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Degree Program: MS, Biostatistics

MS, Epidemiology, Imperial College London
MA, University of St. Andrews

Julia’s career in public health research started at Imperial College London, where she focused on chronic disease and cancer epidemiology. During her studies, she also edited regional HIV prevention proposals in Eastern Europe and the Balkans for the United Nations Development Program. She has since worked an intern at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, clinical trials coordinator in the gastrointestinal oncology department at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), and data manager and clinical research analyst for UCSF’s Center for Neuroendocrine Tumors, where she enjoyed collaborating with an interdisciplinary team to answer questions in areas ranging from genomic medicine and survival analysis to in-clinic quality improvement.

2022 Alavi Mandell Award recipient from the Society of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging for Assessment and Comparison of 18F-Fluorocholine PET and 99mTc-Sestamibi Scans in Identifying Parathyroid Adenomas: A Metaanalysis.