Research
Forecasting Spatial Extremes Under Climate Change
Integrating ocean model output (ADCIRC) with observational sea level data (NOAA) via scalable Gaussian processes to produce 100-year return level maps with uncertainty quantification across climate scenarios.
Dissertation in progress · Expected May 2026 · Advised by Richard Smith
Opioid Epidemic Surveillance
Estimating county-level prevalence of opioid misuse using Bayesian spatiotemporal abundance models to inform public health resource allocation across NC, OH, WA, and NY.
Clinical Research
Collaborating with clinical investigators across departments including general surgery, pediatrics, gerontology, and gastroenterology. Statistician on the NIH LEAP trial.
Publications
2026
Young, Rives, Gudzune, Jaeger, Simmons,
White, et al. The long-term effectiveness of the anti-obesity medication phentermine (LEAP) trial: Rationale, design, and baseline characteristics.
Contemporary Clinical Trials.
doiJeong, Edmunds, McCollum,
White, Clayton. Lower mean nocturnal baseline impedance in erosive reflux disease, Barrett's Esophagus, and elevated body mass index compared to nonerosive reflux disease.
Diseases of the Esophagus.
doi2025
Kline,
White, Lancaster, et al. Estimating prevalence of opioid misuse in North Carolina counties from 2016-2021: An integrated abundance model approach.
Epidemiology.
doiLippert, Callahan,
White, et al. Hospitalist and "SNFist" Clinician Perspectives on Frailty Assessment of Rehab Patients.
Journal of General Internal Medicine.
doiSemelka,
White, Callahan, Pajewski. The Association of Frailty With Post-Hospital Discharge Location and Health Outcomes.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
doiHeeren, Ruddiman, Simmons,
White, et al. Application of the Lancet Commission Criteria for the Diagnosis of Obesity to a Clinical Trials Population: The LEAP Trial.
Obesity.
doiKrakovski, Madigan, Cecil, White, et al. Patient Factors Contributing to Wireless pH Monitoring Intolerance. Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology.
Brown, White, Hanchate, et al. Short Term Health Outcomes of the Weaver Fertilizer Plant Fire on the Surrounding Community. Journal of Public Health Management & Practice.
2024
Estadt,
White, Ricks, et al. The impact of fentanyl on state- and county-level psychostimulant and cocaine overdose death rates by race in Ohio from 2010 to 2020: a time series and spatiotemporal analysis.
Harm Reduction Journal.
doiKhanna, Banga, Rigdon,
White, et al. Role of continuous pulse oximetry and capnography monitoring in the prevention of postoperative respiratory failure, postoperative opioid-induced respiratory depression and adverse outcomes on hospital wards: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Journal of Clinical Anesthesia.
doiKipp, Vesely, Lance,
White, et al. Age influence on total ankle arthroplasty outcomes: a systematic review.
Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery.
doiVesely, Kipp, Lance,
White, et al. BMI influence on total ankle arthroplasty outcomes: A systematic review.
Foot & Ankle Surgery: Techniques, Reports & Cases.
doiFabian, Adkins,
White, et al. Temporal trends in BAHA softband wear time among pediatric patients.
International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology.
doiPresentations
White, Hepler, Hu, Jetson, Xiong, Smith, Delcher, Kline. Estimation of the prevalence of opioid misuse in Washington State counties, 2017–2023: A Bayesian spatiotemporal abundance model approach. Wake Forest School of Medicine, Public Health Staff Science Day. Winston-Salem, NC. October 2025. Poster & Ignite talk (one of two statisticians selected from ~100 applicants).
White, Blanton, Luettich, Smith. Combining Observational and Model Data for Spatial Extremes through a Multivariate Gaussian Latent Process. 14th International Conference on Extreme Value Analysis (EVA 2025). UNC Chapel Hill. June 2025. Poster.