab sessions to doctoral students in biostatistics and engineering
  • Quantitative Methods for Business I & II. Instructor of Record, Baylor University’s Hankamer School of Business. 2014 – 2016. Developed course syllabi, course notes, and slides; wrote and administered all quizzes, projects, homework assignments, and exams; assigned all grades
  • Introduction to Christian Scriptures; On the Sacraments; Topics in Leadership. Instructor of Practice, Family Worship Center’s Leadership Academy, Waco, TX. 2014 – 2017. Developed course curriculum and projects; reviewed capstone projects; mentored new deacons

Assistant

  • Statistical Methods for Biology and Public Health. Teaching Assistant, The Graduate School at Baylor University. 2013 – 2014. Taught weekly software lab sessions to interdisciplinary master’s students; graded homework and quizzes
  • STEM Instructional Aide, North Central Texas College system. 2012 – 2013. Designed study plans for special needs students and taught daily review sessions
  • Analytical Geometry and Calculus I; Principles of Macroeconomics, Honors. Student Instructor and Aide, University of West Florida. 2010 – 2011. Gave monthly lectures; graded exams

Licenses

  • Software Carpentry. Licensed Instructor, 2018–present
  • Data Carpentry. Licensed Instructor, 2018–present

Presentations

  • “Using the MiniMax Statistic to Integrate Partially-Matched Multi-Omics Data”. Odom, G and Wang, L. 2022. FIU’s Biomolecular Sciences Institute lecture series.
  • “Making Public Health Data Accesible to Local Policy Makers: Lessons Learned during the COVID-19 Pandemic”. Odom G, Williams R, Rodriguez A, Bursac Z, and Trepka M. 2021. FIU-RCMI’s Health Equity Symposium.
  • “Using the R tidyREDCap Package to Help Novices Explore Research Data”. Balise R and Odom G. 2021. Latin American & Brazilian REDCap Conference – Virtual; International Invited session.
  • “COVID-19 Data Visualization in Practice”. 2021. ASA’s Joint Statistical Meetings – Virtual.
  • “DOPE: A Package for the R Language to Process/Classify Drug Names”. Balise R, Odom G, Bouzoubaa L, Luo S, and Feaster D. 2021. College on Problems of Drug Dependence – Virtual.
  • “Data Visualization and the R tidyREDCap Package”. Balise R, Espinosa V, and Odom G. 2020. REDCapCon – Virtual; International Invited session.
  • “Integrative Pathway Analysis with pathwayPCA”. 2019. BioC 2019 Software Workshop – New York City, NY; Young Researcher Travel Award
  • “Moonlight: A Tool to Interpret Pathways to Discover Cancer-driver Genes”. 2019. European Conference on Computational Biology – Basel, Switzerland; poster presented by Antonio Colaprico
  • “Reproducible Data Science with R Packages”. 2019. Invited Lecture at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine – Memphis, TN
  • “Conducting Reproducible Research using R Packages”. 2019. Invited Lecture at Florida International University – Miami, FL
  • “R for Collaborative and Reproducible Research: Creating your First R Package”. 2018. Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Shared Resources Invited Lecture at the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center – Miami, FL
  • “R for Collaborative and Reproducible Research: Project Organization and Style”. 2018. Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Shared Resources Invited Lecture at the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center – Miami, FL
  • “R for Collaborative and Reproducible Research: Version Control with Git and GitHub”. 2018. Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Shared Resources Invited Lecture at the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center – Miami, FL
  • “Early Fault Detection of Activated Sludge Treatment Systems Utilizing Multivariate Statistical Analysis”. 2018. WEFTEC Student Poster Sessions – New Orleans, LA; poster presented by Kathryn Newhart
  • “Data Visualization with the ggplot and ggmap Packages”. 2018. Quantitative Science Clinic Invited Lecture at the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center – Miami, FL
  • “Data Analysis Workflow in R using the RStudio Integrated Development Environment”. 2018. Quantitative Science Clinic Invited Lecture at the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center – Miami, FL
  • “Data Manipulation and Transformation with the dplyr Package”. 2018. Quantitative Science Clinic Invited Lecture at the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center – Miami, FL
  • “Exploratory Data Analysis Walkthrough with the tidyverse Package Suite”. 2018. Quantitative Science Clinic Invited Lecture at the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center – Miami, FL
  • “Multi-State Multivariate Statistical Process Control”. 2017. Quality and Productivity Research Conference Invited Session – Storrs, CT
  • “Iterated Linear Dimension Reduction with Application to Misclassification Reduction”. 2016. Southern Regional Council on Statistics Student Poster Session – Bentonville, AR; Outstanding Student Poster Award
  • “Two-Step LDR for Conditional Error Rate Reduction”. 2016 Conference of Texas Statisticians Student Poster Session – San Antonio, TX
  • “On University Campus Parking Shortages and Possible Solutions”. 2011. Southern Regional Honors Council – Little Rock, AR; Honors Thesis Defense

Honors

2021 FIU Presidential Service Award (runner up) for service to the university community via the Miami COVID Project (Mary Jo Trepka, Zoran Bursac, Gabriel J. Odom, and Roy Williams)

2020 Sigma Xi Scientific Research Honor Society, Florida International University

2019 Young Researcher Travel Award, Bioconductor’s BioC 2019 Conference

2018 Lifetime Achievement Award for Community Service, The President of the United States

2017 Phi Beta Kappa Society, Baylor University

2016 R. L. Anderson Student Presentation Award, Southern Regional Council on Statistics

2016 Outstanding Alumni Award (nominated), University of West Florida

2016 Phi Kappa Chi Outstanding Instructor Award, Baylor University

2015 - 2016 Department of Statistical Science Ambassador Award, Baylor University

2014 – 2016 Outstanding Graduate Instructor (finalist), Baylor University

2013 – 2017 Dean’s Fellowship, Baylor University

2014 Golden Key International Honours Society, Baylor University

2014 Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honors Society, Baylor University

2013 The Lion Award for Workplace Excellence, North Central Texas College

2011 Phi Kappa Phi Honors Society, University of West Florida

2011 Pi Mu Epsilon Honors Society of Mathematics, University of West Florida

2011 Scholastic Excellence Award, University of West Florida

2010 Honors Mentor of the Year, University of West Florida

2008 – 2011 President’s List, University of West Florida

2008 Phi Theta Kappa Honors Society

Selected Service

  • Doctoral Program Development Committee, FIU’s Department of Biostatistics. 2019 - 2021. Wrote the new degree application, syllabi for new courses, and chaired the hiring committee for new graduate faculty in the program.
  • Lead Data Scientist, The Miami COVID Project. 2020 - 2021. Cleaned and wrangled publich health data related to the COVID-19 epidemic in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties in Florida; gave weekly presentations on the local state of the pandemic and trends to county and city elected officials, presented our findings to the general public via a weekly-updated website: https://rwilli5.github.io/MiamiCovidProject/
  • Program Committee Chair Elect and Chair, American Statistical Association’s Section of Statistical Programmers and Analysts. 2020 - 2022. Assisted in the curation of the sections invited talks for the ASA’s Joint Statistical Meetings in 2022
  • PhD Program Development Committee, Department of Biostatistics, Florida International University. 2019 - 2021. Developed new curriculum schedule for the PhD in biostatistics, co-wrote the application module presented to the State of Florida Board of Governors, and wrote, modified, and/or extensively edited all submitted syllabi
  • Seminar Series Coordinator, Division of Biostatistics, University of Miami. 2018 – 2019. Curated list of nationally-recognized speakers in biostatistics; invited these speakers to the Miller School of Medicine for grand rounds; coordinated and hosted guest faculty during their visit
  • Assistant Clergy in Residence, Words of Life Fellowship Church, Miami, FL. 2017 – 2019. Mentored parishioners in service and ministry roles; performed clerical visits
  • Assistant Clergy in Residence, Family Worship Center, Waco, TX. 2014 – 2017. Wrote sermons and homilies; mentored deacons in service and ministry roles; performed clerical visits; taught leadership academy candidates



Updated: 2022-02-25