Curriculum Vitae
Summary
I am studying towards a PhD in Population Health Sciences, with an emphasis in biostatistics at the University of Utah and am funded as a Research Assistant. As such, I provide statistical support for papers being published by my department. I am fluent in Portuguese and am proficient in Spanish.
Education
2023 - Present
PhD Student Population Health Sciences,
University of Utah
2021 - 2023
MS Statistics,
Montana State University
2015 - 2016
BS Mathematics, Summa Cum Laude,
Brigham Young University- Hawaii
2011-2014
AA General Studies,
Shoreline Community College
2013 - 2014
No Degree, Mathematics,
University of Washington
Employment History
2023-Present
Research Assistant, University of Utah
- Providing statistical support to papers published by the Department of Population Health Sciences.
2021-2023
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Montana State University
- Course Assistant for Methods of Data Analysis II (STAT 412/512). Topics included: experimental design, multi-factor ANOVA, repeated measures, logistic regression, Poisson log-linear regression, and introductions to multivariate and time series analyses.
- Co-instructor for an introductory course in statistics (STAT 216). Topics included: Traditional and resistant estimators of location and spread, fundamentals of inference using randomization and classical methods, confidence intervals, and tests of hypotheses.
Summer 2022
Instructor, Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth (Seasonal)
- Developed curriculum and instructed a summer course entitled “Paradoxes and Infinities” to a group of middle school and high school students. Topics included set theory, topology, computer theory, game theory, calculus, moral paradoxes, vagueness paradoxes, self referential paradoxes, and several mathematical paradoxes proposed by Zeno, Cantor, and Russell.
Summers 2016,2017
Teaching Assistant, Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth (Seasonal)
- Assistant for a summer course taught to middle school students entitled “Inductive and Deductive Reasoning”. Topics included: sequences, inductive and deductive reasoning, proofs, beginning group theory, combinatorics, and an introduction to cryptology.
2015-2016
Math Tutor/Grader, Brigham Young University- Hawaii
- Substitute for calculus lectures.
- Typeset tutor qualification exams using LaTeX
- Besides math, tutored Java, C++, and Algorithms
Publications
2025
Jacobson BT, DeWit-Dibbert J, Zanca L, Sonar S, Hardy C, Throolin M, Brewster P, Andujo K, Jones K, Sago J, Smith S, Bowen L, Bimczok D. Pathogen delivery route impacts disease severity in experimental Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae infection of domestic lambs. Vet Res 56, 10 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13567-024-01439-y
2024
Jacobson BT, DeWit-Dibbert J, Selong ET, Quirk M, Throolin M, Corona C, Sonar S, Zanca L, Schwarz ER, Bimczok D. Innovative Methodology for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Determination in Mycoplasma Biofilms. Microorganisms. 2024; 12(12):2650. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms12122650
Abstracts
2025
Kolomaya AE, Christensen J, Throolin M, Witt DM, Barnes GD, Cameron KA, Passman R, Noseworthy P, Cavanaugh KL, Fagerlin A, Steinberg BA, Ozanne EM. “Patient Values and Anticoagulant Decisions in Atrial Fibrillation: a Secondary Analysis of the RED-AF Shared Decision-Making Trial.” Poster presentation at the 2025 American Heart Association EPI|Lifestyle Scientific Sessions, New Orleans, LA, March 2025.
2024
Jacobson BT, Sebrell TA, Zanca L, DeWit J, Sonar S, Hardy C, Throolin M, Brewster P, Andujo K, Jones K, Jones S, Bowen L, Sago J, Smith S, Bimczok D.
Pathogen delivery route impacts disease severity in Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae and Mannheimia haemolytica coinfection.
Conference of Research Workers in Animal Diseases, January 2024
2023
Jacobson BT, DeWit J, Zanca L, Adams N, Jones K, Throolin M, Hardy C, Jones S, Kaker A, Sebrell A, Jutila M, Rynda-Apple A, Bimczok D.
Health effects of Mycoplasma respiratory coinfection in a domestic sheep model.
NIH Institute of Translational Health Sciences Summit, May 2023
2016
Barino K, Throolin M.
Probability Models for Rolling Irregular Dice in 2-Dimensions with Special Cases in 3-Dimensions.
BYU-H Undergraduate Research Conference May 2016
Volunteer Experience
2017-2019
Missionary-Portugal, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Provided free tutoring in high school and college level mathematics (in portuguese).
- Trained missionaries on use of geocoding scripts when switching from paper to electronic databases
- Led weekly training meetings for a group of six missionaries
- Taught English as a second language regularly.
2016-2017
Math Club Coach, Bellingham Family Partnership
- Organized a math club for a homeschool group.
- Created activities for club members in combinatorics, probability, algebra, number theory, game theory, and topology.
Awards
2022
Math/Science Scholarships, Montana State University
2016
Math Department Scholarship, Brigham Young University- Hawaii
2015,2016
Merit Scholarships, Brigham Young University- Hawaii
2015
Recruitment Scholarship, Brigham Young University- Hawaii
2014
Dean’s List, University of Washington
2013
Vigil Honor, Order of the Arrow-Boy Scouts of America
2012
Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of America
Transcript Summary
Course Title | Year | School/Organization |
---|---|---|
Causal Inference | 2025 | University of Utah |
Bayesian Analysis | 2025 | University of Utah |
Advanced Statistical Inference | 2023-2024 | University of Utah |
EHR Data Analysis | 2024 | University of Utah |
High Dimensional Data Analysis | 2024 | University of Utah |
Survival Data Analysis | 2024 | University of Utah |
Epidemiology Theory and Methods | 2024 | University of Utah |
Adv. Computing in R | 2024 | University of Utah |
Multilevel Models | 2023 | University of Utah |
Statistical Practice | 2023 | University of Utah |
Experimental Design | 2023 | Montana State University |
Advanced Mathematical Statistics | 2023 | Montana State University |
Statistical Consulting | 2022-2023 | Montana State University |
Mixed Effects Models | 2022 | Montana State University |
Time Series Analysis | 2022 | Montana State University |
Bayesian Data Analysis | 2022 | Montana State University |
Multivariate Analysis | 2022 | Montana State University |
Mathematical Statistics | 2021-2022 | Montana State University |
Linear Models/Regression Analysis | 2021-2022 | Montana State University |
Computational Theory | 2016 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii |
Algorithms and Complexity | 2016 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii |
Numerical Methods | 2015-2016 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii |
Real Analysis | 2015-2016 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii |
Abstract Algebra | 2015-2016 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii |
Differential Equations | 2014 | University of Washington |
Multivariate Calculus | 2014 | University of Washington |