PhD, 2023
Advisor: Jeffrey D. Blume

Dissertation: On False Discovery Rates for Second-Generation p–Values

BS, Mathematics, Georgia Southern University (minor in Biology)

Valerie is from Georgia. During her time at Vanderbilt, she has focused on projects related to second generation p-values, false discovery rates, and large-scale inference. She’s also interested in empirical Bayes methods and penalized regression approaches to prediction and inference. She is a co-author of several publications, including “An introduction to second-generation p-Values” (Blume et al. 2019, The American Statistician) and “Discovering novel disease comorbidities using electronic medical records” (Chaganti et al. 2019, PloS One). Honors include the departmental Distinguished Teaching Assistant Award (2019). Valerie is the lead author of the {sgpv} R package (2020), which provides calculations related to second-generation p-values. She works with the TREAT Lung Cancer Program, with an emphasis on studying lung cancer prediction models and disparities in screening and treatment for lung disease. In her free time, she enjoys listening to a variety of musical genres (rock, funk, metal, blues, Americana, jazz, and others), trying new restaurants, and playing disc golf.

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