Laura F. Boehm Vock Home Address 700 Douglas Avenue Apartment 703 Minneapolis, MN 55403 Voice: (715) 308-2405 University Address Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science St. Olaf College 1520 St. Olaf Avenue Northfield, MN 55057 Email: boehm@stolaf.edu Website: pages.stolaf.edu/boehm/ Degrees August 2013 May 2010 May 2008 Ph.D., Statistics North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC Advisors: Drs. Brian Reich and Montserrat Fuentes Thesis Title: Bridge Models and Variable Selection Methods for Spatial Data M.Stat., Statistics (Mathematical Statistics concentration) North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC B.A., Mathematics and Art History with concentration in Statistics St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN Magna Cum Laude with Distinction in Statistics Research Interests Spatial data analysis, Bayesian methods, variable selection, random-effects models, statistics education, spatial disease modeling, applications in public health and the environment. Experience 2013- Visiting Assistant Professor of Statistics, St. Olaf College 2010-2011, 2012-2013 Teaching Assistant, North Carolina State University 2011-2012 Graduate Industrial Trainee, SAS Institute, Cary, NC 2009-2010 Graduate Research Fellow, Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute (SAMSI) Publications Boehm, L., Reich, B., and Bandyopadhyay, D. (2013) Bridging conditional and marginal inference for spatially-referenced binary data. Biometrics, 69, 545 554. Boehm Vock, L., Reich, B., Fuentes, M., and Dominici, F. (2014) Spatial variable selection methods for investigating acute health effects of fine particulate matter components. Biometrics. Vock, D., Boehm Vock, L. Estimating the effect of pitch selection and plate discipline using the g-computation algorithm. In preparation.
Laura F. Boehm Vock 2 Presentations Invited Boehm, L., Reich, B., Fuentes, M., and Dominici, F. What Particles Matter?: Variable Selection Methods for Identifying Harmful Air Pollutants, Carleton College, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Northfield, MN. March 5, 2013. Ibid., St. Olaf College, Guest Lecture for Statistical Modeling, Northfield, MN. March 4, 2013. for Health Effects of Fine PM2.5 Components, University of Minnesota Duluth, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Duluth, MN. February 12, 2013. Ibid., North Carolina State University, Student Seminar, Raleigh, NC. February 5, 2013. Boehm, L. Preparing Undergraduates for Careers in Health Sciences, University of Minnesota Rochester, Rochester, MN. February 1, 2013. North Carolina State University, Bayesian Statistics Working Group Seminar, Raleigh, NC. September 20, 2012. Boehm, L., Reich, B., Fuentes, M., and Dominici, F. Spatial Variable Selection Methods for Health Effects of Fine PM2.5 Components, Harvard School of Public Health, Working group presentation, Boston, MA. December 5, 2011. Contributed Vock, D., Boehm Vock, L. Baseball! Estimating the Effect of Plate Discipline on Hitting Ability St. Olaf College, Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science Department Tailgate Event, Northfield, MN. September 30, 2014. International Biometric Society Spring Meetings (ENAR), Orlando, FL. March 11, 2013. Ibid., Joint Statistical Meetings, San Diego, CA. August 2, 2012. Boehm, L. Methods for Health Care and Insurance Fraud Detection, SAS Institute, Cary, NC. July 20, 2012. for Health Effects of Fine PM2.5 Components, International Biometric Society Spring Meetings (ENAR), Washington, DC. April 2, 2012.
Laura F. Boehm Vock 3 Symposium for Women in Mathematics and Statistics, Raleigh, NC. April 16, 2011. Ibid., The University of North Carolina Greensboro Regional Mathematics and Statistics Conference, Greensboro, NC. November 5, 2011. Boehm, L., Reich, B. Air Pollution Exposure During Pregnancy: Determining Windows of Susceptibility for Increased Risk of Cardiac Birth Defects, Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute Spatial Exposures and Health Effects Working Group, Durham, NC. December 4, 2009. Contributed Posters for Health Effects of Fine PM2.5 Components, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences Access Day, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC. September 6, 2012. Ibid., Scope Academy, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC. April 14, 2012. Ibid., Graduate Research Symposium, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC. March 20, 2012. Boehm, L., Reich, B. Air Pollution Exposure During Pregnancy: Determining Windows of Susceptibility for Increased Risk of Cardiac Birth Defects, Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute Graduate Student Poster Session, Durham, NC. April 13, 2010. Honors and Awards 2013 John van Ryzin Award for Outstanding student paper, International Biometric Society ENAR Spring Meeting 2011 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Department of Statistics, North Carolina State University 2010 Inducted to Mu Sigma Rho, the National Statistics Honor Society 2008 Ward Supplemental Fellowship for outstanding entering doctoral student North Carolina State University Graduate School 2008 Inducted into Phi Beta Kappa 2004 National Merit Scholar
Laura F. Boehm Vock 4 Courses Taught St. Olaf College STAT 110 Principles of Statistics - 80 Students, Fall 2013 STAT 212 Statistics for the Sciences - 25 Students, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2014 STAT 214 Honors Statistics for the Sciences - 25 Students, Fall 2014 STAT 272 Statistical Modeling - 17 Students, Spring 2014 North Carolina State University STAT 311 Introduction to Statistics 35 students, hybrid face-to-face and online, Fall 2012, Spring 2013 60 students, face-to-face, responsible for all class content, Spring 2011 STAT 512 Experimental Statistics for Biological Sciences II - Lab instructor, 25 graduate students, Summer 2010 Early College High School, Raleigh, NC STAT 311 Introduction to Statistics - 19 students, hybrid face-to-face and online, Spring 2013 Advising Summer research advisor 2014 St. Olaf College, Collaborative Undergraduate Research and Inquiry (CURI) Advisor for team of two students studying health effects of PM2.5 in the Northeastern United States. Collaborative research advising 2014-2015 St. Olaf College, Center for Interdisciplinary Research Statistics mentor for team of three students collaborating with Dean of Natural Sciences and Mathematics (NSM) studying trajectories of students through NSM majors using transcript data. 2013-2014 St. Olaf College, Center for Interdisciplinary Research Statistics mentor for team of three students advising students in Exercise Science seminar on study design and data analysis.
Laura F. Boehm Vock 5 Service To profession Reviewer: Journal of Agricultural, Biological and Environmental Statistics (JABES) and Biostatistics Volunteer: United States Conference On Teaching Statistics (USCOTS), Cary, NC. May 2011. Volunteer: International Indian Statistical Association Conference, Raleigh, NC. April 2011. To St. Olaf College Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science Department Member: Adjunct Statistics Instructor Search Committee, 2014. Organizer: Research Seminar Series, 2014-2015. Member: Colloquium Committee, 2014-2015. Co-Organizer: Women in MSCS event, November 2013. To North Carolina State University Statistics Department Panelist: Applying for Research Awards, Women in Statistics Networking Group, February 2013. Organizer: Statistics Department Spring Picnic, April 2011. Organizer: World Statistics Day Celebration, October 2010. Panelist: Preparing for the Qualifying Exam, July 2010. Sports Chair: Statistics Department Graduate Student Association, August 2009 May 2010. New student mentor: Graduate Student Association, August 2009 and 2010. Volunteer: Graduate student orientation, Department of Statistics, August 2009 and 2010. Professional Society Memberships American Statistical Association International Biometric Society (Eastern North American Region) Computing Skills R and RStudio, SAS, SPSS, L A TEX October, 2014